B.C. film producer Harold Tichenor began collecting Hudson's Bay Co.'s familiar striped blankets about a decade ago, after he picked up a vintage one in a U.S. second-hand store for $35 (U.S.) -- and ...

Long before HBC blankets became curated décor, they were survival tools, objects of deep functional importance that ultimately evolved into symbols of identity. A beautiful blanket doesn’t simply ...

An iconic but controversial symbol of Canadian history and colonialism may soon be seen as a gesture of reconciliation. The Hudson's Bay Foundation and the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund have ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Hudson’s Bay Foundation and the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) are proud to launch Oshki Wupoowane | The Blanket Fund. Moving forward, 100 per cent of net ...

The toy, emblazoned in the Hudson’s Bay Company’s iconic colours, is a hot-ticket reminder of a colonial past Yellow, blue, green, red: those four stripes of colour on the Hudson’s Bay Company ...

With HBC’s recent acquisition of German retail chain Kaufhof, it’s possible that a little bit of Canadian culture may wing its way across the Atlantic to this new retail frontier.

TORONTO — If you've ever wanted to own a vintage Hudson's Bay blanket, you'll soon have a chance. The company is putting 52 blankets, including two dating back to 1900, up for sale later this month.

In its first product launch since acquiring the Hudson’s Bay Company’s (HBC) intellectual property assets, Canadian Tire is bringing back the defunct retailer’s iconic striped blanket in an initiative ...

TORONTO — The first in a series of online auctions to sell off Hudson's Bay's treasures closed Thursday with one Kuba Bryzgalski painting of snowshoers in striped coats going for $170,000 and a single ...

On a bustling weekday in Toronto, Shauna Daniels was out "hunting for stripes". It's a term she uses for shopping for the iconic – and increasingly rare – coloured stripes that are emblematic of ...

Iconic patterns in men's style tend to concentrate regionally. In the United States, we have Pendleton's Chief Joseph print, Liberty of London has their legendary floral patterns, and the Middle East ...