What retail canadian stores (not on-line) sell urban wear such as
Avirex, Jlo, Shott, Mecca, Ecko and Roc-a-Wear? List at least 50 to
200 Stores names with location. (do not repeat stores even if they
have many locations)

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Clarification of Question by speedyg-ga on 21 Nov 2003 12:19 PST

The "not on-line" refers to sites that sell these clothes without
being actual physical retail store... Basically I need addresses or
phone numbers, either will do.
           Thank you.

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Request for Question Clarification by answerguru-ga on 22 Nov 2003 15:32 PST

Hi speedyg-ga,

This type of question usually requires an extensive amount of effort
on the part of the researcher unless there is some centralized listing
that exactly meets your request (in this case there doesn't seem to
be). As a result, you may consider increasing your list price.
Personally I think that any such list would be composed of mainly
small stores scattered across the country.

Although I cannot speak for other researchers, I would answer this
question for $200. It is entirely your decision if you want to wait in
case another researcher decides to answer your question. In the
meantime, you might consider looking at the Google Answers price
guide:

http://answers.google.com/answers/faq.html#pricing

Thanks,
answerguru-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by cath-ga on 24 Nov 2003 15:18 PST

Dear Pidge,
1)
this is indeed a tough one. The stores I have contacted would like to
know what you plan to use the information for...can you share that
with me? 
2)
Also, I want to make sure we're in agreement what brands fall into
the "urban wear" category. I have a list here, and would like to
make sure you agree these are the ones you're looking for:
(besides the ones you mentioned)
Akademiks, Converse, DKNY Jeans, Enyce, Fila, Fubu, G-Unit, Girbaud, Hustler,
Johnny Blace, Kangol, Lacoste, Levi's, LRG, Madsoul, North Face, P.Miller, Pass
the Roc, Pelle Pelle, Pepe Jeans, Phat Farm, Polo Jeans, Puma, SOHK,
Sean John, Southpole, Timberland, Tommy Hilfiger, 555 Soul, Vokal, 
Baby Phat, Blue Marlin, Femme Arsenal, Flame, Lady Enyce,
Playboy, Sergio, Tommy Girl. Let me know if there are any of these you
are NOT interested in. Hope to hear from you soon Thanks! cath-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by cath-ga on 24 Nov 2003 21:58 PST

Sorry speedy, for calling you by the wrong name! cath-ga

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Clarification of Question by speedyg-ga on 25 Nov 2003 08:38 PST

To answerguru if you wish to have a larger sum paid to u that isn't
really a problem, however I need to know your time delay as well as if
u are going to be closer to 50 store names or 200.

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Clarification of Question by speedyg-ga on 25 Nov 2003 08:49 PST

To cath, I am a clothing manufacturer, I intend to enter the urban
wear market with a new urban line but before I do so I am researching
the market to find out what is a feasible projection of sales. (I
studied mathematics and statistics so I am quite adept at this)I
mostly sell clothes in the U.S. right now and I have a high end
product, so my present clients wouldn't be who I would be targeting
for this line.

To answer your second question Fila, Lacoste, North Face, P.Miller and
Polo Jeans aren't really what I am talking about but all the others
you listed are.

Good day,
         Jonathan F.

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Request for Question Clarification by cath-ga on 25 Nov 2003 12:02 PST

Jonathan,

Thanks for your clarifications. It is good to know you can offer a good
tip, since this is a time-consuming project. There is no one good directory
I've found, so I've been e-mailing companies one by one. I'd say
getting 50 yes replies will be very lucky. Do you have a deadline? I
can probably get out all the necessary e-mails today and tomorrow,
but the stores may take a while to get back to me. The good news is
the Canadians have a different Thanksgiving date. Let me know what
your deadline might be. Thanks, cath-ga

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Clarification of Question by speedyg-ga on 26 Nov 2003 07:40 PST

Idealy I would need the info by the end of the week. What do you mean
by "companies" and stores, let me just remind you that I do not need
manufacturing companies info or even companie like Avirex info, all I
am looking for are stores

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Request for Question Clarification by cath-ga on 26 Nov 2003 11:55 PST

speedy,

Don't worry, I understand. By "companies" I meant retail outlets. I've
figured out a more productive search method and should have many stores
by Friday. cath-ga

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Clarification of Question by speedyg-ga on 27 Nov 2003 08:04 PST

Thank you, I am glad to see this isn't impossible to do and I will
wait with anticipation to see your results.
                                  Jonathan F.

Dear Speedyg,

Thanks very much for your very challenging question! I hope you
had a good Thanksgiving. We did, here in California.

Here are 50 plus stores in Canada that carry ?urban wear? brands.
Many of these stores are part of small or large chains, so this 
list actually should represent well over 200 stores. Some of the
spellings are odd, i.e. ?Soular? and ?Norml.? They are correct,
though, and apparently more ?hip? than the ?norml? spellings!

1)
Sport Style
7275 Sherbrooke East  LCN #30
Place Versaille
Montreal PQ H1N 1E9
514.352.0711

2) Topline Fashion Inc
2349 C Finch Ave West
Toronto ON M9M 2W8
416-741-0745

3) Platinum World
415 Yonge St. Ste #103
Toronto ON M5B 2E7

4)Collections America
2919 Dundas St. West
Toronto ON M6P 1Z1
416-604-3433

5)Lounge Urban Separates
155 John St.
Toronto ON M5T 1X3
416-260-2255

6)NYC
523 Yonge St.
Toronto ON M4Y 1Y4
416-961-2232

7) Kaydee?s Boutique Inc
1541 Eglinton Ave West
Toronto ON M6E 2G8
416-787-2664

8) Millenium Wear
2897 Lakeshore Blvd W.
Toronto ON M8V 1I3
416-896?0364

9) Studio 47
1 Dundas St.
Eaton Centre
Toronto ON M5G 1Z3
416-260 5529

10) Exclusive Gear
2095 Yonge St.
Toronto On M4S 2A4
416-678-3077

11) Heavens Uptown
6 Edwards St.
Toronto ON M5B 1C9
416-361-0967

12) Parallel
754 Queen St. West
Toronto On
416-703-1777

13) Urban Closet
1700 Wilson Ave #55
Toronto ON M3L 1B2
416-248-8065

14) Sporting Life
2665 Yonge St.
Toronto ON M4P 2I6
416-485-1685

15) Fashion World
1000 Gerrard St.
Toronto ON M4M 3G6
416-463-3273

16)Sport Fever
1238 Ste Catherine St  W
Montreal PQ H3G 1P1
514-874-0198

17)La Capsule Sportive
705 St. Catherine Ouest
Local 2-114
Montreal PQ H3B 4G5
514-841-9991

18)Taz Sportswear
9120 Park Ave
Montreal PQ H2N 1Z2
514-389-7381

19)Vibes
1224 Peel
Montreal PQ H3B 1E3
514-875 5215

20) Les Ventes 5525
5525 De Gaspe
Montreal PQ H2T 2A3
514-279-3303

21) Foam
915 Ste Catherine East
Montreal PQ H2L 2E5
877-711-3626

22) La Mode Kar Nam, Inc
6550 Rue St. Hubert 
Montreal PQ H2S 2M3
514-273-4855

23) Haus
372 Sherbrooke East
Montreal PQ H2X 1E6
514-281-1001

24) Mode de la Cote
5508 Rue Sherbrooke
Montreal, PQ H4A 1W2
514-488-1448

25 )Common Ground 
552 Beatty St. 
Vancouver BC V6B 2L3
604.687.7464

26) Dipt Urban Hookups
819 Hornby St.
Vancouver BC V6Z 2E6

27) Soul 2 Soul
840 Grandille St.
Vancouver BC V6Z 1K7
604-685-6545

28) On and On
1903 Hastings Street East
Vancouver BC V5L 1T5
604-251-6775

29) Chase
4424 West 10th Ave
Vancouver BC V6R ZH9
604-228-4111

30) Rugged Culture
189 Rideau
Ottawa ON K1N 5X8
613-244-3330

31) Norml Clothing
41 ½  William St.
Ottawa ON K1N 629

32)Brix
911A 17th Ave. SW
Calgary AB T2T OA4

33) Colour Blind
c/0 758458 Alberta Ltd
10544 82 Ave
Edmonton AB T6E 2A4
780-431-0981

34) Soular Clothing
1359 West Edmonton Mall
Edmonton AB T5T 4M2
780-414-1347

35) Method
10313 Whyte Ave
Edmonton AB T6E 1Z9
780-414-1347

36) BATA
West Edmonton Mall
8882 17th St. Unit 2680
Edmonton AB T5T 2J2
780-413-8925

37) Western Image
2 King St. West
Hamilton ON L8P 1A1
905-546-1919

38) The Boomspot Inc
125 King St. East
Hamilton ON L8W 1A9
905 777 7869

39) Boathouse
Limeridge Mll
999 Upper Wentworth St.
Unit 513
Hamilton ON L9A 4X5
905-387-2748

40)
A-wear 
Address : 350 Howe St.
City : Vancouver
Province : British Columbia
Country : Canada
Postal Code : V6C 2A4


41)
International Clothiers 
111 Orfus Rd.
Toronto ON
M6A 1M4

42)
The Pacesetter 
200 Main Street, 
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2B9

43)
RW and Co 
division of 
Reitmans (Canada) Limited, 
250 Sauve St. W.
Montreal, Quebec, H3L 1Z2, Canada
Phone: 514-384-1140
Fax: 514-385-2692

44)
Smart Set 
a division of 
Reitmans (Canada) Limited, 
250 Sauve St. W.
Montreal, Quebec, H3L 1Z2, Canada
Phone: 514-384-1140
Fax: 514-385-2692

45)Benetton, 
Eaton Centre 
Address: 705 Ste-Catherine W.  
Montreal  PQ H3G 1T3


46) Athletes World Superstore
Devonshire Mall
3100 Howard Ave.
Windsor, Ontario  N8X 3Y8
Canada
519-966-5241

47) Urban Trade
info@urbantrade.ca
http://www.urbantrade.ca/
Devonshire Mall
3100 Howard Ave.
Windsor, Ontario  N8X 3Y8
Canada

48) 
Harlem World Lifestyles	
65 Montreal Road
(613)-789-9909
Ottawa, Quebec

49)
Caramel City  
403 Dalhousie Street 
Ottawa, Ontario KIN 5X6

50)
East Side Urban Wear 
3773 Burke St. 
Burnaby, B.C. V5H 1A4 

51)
8180 Haute Couture .
"This fashionably laid out space carries the glitzy fashions of
Hollywood's music elite. Sean "P Diddy" Combs's "Sean John" and
Jennifer Lopez's "J-Lo" clothing lines are both carried, along with
Lady Enyce, FUBU and Rocawear."

Address: 892 St. James St  
Winnipeg  Manitoba	 
204 831-8180 
	
52)
Village Streetwear (men, women) .
"Casual sportswear and current fashions from European and Canadian 
designers. Ladies' fashions from J-Lo, Parasuco, Quick Reflex, 
Sinnequanon, Miss Sixty and Lulu Lemon. Men's fashions from 
North Face, Matinique, Kenneth Cole and Pusch."
 
10-1700 Corydon Ave  
Winnipeg  Manitoba
204 489-1956

53) Below the Belt 
1131 Robson St.
Vancouver BC, V6E 1B5, Canada
Phone: (604) 688-6878 
Fax: (604) 688-6818 
 
"Description: A diverse blend of jeans and urban apparel for men 
and women. Clothing items including pants, shorts, T-shirts, tops, 
jackets and accessories from hard to find brands. Selection 
changes daily. Featuring Diesel, Miss Sixty, Energie, Triple 5 Soul, 
Parasuco, Ecko, Sean John, Enyce, Maui, Roxy, Quicksilver, Paul Frank 
and many more internationally known brand names."
 
54)
CHAMPS CANADA 
WEST EDMONTON MALL 
8770 170TH STREET
EDMONTON , AB  T5T 4M2 
780-444-1534 

55) I e-mailed the Hudson Bay Company, and have not heard back
yet. You should definitely pursue it however, because 
?It accounts for approximately 39% of Canadian department store sales ]
and almost 8% of all retail sales, other than food and automobiles.? 
(1999)

It is apparently a mainstream department store, like Macy?s in the US,
and Macy's carries many of the urban brands.

Hudson Bay Company
401 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario.

I will let you know if Hudson Bay returns my e-mail, and also if
any other of the dozen or so stores I e-mailed answer affirmatively.

56) SEARS Canada may not fit with your upscale image. However, they
are very big there, and are already looking at urban apparel, as
evidenced ty the following blurb from the Daily Southtown:

 ?Sears opens urban apparel shops in Chicago area"
Tuesday, November 18, 2003

"Sears, Roebuck and Co. said Monday it's testing urban apparel shops 
inside 50 of its full-line department stores in the Chicago region and
eight other metropolitan areas. Located within the young men's apparel
department, the shops feature popular urban wear brands such as FUBU,
Icewear and South Pole, Sears said.?

http://216.239.39.104/search?cache:ja9wUmTXnP8J:www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsbiz/181bd5.htm+sears+%2B+urban+apparel&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Perhaps Sears Canada will also try this. The Company's headquarters is 
located at 

222 Jarvis Street
Toronto, Ontario


You may also want to contact the Urban Wear Show in Toronto to
showcase your line at some point. 

?Organized by the Hybrid Group Management, Inc., the Urban Wear 
Show made its debut at Toronto Fashion Week during the Fall 2002 
season. "This event will be an all-inclusive promotion of not just 
urban wear, but the lifestyle that fosters it," commented Everton 
Hird, VP of Marketing, Hybrid Group on the announcement of the 
creation of the Urban Wear Show. For its initial offering, Urban Wear 
featured: Parasuco Jeans, Sean John, Roca Wear, Enyce, The One, 
44th Parallel, David Spencer, Triple 5 Soul, C. Coombs.?

The article is on the Fashion Windows Website at:
http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:ZeTS0diyQBoJ:www.fashionwindows.com/fashio

Urban Wear Show
Hybrid Management Group Inc.
8 Camden St.
Toronto, Ontario M5V 1V1
Canada
Tel: (416) 504-0396
Fax: (416) 504-0426
Website: www.hybridgroup.ca

Hybrid Management Group
Dean Holdip, CEO,
Everton Hird, Vice President of Marketing

Another resource you might use:

Canadian Retail Council, Head Office 
1255 Bay Street, Suite 800 
Toronto, Ontario M5R 2A9 Tel: (416) 922-6678 
Fax: (416) 922-8011 
Toll-Free Tel: 1-888-373-8245 
Toll-Free Fax: 1-877-790-4271

Found this resource which lists a few Canadian retailers by
location:

http://www.apparelsearch.com/retail_by_location_canada.htm

Also a good source: World retailer links:
http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:PgykfUhOr40J:www.worldretailers.com/shop/shopinfo/fashion/womenmenw.htm+oxygen+%2B+canadian+retailer&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

dmoz Open Directory Project:
http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:BQcVRphxvLIJ:dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Canada/Business_and_Economy/Shopping/Clothing/+fashion+retailers+%2B+canada&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Great Canadian Shopping at:
http://www.greatcanadianshopping.com/shop/Clothing/
Shop in Canada.com
http://www.shopincanada.com/Department_Stores___Malls/Department_Stores/

I hope this answer is useful to you. If there is anything that is 
unclear, please hit the ?Clarify Button? and ask me before you rate my 
answer, and decide on the tip. If you need any help nailing down just 
how many stores the chains comprise, I will be happy to do that in a 
separate question. Just put ?For Cath-ga? in the question title. 
Good luck with your enterprise!
Sincerely, cath-ga

search strategy:

urban wear + Canada
Canadian clothing retailers
Canada + clothing retailers
Canada + department stores
Montreal Shopping directory
Toronto Shopping directory, etc
Enyce.com store locator  (very good)
other brands + store locator (not helpful)

This was quite a good search especially considering the difficulty
involved and I was quite impressed by cath-ga's quality work. I hope
we shall work together again.
         Wishing You all the best for chrismas,
                                                  Jonathan F. (Montreal)
p.s.: Cath, please E-mail me (jlfredj) at hotmail.com