Structube
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Retail, e-commerce |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Headquarters | Laval, Quebec, Canada |
Number of locations | 75[1] (March 2020) |
| Products | Home furnishings |
Number of employees | 650+ (2020) |
| Website | structube |
Structube Ltee is a Canadian retailer of modern home furniture and accessories.[2] It was founded as a family business in 1974 and currently operates over 70 stores across Canada.[1] The Structube head office and distribution centre are located in Laval, Quebec.[3] The company employs over 650 people in eight provinces across Canada.[4]
History
[edit]Structube was founded in 1974 and specialized in tubular retail clothing racks. The name is a portmanteau of the French words for structural and tubular, "structures tubulaires".[5] It expanded its business into furniture in 1980 in downtown Montreal.[6] A 54,000-square-foot (5,000 m2) distribution centre was built in 2006 and subsequently expanded to 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2) in 2013.[7]
The first store in Alberta was opened in September 2012, and in 2016, three locations were opened in British Columbia.[8][9] In May 2015, Structube began offering its product line through an e-commerce website integrated with its conventional stores,[6] and in November 2015, expanded this to the United States.[10] Structube later abandoned the U.S. market in May 2019.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Our store locations". Structube.
- ^ "Company Overview of Structube Ltee". Business Week. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014.
- ^ "Structube in Montreal QC". YellowPages.ca.
- ^ "About Us". Structube. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
- ^ "Structube Plans Continued Store Expansion into New Markets". Retail Insider. 6 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Canadian Modern Furniture Leader STRUCTUBE Shaking up the US Furniture Market". Market Wired.
- ^ "Canadian Furniture Retailer Structube to Ship to U.S." HFN Digital. 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Edmonton's strong retail sector attracts Quebec's Structube". Oberfeld Snowcap. Archived from the original on 2016-01-31.
- ^ "Montreal-based affordable furnishings retailer Structube opens first Vancouver shop". Georgia Straight. 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Structube prépare une percée aux États-Unis". LaPresse.