277:. Among the portion of the store that was shut down was the historic 500 Saint Catherine East building that had been home to Archambault since 1930. The store remained open at 510 Saint Catherine Street East and on Berri Street as well as on the upper floors of the 500 Saint Catherine building itself. Despite having sold the retail chain to Renaud Bray in 2015, Quebecor had remained owner of the building and took the occasion to move its online radio station QUB to the space vacated by Archambault. On November 27, 2018, the iconic Archambault signage was removed from the building, a move that drew so much criticism that it was reinstated nine months later. In late June 2023, the rest of the Saint Catherine Street/Berri store was finally closed. The Archambault signage remains.
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Mr. Archambault died in 1947 and nephews, Rosaire Sr. and Edmond Sr., took over the reins of the business. In the 1980s, the son of
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Camelot-Info, a computer bookstore, was acquired by
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Archambault was founded in 1896 by Edmond
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