Hudson's Bay Company Quotes


Never shoot your customers.


Context

In contrast to the American expansion where individuals went west to settle, the Canadian experience was directed by a central mercantile enterprise for whom the Indians trapped furs and bought merchandise. The Company wanted the Indians to be treated like valuable customers, not competitors for land and territory.


Citations

Hudson's Bay Company, (De facto early government of Canada), Early directive to employees

Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations

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The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; French: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson CBH) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada and the United States.