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In the 1990s, Consumers Distributing Inc. struggled to compete with [[Zellers]] and then [[Walmart Canada]]. Consumers Distributing sought bankruptcy protection in 1996.<ref>{{cite news|title=Consumers Distributing closes the book on catalogue shopping|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/throwback-thursday-edmonton-stereos-parks-1.4241144|accessdate=August 10, 2017|work=CBC News|date=August 9, 1996}}</ref><ref name="woes"/>
Ten years following the bankruptcy, former Consumers Distributing employee Marc King relaunched the company as an online retailer. The new Consumers Distributing website operated in the run up to the 2012 holiday season, taking orders for furniture and brand-name electronics, but the site was shuttered in January 2013, and King was accused of owing back wages to employees.<ref name="woes"/> In May 2015, the company was issued a compliance order by Consumer Protection B.C. for deceptive acts and practices and for failing to issue refunds.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vancouver, BC business faces compliance order, administrative penalty from Consumer Protection BC |url=https://www.consumerprotectionbc.ca/news/vancouver-bc-business-faces-compliance-order-administrative-penalty-consumer-protection-bc/ |publisher=Consumers Protection BC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428173838/https://www.consumerprotectionbc.ca/news/vancouver-bc-business-faces-compliance-order-administrative-penalty-consumer-protection-bc/ |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |date=May 27, 2015 |accessdate=
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