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Getting ready for giant moving job is Gerard Meyer, manager of Holt Renfre's flagship store on Bloor St
Getting ready for giant moving job is Gerard Meyer, manager of Holt Renfre's flagship store on Bloor St

Getting ready for giant moving job is Gerard Meyer, manager of Holt Renfre's flagship store on Bloor St

Date3/17/1977
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Behind counter of his flagship Diana Sweets stores, company president George Boukydis ponders the future of his $6 million a year enterprise. Stores stopped selling candy some years ago when firm's key candy maker retired after 45 years of service. An adequate replacement was not found and now, says Boukydis, it's getting tough to find pastry cooks. The supermarkets are stealing what few there are left.
Behind counter of his flagship Diana Sweets stores, company president George Boukydis ponders the future of his $6 million a year enterprise. Stores stopped selling candy some years ago when firm's key candy maker retired after 45 years of service. An adequate replacement was not found and now, says Boukydis, it's getting tough to find pastry cooks. The supermarkets are stealing what few there are left.
12/23/1977
Brothers Ron, left, and Gary Prosserman of Moores The Suit People stand in front of their flagship store, which opened this month in the old Fair weathers building at 100 Yonge St
Brothers Ron, left, and Gary Prosserman of Moores The Suit People stand in front of their flagship store, which opened this month in the old Fair weathers building at 100 Yonge St
9/26/1990
Big at the reps: Repertory cinema entrepreneurs Tom Litvinskas and Jerry Szczur pose on top of the marquee at the Bloor Cinema, the flagship of their one-night-showing movie-house chain
Big at the reps: Repertory cinema entrepreneurs Tom Litvinskas and Jerry Szczur pose on top of the marquee at the Bloor Cinema, the flagship of their one-night-showing movie-house chain
5/12/1982
Master planners: Harold Chmara, left, and Ted Hall are planning how Th Hudon's Bay Co. will implement the new federal sales tax throughout its retailing empire, including the flagship Simpsons store in down town Toronto, where 100 cas registers must be repogrammed.
Master planners: Harold Chmara, left, and Ted Hall are planning how Th Hudon's Bay Co. will implement the new federal sales tax throughout its retailing empire, including the flagship Simpsons store in down town Toronto, where 100 cas registers must be repogrammed.
12/7/1989
Sense of style: When too many people have the same look as me, it's time for me to change, says Ian Hylton, manager of the Cachet department at Holt Renfrew
Sense of style: When too many people have the same look as me, it's time for me to change, says Ian Hylton, manager of the Cachet department at Holt Renfrew
7/3/1989
Peter Laurence oversees all window displays for Holt renfrew's five Metro stores
Peter Laurence oversees all window displays for Holt renfrew's five Metro stores
2/13/1978
Biggest store: Though sales were flat chain-wide in 1982, Holt, Renfrew is planning to expand some smaller outlets so business can grow, says president Robert Herber (inset)
Biggest store: Though sales were flat chain-wide in 1982, Holt, Renfrew is planning to expand some smaller outlets so business can grow, says president Robert Herber (inset)
2/13/1983
Lenard Shavick, president of Holt Renfrew, outside $6.5 million store opens tomorrow
Lenard Shavick, president of Holt Renfrew, outside $6.5 million store opens tomorrow
3/9/1979
Like hot cakes: Lou Schroeder, sales manager at Bay Bloor Radio, expects his store to sell 1,000 compact disc players in December
Like hot cakes: Lou Schroeder, sales manager at Bay Bloor Radio, expects his store to sell 1,000 compact disc players in December
12/8/1985
Moving on: Doug Lychak, Mississauga's city manager since 1985, is moving to become municipal manager for Surrey, B
Moving on: Doug Lychak, Mississauga's city manager since 1985, is moving to become municipal manager for Surrey, B
4/6/1992
Moving Up: David Deaves, 43, became the City of Etobicoke's first city manager on June 27. Etobicoke is the first municipality in Metro to create such a position.
Moving Up: David Deaves, 43, became the City of Etobicoke's first city manager on June 27. Etobicoke is the first municipality in Metro to create such a position.
7/5/1988
Closing out: Leonard Court, whose Ross, Court and Co. answered the most outlandish requests for old records and music, is closing his store and is moving to England. A unique business will be lost.
Closing out: Leonard Court, whose Ross, Court and Co. answered the most outlandish requests for old records and music, is closing his store and is moving to England. A unique business will be lost.
3/15/1972