Consumers Distributing (known in Quebec as Distribution aux Consommateurs in French) was a catalogue store in Canada and the United States that operated from 1957 to 1997. At its peak it operated 217 outlets, including almost 90 stores in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and California. Its US corporate headquarters was 205 Campus Plaza in Edison, New Jersey.
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Consumers Distributing (known in Quebec as Distribution aux Consommateurs in French) was a catalogue store in Canada and the United States that operated from 1957 to 1997. At its peak it operated 217 outlets, including almost 90 stores in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and California. Its US corporate headquarters was 205 Campus Plaza in Edison, New Jersey.
Consumers Distributing aimed to reduce costs for customers by storing goods in a stockroom instead of displaying them in a costly showroom. Customers made their selections from a catalogue, filled out a slip with product identification, and waited for staff to retrieve the items from the warehouse.
The first Consumers Distributing store was opened in 1957 by Jack Stubb in Toronto. The company was taken public in 1969, but later sold to Provigo, a Quebec-based grocery retailer.
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