Groupe Dynamite is a

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-based clothing company, originally founded in 1975 as The Garage Clothing Company. The company creates, designs, markets and distributes from its head office in

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, and operates over 300 stores across Canada and the

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, with more than 3,800 employees (as of 2020). In September 2020, the group filed for creditor protection under the

Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act The ''Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act'' (CCAA; french: Loi sur les arrangements avec les créanciers des compagnies) is a statute of the Parliament of Canada that allows insolvent corporations owing their creditors in excess of $5 million t ...

. In December 2020, the group partnered with

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to offer same-day delivery to customers in the Montreal area. Groupe Dynamite became the first national retailer in Canada to offer this service.

History

Garage

Created in 1975, The Garage Clothing Company was the inception of the current company.

Groupe Dynamite

Groupe Dynamite was established in 1984. In 2020, Groupe announced they would be restructuring the company, following their filing for creditor protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. They also announced following the approval of that protection by the

Superior Court of Quebec The Superior Court of Quebec (french: Cour supérieure du Québec) is a superior trial court in the Province of Quebec, in Canada. It consists of 157 judges who are appointed by the federal government. Appeals from this court are taken to the Qu ...

, they would seek provisional recognition under

Chapter 15 {{USBankruptcy Chapter 15, Title 11, United States Code United States bankruptcy code that deals with jurisdiction in certain bankruptcy cases. Under Chapter 15, a representative of a corporate bankruptcy proceeding outside the United States can ...

of the US Bankruptcy Code .

External links

* {{Official website, https://groupedynamite.com/

References

Clothing retailers of Canada Companies based in Montreal Mount Royal, Quebec