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01-01-2002
Eaton Company Limited, The T.

Author: DEBORAH C. SAWYER

The T. Eaton Company Limited, with head offices in Toronto, was a major Canadian retailer founded in Toronto in 1869 by TimothyEATON . Eaton revolutionized the commercial practice of the day by selling items for cash at a fixed price and offering satisfaction or money refunded. His store became one of the largest department stores in North America. Eaton's son John CraigEATON assumed the presidency on the death of his father in 1907; he was later knighted. His cousin, Robert Young Eaton, took over in 1922, followed by Sir John's son, John DavidEATON , in ...

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