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Leon's Furniture Limited () Meubles Léon Limité in Quebec is a Canadian furniture retailer which first opened its store in 1909 in Welland, Ontario. The controlling interest in the company is owned by the Leon family, while some shares are traded publicly on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The company has stores in all provinces of Canada except British Columbia.〔( Leon’s buys The Brick in $700-million deal )〕 ==History== Leon's originated in the city of Welland, Ontario, near the US border in the Niagara Region. It was founded by Ablan Leon, a Lebanese immigrant, who started out as a door-to-door salesman. He was able to open a store with his profits in 1909. The original store was a dry goods outlet, which subsequently converted to furniture sales. Leon's original store was staffed primarily by his family. When he died in 1942, he left the company to his children. After expanding the original location, they built new stores in southwestern Ontario. The company moved into the Toronto area in the subsequent decades, purchasing several established outlets in the city and then converting them to the Leon's name. The company went public in 1969 and opened its first warehouse showroom in 1973, touting it as the only one in Canada. Today, roughly half of the store's more than 50 outlets are owned corporately, while the remainder, mainly in rural areas or in cities with lower populations, are owned by franchisees. There were briefly two stores in Arizona in the mid 1990s.〔(There are plenty of dividend options beyond banks ) The Globe and Mail March 8, 2008〕 On November 11, 2012, Leon's announced plans to acquire competing furniture chain The Brick for $700 million.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leon's」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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