Structube
{{short description|Canadian furniture retailer}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Structube Ltee
| logo =Logo-clean_CROP.png
| logo_size = 300px
| type = Private
| industry = Retail, e-commerce
| founded = 1974
| hq_location = Laval, Quebec, Canada
| num_locations = 75{{cite web|title=Our store locations |website=Structube |url=https://www.structube.com/en/our-stores}}
| num_locations_year = March 2020
| area_served =
| key_people =
| products = Home furnishings
| num_employees =650+ (2020)
| num_employees_year =
| website = {{URL|structube.com}}
}}
Structube Ltee is a Canadian retailer of modern home furniture and accessories.{{Cite web|title = Company Overview of Structube Ltee|url = http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=30961517|archive-url = https://archive.today/20140313161518/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=30961517|url-status = dead|archive-date = March 13, 2014|newspaper=Business Week}} It was founded as a family business in 1974 and currently operates over 70 stores across Canada. The Structube head office and distribution centre are located in Laval, Quebec.{{cite web |url=http://www.yellowpages.ca/bus/Quebec/Saint-Laurent/Structube/3822434.html |title=Structube in Montreal QC |website=YellowPages.ca}} The company employs over 650 people in eight provinces across Canada.{{Cite web |title=About Us |website=Structube |url = http://www.structube.com/en/about-us |access-date = 2020-03-18}}
History
Structube was founded in 1974 and specialized in tubular retail clothing racks. The name is a portmanteau of the French words for structural and tubular, "structures tubulaires".{{Cite web|title = Structube Plans Continued Store Expansion into New Markets|url = http://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2016/7/structube|website=Retail Insider|date = 6 July 2016}} It expanded its business into furniture in 1980 in downtown Montreal.{{Cite web|title = Canadian Modern Furniture Leader STRUCTUBE Shaking up the US Furniture Market|url = http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/canadian-modern-furniture-leader-structube-shaking-up-the-us-furniture-market-2077167.htm|website=Market Wired}} A {{convert|54000|sqft|adj=on}} distribution centre was built in 2006 and subsequently expanded to {{convert|250000|sqft}} in 2013.{{Cite web|title = Canadian Furniture Retailer Structube to Ship to U.S.|url = http://www.hfndigital.com/news/canadian-furniture-retailer-structube-ship-us|website=HFN Digital|date = 25 November 2015}}
The first store in Alberta was opened in September 2012, and in 2016, three locations were opened in British Columbia.{{Cite web|title = Edmonton's strong retail sector attracts Quebec's Structube|url = http://oberfeldsnowcap.com/news/edmontons-strong-retail-sector-attracts-quebecs-structube|website = Oberfeld Snowcap|url-status=dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160131230156/http://oberfeldsnowcap.com/news/edmontons-strong-retail-sector-attracts-quebecs-structube/|archivedate = 2016-01-31}}{{Cite web|title = Montreal-based affordable furnishings retailer Structube opens first Vancouver shop|url = https://www.straight.com/life/807431/montreal-based-affordable-furnishings-retailer-structube-opens-first-vancouver-shop|website=Georgia Straight|date = 12 October 2016}} In May 2015, Structube began offering its product line through an e-commerce website integrated with its conventional stores, and in November 2015, expanded this to the United States.{{Cite web|title = Structube prépare une percée aux États-Unis|url = http://affaires.lapresse.ca/economie/commerce-de-detail/201509/04/01-4897789-structube-prepare-une-percee-aux-etats-unis.php|newspaper=LaPresse}} Structube later abandoned the U.S. market in May 2019.