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{{Infobox company

| name = Consumers Distributing

| logo = Consumers Distributing logo.jpgsvg

| logo_size = 300

| type = [[Private company|Private]] (1957–1969)<br>[[Public company|Public]] (1969–1996)

| industry = [[Catalog merchant|Catalogue store]]

| fate = Filed for [[bankruptcy]]

| foundation = 1957

| founder = Jack Stupp

| defunct = 1996

| location_city = 6303 Airport Road<br>[[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]]

| location_country = [[Canada]]

| locations = 243 ([[Canada]])<br>217 ([[United States]])

| key_people = Jack Stupp ([[President (corporate title)|President]])

| products = Seasonal goods, jewellery, appliances, kitchenware, personal care, discount furniture, electronics, toys

| parent = [[Oshawa Group]] (1969–1987)<br>[[Provigo]] (1987–1993)<br>[[Ackermans & van Haaren]] (1993–1996)

| website =

}}

'''Consumers Distributing''' (known in [[Quebec]] as '''Distribution aux Consommateurs''', and informally as '''Consumers''') was a [[catalog merchant|catalogue store]] in [[Canada]] and the [[United States]] that operated from 1957 to 1996. At its peak, the company operated 243 outlets in Canada and 217 in the United States; these included stores in every province in Canada and in the states of [[New Hampshire]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Connecticut]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Maryland]], [[California]] and [[Nevada]].

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==Further reading==

*{{cite web|url=https://www.tvo.org/article/what-happened-to-consumers-distributing|title=What happened to Consumers Distributing?|last=Bradburn|first=Jamie|publisher=[[TVO]]|date=21 December 2023|access-date=23 December 2023}}

==External links==

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[[Category:Catalog showrooms]]