Canadian Tire Company History

The first official Canadian Tire Store was opened in the year 1923 in Hamilton John Williams Billes and Alfred Jackson Billes with its headquarters situated in Toronto, Ontario. Canadian Tire Corp is also well known to sell a variety of products and services; namely Automotive, sport and leisure, and home products. ("Canadian Tire", 2016). According to the ("2015 – Year in Review", 2016), this corporation also holds a family of retail companies and services namely: Canadian Tire Financial services(which was engaged in marketing and promoting the brand), CT Reit, Gas+(To ensure you stay en route to your destination), Mark’s(known as L’Equipeur in quebec is an apparel retailer), FGL Sports Ltd(included Atmosphere, Sport Chek, Sports Experts- were in charge of the sport-related products, athletic apparel, and sport equipments) Partsource(automotive stores), National Sports, Canadian Tire Petroleum(gasoline retailers) and jumpstart charities(to break down the barriers between kids and the field). Furthermore, according to ("2015 – Year in Review", 2016) Canadian Tire Corp is composed of a board who is responsible for the stewardship of the company-meaning it has as duty to manage and supervise the management of the affairs of the company.It also makes decisions regarding
It is also important to note that this company has effectively reached its vision/mission statement and has done so through their customer-driven service, focused assortments(demonstrated in the size of the family of companies within the corporation), and competitive operations(helped them focus in making more value through lower prices and more