Hudson’s Bay Company is the oldest company in North America, founded in 1670 with 470 stores and over 66,000 employees (Hudson’s Bay Company, 2016). They are one of the fastest-growing department stores today, according to the company themself. Hudson’s Bay Company includes 10 banners in North America, including Hudson’s Bay, Lord & Taylor, Find @ Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks OFF 5th, Gilt, Home Outfitters; and in Europe, Galeria Kaufhof, Galeria INNO and Sportarena (Hudson’s Bay Company, 2016). Hudson’s Bay began with fur trade two centuries ago, followed by a sparked interest in fashion as retail was on the rise by the end of the nineteenth century whereas fur trade was losing its interest. This was then followed by …show more content…
The company’s main focus in terms of the environment is waste diversion. Consultants are brought in and meet with the company directors to discuss and evaluate opportunities to decrease the company’s environmental footprint of their physical operations. Any chance they may find, HBC is willing to do so, as per their statement on their website (Hudson’s Bay Company).
Customer Relationships The Hudson’s Bay Company works very hard to ensure all needs are met of all stakeholders of the company with many different policies put into place such as easy return policies, persons with disabilities policy, and their comprehensive code of conduct which applies to both its employees and customers.
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This policy which is strictly followed shows stakeholders that the company has standards and will not tolerate any form of illegal manufacturing or violation of human rights in the process of having their goods shipped by suppliers. It also ensures all stakeholders in this company that the company is ensuring quality product which was manufactured and obtained by the company in legal, humane ways. The growth of this company is based on four simple, righteous principles: trust, teamwork, honesty and respect of rights and dignities of