Warehouse One And Bootlegger Liquidation Targets 128 Stores Across Canada

Warehouse One and Bootlegger liquidation is moving ahead as Warehouse One Clothing Ltd. commenced proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, starting an orderly wind down of its business. The filing puts 128 retail stores in scope across Canada, with the company set to seek court approval for liquidation in the coming days.

Manitoba court order

128 retail stores sit inside the plan, and the company said it made the decision after careful consideration of all reasonably available options. The proceedings began under an initial order from the Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba, and Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc. was appointed as the CCAA Monitor pursuant to that order.

1976 was the year Warehouse One was established, a detail that puts the current unwind in context for a chain that has operated under the Warehouse One and Bootlegger banners across Canada. The company said the proceedings will allow for an orderly wind down of its operations, including all Warehouse One and Bootlegger retail locations.

Nine jurisdictions

Nine jurisdictions are affected: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Yukon. That geographic spread turns a single court process in Manitoba into a nationwide retail liquidation, with stores in provinces and one territory moving into the same legal process.

128 stores across those jurisdictions now depend on the next court step, which the company said it intends to pursue in the coming days. For shoppers, the immediate issue is no longer expansion or continuity; it is how the liquidation will be approved and carried out across every Warehouse One and Bootlegger location.