In the Q: anchored by Starbucks and other powerful food brands, Canadian Tire's "Q" concept could have a dramatic effect on the retailing landscape north of the border.(FrontEnd)

From: Convenience Store Decisions | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: Donahue, Bill | Copyright information

Canadian Tire Petroleum has sold gasoline since 1958, but even the company's president will admit that its traditional convenience store offer has been less than imaginative--until recently. Canadian Tire Petroleum's retail ops absorbed a jolt of super-sized imagination in February, however, when the division of Toronto-based Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. opened two hybrid stores dubbed, simply, "Q" in the Ontario cities of Windsor and Milton.

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