The storied Hudson’s Bay Company will start liquidating on Monday. The company that started as a fur-trading outpost will begin getting rid of its inventory in all but six of its 96 stand-alone stores, plus three Saks Fifth Avenue stores and 13 Saks Off 5th shops.
Hudson’s Bay Co. has a history that spans as far back as 1670. The company was active in Alaska during the western expansion of the fur trade. While is very much part of Canada’s European heritage, the company touched Alaska, which was still owned by Russia in 1847, by establishing the trading post of Fort Yukon, as well as fur trading posts as far west as Atlin, British Columbia.
While HBC had…
