{"id":63046,"date":"2025-08-14T14:29:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/08\/14\/simons-opens-first-toronto-store-at-yorkdale-can-it-succeed-where-nordstrom-failed\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:29:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:29:34","slug":"simons-opens-first-toronto-store-at-yorkdale-can-it-succeed-where-nordstrom-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/08\/14\/simons-opens-first-toronto-store-at-yorkdale-can-it-succeed-where-nordstrom-failed\/","title":{"rendered":"Simons opens first Toronto store at Yorkdale. Can it succeed where Nordstrom failed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<br \/><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bullish on retail, Simons opens first Toronto Store\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SqsgnI7XrHE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> La Maison Simons<\/p>\n<p>                         opened its first Toronto location in Yorkdale Shopping Centre Thursday, and chief executive Bernard Leblanc talks with the Financial Post\u2019s Larysa Harapyn about how the company is bullish despite the economic headwinds facing retail. <\/p>\n<p> The 185-year-old Quebec retailer was able to move into Yorkdale and a second location in the Eaton Centre this fall because U.S. department store <\/p>\n<p>                        Nordstrom Inc<\/p>\n<p>                         left Canada, saying it had been too hard to make a profit in the market. <\/p>\n<p> Simons will spend a combined $100 million on the two Toronto stores and Leblanc expects them to increase the company\u2019s annual sales by 15 per cent. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/simons-0814-ph.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/simons-0814-ph.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/simons-0814-ph.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/simons-0814-ph.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/simons-0814-ph.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/simons-0814-ph.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/simons-0814-ph.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/simons-0814-ph.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/simons-0814-ph.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/simons-0814-ph.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/simons-0814-ph.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\" The Simons storefront in Yorkdale.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-license-id=\"3904895\" data-portal-copyright=\"Simons\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/simons-0814-ph.jpg?ssl=1\" title=\" The Simons storefront in Yorkdale.\" \/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"related_links\">\n<li>Canada faring &#8216;pretty good&#8217; in Trump&#8217;s tariff war, except for this sector<\/li>\n<li>Tariff war big boost for Canadian jean maker Duer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <em>With files from The Canadian Press<\/em> <\/p>\n\n<br \/>Simons opens first Toronto store at Yorkdale. 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