CANADA’S BRITISH BOOK SPECIALIST RETAILER CLOSES ITS DOORS
April 1st, 2013
NICHOLAS Hoare, Canada’s specialist British book retailer is closing for good, after its eponymous 70-year-old founder decided to retire and move to a stately house in rural Nova Scotia, in eastern Canada.The chain has been contracting, closing its Ottawa store last April and its Montreal branch on New Year’s Day, and finally its Toronto flagship outlet on April 1. Mr Hoare and his colleagues are now winding up their warehousing and delivery service, which has operated in Montreal since the business was launched in 1972.Speaking to The Bookseller, Mr Hoare ...
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