Canadian Department Store Brands
Up here in the Great White North, we have some of our own brands from Canadian department store chains.
We have a Sears as well, which also sells Kenmore. The chain was at one time called Simpsons-Sears, which were 2 separate stores under one management. Both stores at that time sold Kenmore until Simpsons separated from Sears. Sears then became Sears of Canada (the Roebuck name does not exist here). Like the US, Kenmore is made by Whirlpool, and the washers used to have the sideways-opening lid and Roto-Swirl agitator. We also had the Dual-Action agitator, but not the type of agitator where you could adjust the length of the vanes. The dryers had the normal side-swing door, not the drop-down type. Sears also sold fridges and freezers under the Coldspot brand, made by Kelvinator.
I'm sure you've heard of the Hudson's Bay Company, which we call The Bay. From the 70s on back, they sold BayCrest appliances, which were made by GE. Then in 1980, Beaumark was introduced for Simpsons and The Bay, also made by GE. They were originally advertised as "the appliances of the 80s."
We also had Eatons, which sold Viking appliances. They were made by Kelvinator until the 70s, when they switched to GE. Eatons went out of business just before the millenium.
Brentwood was another make, but I don't remember who sold that. It was also made by GE.
Gary