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Dixons Retail vs Hudson's Bay Company

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Hudson's Bay Company is the older of the two, founded in 1670 — 267 years before Dixons Retail.

Founded
1937
1670
Status
Closed 2014
Closed 2025
Headquarters
Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom
Brampton, Canada
Industry
retail
retail
Employees
38,000
70,000
Legal form
Not recorded
joint-stock company

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Dixons Retail and Hudson's Bay Company.