Towers Department Stores
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Towers was a Canadian discount department store chain owned by the Oshawa Group, a now-defunct grocery retailer and distributor. In Quebec, Towers was known as Bonimart.
[edit] History
The first store was opened in 1960 in Toronto (at the corner of Lawrence Ave. East and Midland Ave.). Each selling department within a Towers store was operated as a licensed concession. Some Towers/Bonimart stores offered services such as restaurants, photo labs, and pharmacies within the store. Some stores were also paired with an IGA grocery store. In 1990, Towers/Bonimart's 51 stores were purchased by Zellers for $181.5 million, and converted to the Zellers name or closed. The flagship store in Toronto is now a Zellers store.
Tower's jingle: "At Towers everything connects - the last day of one sale is the first of the next".
"Extra Special For Your Family--Towers."
"You made us part of your family at Towers."
Towers mascot was an animated squirrel named Sparky. At the time of the Zellers buyout, print ads featured Sparky arm-in-arm with Zellers bear mascot, Zeddy.
