La Cordée is a Montreal-based chain of outdoor recreation and sports stores established in 1953. The company is the property of two non profit organizations and all its non-reinvested profits are administered by La Fondation scoute La Cordée.
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| Industry | Outdoors clothing and equipment |
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| Founded | 1953 |
| Headquarters | Montréal, Canada |
Number of locations | 5 |
Key people | Cedric Morisset, CEO |
Number of employees | 325 |
| Parent | Coopérative La Cordée |
| Divisions | La Cordée, La Cordée Boutique, La Vie Sportive - La Cordée, MC3 |
| Website | www.lacordee.com |
History edit
In 1953, the first La Cordée store opened as a cooperative at the corner of Berri Street and Sherbrooke Street in Montréal.[1] 20 years later, in 1973, the store moved to 2159, Saint Catherine Street East, where the flagship location exists to this day. In 1983, the owners of the business decided to transfer ownership of the store to two separate non-profit organizations; the Coopérative La Cordée and La Fondation scoute La Cordée.[2][3]
In 2001, the company expanded its operations with a second store in Laval.[4] A third store opened in 2005 on the South Shore of Montréal, in Saint-Hubert. In 2015, La Cordée acquired Le Yeti, another small outdoor product retailer on Saint-Laurent Boulevard, which they renamed La Cordée Boutique.[5][6]
In 2018, in an effort to expend outside Greater Montreal,[7] La Cordée acquired La Vie Sportive, a well-established outdoor product retailer in Quebec City.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
In 2019, the workers of the two stores located in Montreal decided to unionized with the Commercial Federation of CSN.[14][15] This unionization is historical being the first among the sports and outdoor retailers of Quebec.[16][17]
La Cordée and the Montreal scouts edit
When La Cordée opened as a cooperative in 1953. Its mission was to provide Montreal's scout troops with uniforms and outdoor equipment at an affordable price. Since 1983, La Cordée has been operated as an incorporated business that donates all its profits to one of its shareholders, La Fondation scoute La Cordée. To this day, more than 4 million dollars have been donated to the organization.[18] La Cordée is the official counter of Montreal's scouts.[citation needed] The company also supports local development and maintenance of outdoor sites with its Retour aux Sources program.[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ Espaces. "La Cordée : 60 ans de plein air". Espaces (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ "Le scoutisme "frappe un nœud"! | Grenier aux nouvelles". Grenier aux Nouvelles (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ Radio-Canada.ca, Zone radio -; Radio-Canada.ca, Zone radio -. "| Bonjour la Côte | ICI Radio-Canada Première". | Bonjour la Côte | ICI Radio-Canada Première (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ "Le roman-photo de Centropolis - Infopresse". Infopresse (in Canadian French). 2004-10-08. Archived from the original on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ Média, Québecor. "La Cordée acquiert Le Yéti" (in French).
- ^ "La famille de La Cordée s'agrandit!". www.newswire.ca (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ "" Nous avons très peu de temps devant nous " - La Presse+". La Presse+ (in Canadian French). 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ "Un détaillant de Montréal achète La Vie Sportive". Le Soleil (in Canadian French). 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ Couture, Pierre. "La Cordée met la main sur La Vie Sportive à Québec". Le Journal de Québec (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ "La Cordée met la main sur La Vie Sportive à Québec". TVA Nouvelles (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ "La Cordée avale La Vie Sportive". EscaladeQuebec.com (in French). 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Économie -. "Le magasin La Vie Sportive vendu à un concurrent montréalais". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ Radio-Canada.ca, ICI Radio-Canada Première -. "La Vie sportive vendu à La Cordée : Entrevue avec Yves Jacques | Première heure". Première heure | ICI Radio-Canada.ca Première (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ "Les boutiques La Cordée de Montréal maintenant syndiquées". www.csn.qc.ca. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ Fournier, Marie-Eve (2020-02-19). "La Cordée: une restructuration… et une négociation avec la CSN". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ "Syndicalisation des voutiques La Cordée : une première". www.csn.qc.ca. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ commerce (FC-CSN), Fédération du. "Syndicalisation des boutiques La Cordée à Montréal : Une première dans le domaine du commerce de sport et plein air". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ Denis, Michel R (2015). La Cordée: une fierté pour le scoutisme et pour le Québec (in French). Québec (Québec): Septentrion. ISBN 9782894488379. OCLC 928561869.