It was created when Coles and SmithBooks, Canada's two largest book chains at the time, merged in 1994. SmithBooks was acquired from Federal Industries and Coles was acquired from Southam Inc. Canadian General Capital and Pathfinder Capital bought these two chains with the intention of building large-format book superstores.
The new company, Chapters Inc., was officially created in April 1995 and the first two book superstores were opened in November 1995. The original superstores were located in Burlington, Ontario and Burnaby, British Columbia.*
Ballmer went to Europe bearing good tidings Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:29:03 -0700 The last time the economy plunged into darkness, Microsoft broke free from the shackles of its U.S. antitrust case.
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