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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 =
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'''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]].