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Hi

Mrs D speaking, one for you moms out there in Calgary, where are the best places to buy childrens clothes from at reasonable prices? :D

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Hello Mrs D.....I can't speak about exclusive stores in Calgary personally, but if it's "chainstore" clothing, then pretty much Canada wide, I can recommend Gap Kids, Sears, Winners, Old Navy, Zellers, The Bay.....and yes, even humble Walmart!! My favourites are Old Navy and Zellers.....their quality is superb and prices are v.reasonable.

Jaycee

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hi there , not sure about specific places either ,
but on the whole , we are surely spoilt , by asda, jjb sports , primark etc ,
i am already stocking up on clothes for myself and hubby ,
and my sister is doing the same for her son (aged 8 ) even doubling up in the next sizes ,
in my experience , canada is more expensive and the style we are used to is hard to find .......
i had to buy trainers in n.s last year , and they set me back over £40 for nikes , and believe me i shopped around
but when i can pick them up for £14 (jjb sports ) i am deff gonna do that

sharon :)

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Its not just mums who go shopping for the kids you know :mad:

Walmart, Zellers etc are cheap and will last at least until they are outgrown. Better yet are the countless "consignment" stores selling previously enjoyed stuff for next to nothing, often more upmarket brands like Oshkosh etc.

Old Navy is owned by Gap I think, and is reasonable quality at a lot less than Gap prices. Its only just arrived in my town mall.

Kids dont care about label here nearly as much, so why spend the extra for new name brand stuff thats just going to get trashed anyway. For new stuff we prefer Zellers as at least its Canadian owned, matches Walmart for value and doesnt screw over its workers to quite the same extent. They also dont seem to build outside the city limits like Walmart do to try and avoid city taxes, which of course is what helps finance the nice communities we live in.

What can I say, I dont like the way walmart does business.

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Of course the style you are used to is not the style here, so if you want to look like a tourist go ahead and buy up in the UK.

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Isnt Zellers HBC owned? Didnt HBC get bought up by some foriegner???

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Perhaps. Still, more canadian that Walmart will ever be. Not a lot of choice at the discount superstore end of the market. I guess Ill have to do all my shopping at Giant Tiger now!

Zucker was born in Israel...but at least part owns a hockey team....cant get more canadian than that? even if he is a Yank.

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The short answer.

Yes.

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WHAT!!!!!!!!
How long have you had a Giant Tiger???
We only just got one!!!!!
That is so unfair!!!! :mad:

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Forever.

But you get mountains :mad:

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What team?

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Some junior team in the Carolinas I think

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Ah now that makes it fair I do agree. :D

Anyway back on Topic.
I must agree about looking like a tourist wearing 'UK' clothes.
You can always spot the 'recent' arrivals downtown even if they trying to dress in a 'North American Styleee'

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and that makes him canadian how? :confused:

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Its a hockey team.

As you know, no true US citizen gives a damn about hockey, so he must have some residual connection to Canada. :D

Besides, why else would he buy the HBC...its not like its a money making proposition, its just a piece of canadian history..in fact it predates Canada doesnt it..."Here Before Christ" etc.

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I don't think Iaink meant it made him "Canadian" just more Canadian than the owner of Wally World.

By the way he owns 25% of the South Carolina Stingrays of the East Coast Hockey League. The Stingrays are affiliated with the Washington Capitols of the NHL.

The East Coast Hockey League is a developmental league for players too old for junior but not good enough (yet or ever) for the NHL.

Cheers
Steve

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Steve do they have anymore of them anoraks???? ;)

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Giant Tiger have loads of them. $2 each ;) :p :D

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I've got a whole closet full of them. :D:D

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Steve must have bought them all on openning day. ;)

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:rolleyes: "looking like a tourist "
so , Canadians don't wear jeans and a t shirt then ?? for instance ???
i wasn't thinking of bringing 1 of each premier team football shirts you know :D
but still you would be very hard pushed to be able to go to zellers' etc , and get a pair of jeans and a t shirt ( no name ) for under $10 , like you can here

it dosn't hurt to stock up on the deals , while you got a chance ,
sharon

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Shop at consignment stores if you can - wonderful bargins..most of my kids (3 and 5) play clothes come from those stores. I refuse to pay good money for clothes they are going to rough house in outside and outgrow in 10 minutes!

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Hey, its a good deal, but the original comment was about buying up in the UK for different styles, not better prices.

Where can you get that for $10 in the UK?

I guess you can find deals like that in places like Giant Tiger here if you are lucky.

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george at asda ....£3 jeans , £1.50 t.shirt ,
i am not a style guru by any means , but what i meant was, that seeing as the lady who stated the thread is still in the uk ( i think ) , maybe she could pick up a few kiddies t.shirts and things , at a greatly cheaper price , before she went to Canada....
as for style , it really dosn't matter what you wear , cause as soon as you open your mouth , they are gonna presume your a tourist anyway :D

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Isn't Walmart part of the Asda group? That means it sells George clothing. Apparently these are quite good. Don't know myself as we have never had an Asda near us :rolleyes:

Jane

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Yup.

They look a lot like Mrs Bucket/Bouquet

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My understanding is that Walmart isn't part of the Asda Group.

It owns the Asda Group.

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I don't think George in Canada is the same as the George range in the UK, certainly the pricing isn't :eek:

Superstore have just aped the George idea with a range called "Joe", haven't looked at the kids stuff yet but the adult stuff looks okay for plain basics like t-shirts, jeans.

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ERM
Anybody looking like that in Calgary is EITHER cradle canadian and \or East European in origin I usually find. ;)

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Ok so you beat me to it. :D

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Agreed
Mrs C was devastated. ;)

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And Cherokee Tesco isn't the same range as Cherokee Zellers, which are both also different from Cherokee Target (USA) - despite all having the same label and probably being sewn in the same factories :confused: Confused? You will be!

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Well knock me down I'd never even noticed that one (mind you the cherokee range in our local tesco was two pairs of pants and a couple of tees).

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You gonna have to be quicker puttin' your anorak on mate. :D:D:D

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Mate I need to put a lot more on before my anorak.
(I love working from home ;) )

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For the same reasons I love retirement I would guess. ;)

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However they did heavily push the UK connection in their marketing as I recall. Here its walmarts "designer" line, rather than functional clothing, and is priced accordingly to suck in those idiots who buy into the "european = superior quality" pitch thats so popular here.

PS. Am I the only one whos fully clothed? :rolleyes: :D

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Quite possibly mate. (I have to admit it is quite worrying).