Agnew-Surpass

Agnew-Surpass Shoe Stores Ltd. was a Canadian shoe retailer.{{cite news |title=Vancouver investor wins control of Agnew Surpass |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/435544781 |last=Kidd |first=Kenneth |work=Toronto Star |date=28 January 1987 |access-date=4 November 2021 |id={{ProQuest|435544781}} |url-access=registration}}

Agnew Shoes was founded in Brantford, Ontario, in {{start date and age|1879|p=y}}, and merged in 1928 with Surpass Stores. In 1962 the chain was acquired by American firm Genesco,{{cite web |url=https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/hrcorpreports/search/detail.php?company=Agnew%20Surpass%20Shoe%20Store%20Limited&ID=48 |title=Company Detail |work=Canadian Corporate Reports |publisher=McGill Digital Archive |date=2005 |access-date=4 November 2021}} and in 1987 it was sold to a numbered company controlled by former Bata Shoe executive Michael Graye.{{cite web |title=Genesco sale to include Agnew Surpass chain |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19870129&id=9NYyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kO8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1259,4348183 |publisher=The Ottawa Citizen|accessdate=25 July 2013}} Despite being the largest chain of shoe stores in Canada, the chain went bankrupt in {{end date and age|2000|p=y}}.{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/agnew-group-files-for-bankruptcy-protection/article25469637/ |title=Agnew Group files for bankruptcy protection |last=Kennedy |first=Peter |work=The Globe and Mail |date=19 August 2000 |access-date=4 November 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/agnew-shoes-shuts-all-223-stores-across-canada/article1189348/ |title=Agnew Shoes shuts all 223 stores across Canada |work=The Globe and Mail |date=18 August 2000 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url-access=subscription}}