Accent La Tuque

History of Spain Ltd
 
It all began in 1921 when my grandfather, Gaetano Tassitano, Italian of origin, and his wife Antoinette Pretty decided, after a difficult route from Italy to La Tuque, to start their business. Times were not easy back then but with hard work, their small general store prospered.

It was in 1943, in the midst of World War II, that my father Vincent Tassitano said "Spain" joined the company weakened by the great depression and the war. At that time the store was approximately 15,000 sq. ft. and continued to prosper as a general store.

 In 1974, the store offered a wide variety of merchandise such as ladies', men's, and children's clothing, toys, yard goods, carpets, linoleum, footwear, kitchenware and furniture in a surface of more than 50,000 sq.ft. It was during that same year that my father and my uncle, who were partners in the company, decided to sell their clothing operations to keep only those in the furniture, appliances, mattresses and electronics, thus reducing sales surface to 8,000 sq. ft.

 I joined the company in 1984.  In 1994, we made a first transformation. In 2001, seven years later, we made another major transformation. We bought an additional surface of 16,000 sq. ft. with the storefront on Commerciale Street, the main road of the city. We carried out major transactions by purchasing our competitor in computing, a building adjacent to ours, and we undertook a considerable transformation of our facade and store interior. We completed our action plan by integrating the Accent Meubles network.

 Today, we are proud to offer the customers of Haut St-Maurice, a modern environment, a larger choice of merchandise, and this, in a competitive environment of more than 20,000 sq. ft. surface. We have furniture, appliances, mattresses and decorative accessories in an up to date and ahead of time décor.

Jean Spain

President