Winners

I see most ppl have taken out some stars due to the size of this location n stock level. I honestly think I still love this one. Despite the small stock level this location has the nicest employees. They used to have a VERY stern accent Eastern European mid ages angry manager who seemed love bossing employees and customers around. One time I had put something on hold for over night which they were doing favor for me saying will only hold till noon next day. I called them at 11:55am politely saying I was on the way and as promised to come back to pick it up. The bossy lady shouted at me:“haha I will give you 5 minutes, u don’t make it here they ate going to the floor” — HANG UP on me. It was aweful. Aft that I didn’t go back for a month! The employees were all looking scared as if working under a strict boss in Soviet Union.
Then somehow the manager was either fired or let go. Then they turned around having the NICEST managers. There had been at least 2 – 3 supervisors I have seen r all very inviting and professional.
Despite the small space and limited stock. I have found so much goodies there. Dog beds, dog jackets, dog toys, amazing cosmetic supplies, purses, shoes, dresses. U won’t find everything at one time but keep coming back. My puppy was young at time, couldn’t hold his bladder so he peed on the floor. I went to notify the employee n offered to help cleaning. Thinking they might forbid dog from walking inside or might force me to carry him on arm from now. I was expecting some harsh warnings. The cute nice black young dude employee kept telling me no worry n he swept up the puppy pee. I kept apologizing he kept saying it’s okay. I was moved by that.
The employees at fitting room and jewelry area are also nice too .
Just saying the space is small, saying they don’t carry full stock n mark down a star is bit unfair due to the small capacity. It’s one of the oldest winners downtown I am sure if the building owner wanna sell the land to real estate developer to make condo at that corner they would make millions. But i prefer Winners :):)

August 31, 2015
At first we planned to get only a nice purple dress shirt for my husband. But while I was waiting for him I found a nice blouse that had elephants graphic on it. It’s compatible with a graphic dress. I tried them on. They matched! I love it! It’s modern Thai style :) It’s very convenient for us because it’s in our neighbour. I don’t need to fly back to Thailand to get one ;D
I check out Winners sometime for men’s shirts because Winners has brands on sale. They are good quality and are affordable. I rarely buy clothes for myself here. Anyway, I started to check women’s cloths here lately because I found nice sweaters only $ 20-​$ 30 and other pretty stuff for women like cosmetic bags, cosmetic organizers etc.
Funny story when I was shopping here: I asked a staff member to check how my husband was doing in the men’s fitting room. She said it was Men’s room so. she didn’t know. Haha I knew she was afraid I would peak at all the men trying out their clothes in there! Did I?!

This Winners (King and Spadina) has one of the worst inventories in Toronto but the friendliest staff. It gets busy around lunch time but overall, it is quite zen. It does not have any runway selections or more of the higher end brands which makes you feel like you’re really missing out on the «good stuff” – articles you would otherwise find at the Yonge and College location or Bloor street. So, to avoid any buyer’s remorse or phobia, come here for the active wear and/​or shoe section and once in a while, those cute Kate Spade bracelets you would never pay full price for.

This Winners located at Spadina and King is definitely one of the smaller locations with limited spacing hence lack of a couple departments that other locations has to offer. Plus it often appears quite cramped because of the numerous racks that are close together.
They have changed the store layout a little which improved the store efficiency, but with limited spacing they’re doing the best they can.
The good thing about this location is it’s often not busy and shopping here is actually peaceful. At times, so quiet that it’s eerie because it’s not like the busy and chaotic Winners located at College Park.
I usually have lots of luck with the Activewear department because the stock is plentiful and often clearance items are available which is a bonus for me; not like I need any more workout clothes, but the discounted clearance definitely is difficult to skip and I often find myself buying way more than I need. At least I’m a stylish runner/​fitness fanatic.
The staff are quite friendly, fast and efficient, but the checkout area is somewhat of a nuisance because of the support beam blocking visibility of some of the cashiers.

Lauren M. is right. There appears to be less inventory than other locations downtown (the new one on Queen West located on top of the grocery place is AMAZING for selection). But for last minute beauty and essentials, I think its a great place given its location close to my place. Whenever I get a chance to go however, things appear to have been picked over. Seems there are many people that go at lunch when new stock arrives.
I did manage to buy a medium size suitcase there last minute as well as aethetically pleasing storage bins, bedsheets, travel pillow, black socks, sports socks, black opaque tights, sunglasses, cosmetic/​beauty products, gifts for children during xmas, and a soft furry scarf. Shoe selection at this location is not great. I did find yogi-​toes yoga towels there at some point but they never came back.
Refunds are processed without much hassle so long as you have the price tag and all the tags. The lines move fairly quickly. They have pretty good extended hours during the week days (until 9pm) but close before 7pm sat and 6pm sun.
Overall, this location has things that meet my basic needs.
The only thing that is less than great is if you are there close to closing time, the staff literally tries to get you to leave by repeating «we are closing» numerous times.

Small and picked overly location.
Boring inventory … Not a great store.
The checkout line is always crazy long, because the employees move on slow motion, and generally always look bored and annoyed of your presence.
Think: SNAILS — PACE.
BONUS:
They allow dogs in the store. My Doberman feels they have a satisfactory pet section.

When I’m in the mood for a big hunt, this Winners is where I head.
I have purchased a few great work shirts, a watch from the jewellry counter, luggage and a few home goods.
Winners always has some brand name products that are still more money than I want to spend. The line up moves at a good pace. The floors are dirty as most other stores like this. The selection at College Park is way bigger.

My least favourite Winners in Toronto.
Not that it’s exceptionally horrible, but I pretty much prefer every other location to this one. (Yorkville location and College Park much better).
As mentioned in other reviews, this Winners is somewhat smaller and definitely has less inventory than other locations.
I don’t like the layout of the store either — it’s basically one big giant room with lots of random open space.
Shoe selection is pathetic.

This Winners is much smaller than a typical Winners and definitely lacks the clothing selection found at College Park or Yorkville.
However, they have a great shampoo/​conditioner section (I got 2 1litres for 30 bucks). I had gone to the Winners at College Park the day before, and the selection was smaller and much more picked over. They also had a nice but small section for houseware and storage solutions.
The shoe selection was pretty big given the size of the store but I didn’t see too many pairs that really tickled my fancy. If you live around this Winners location, be sure to drop in to get your home essentials at a discounted price!

Others have noted that this is one of the older and smaller Winners. They didn’t highlight that it is also much more cramped, messy, run-​down, and in other ways inferior to the other WInners. The location is convenient, but so what if you’re unlikely to find something to buy and have an uncomfortable time hunting. The whole reason to go a Winners is the hunt, the chance that you’ll find a treasure that you wanted to buy anyway, but at a lower price. Seems less likely here and so I’ll probably not bother to come back.
And as Christine has pointed out, though the place sells the same sort of second-​rate merchandise as its brethren stateside (Ross, TJMaxx, Home Goods, Marshall’s, etc.), the prices are consistently higher. But the difference matches the price difference in retail prices. It’s just that Canadian retail prices are typically 20−40% higher than US prices, so if you’re saving 30% off Canadian retail prices it may still be more expensive than normal retail in the US. That’s only a consideration if shopping in the US is an option for you.
The bottom line is that for Winners to be worth the trip you have to get lucky. But the trip to this branch isn’t a good gamble. Bad odds.

I am missing the kinder gentler TJ Maxx of stateside fame. I am finding the evil twin Winners on average twice the cost of TJ. boo hoo hoo.
But why? It’s the same lame stuff, just costing more. Wait! …it’s the same lame company umbrella (TJX Companies.)
Same owner, same stuff. Canadians should be mad, very mad. Try being non-​canadian and write ‘em a letter:
The TJX Companies, Inc.
770 Cochituate Road
Framingham, MA 1 701
Prefer to chat about the price spread on last seasons’ stuff: 508−390−1000

I’ve got a joke about how I walked into a biker bar wearing clothes from Winners and it’s pretty true enough. This being so close to my house, I’ll typically start my clothes shopping journey there to see what I can find on offer that’ll do the trick and get me a little bit dressy.
Like pretty much all of the Winners franchises, they run the same type of assortment of clothes seen at the other Winners. The staff are trained well, decently helpful, and the prices are typical of the Winners franchise. Nothing here that’s really bad, nothing here that’s really good. I like this one because it’s close to my house, but unless you too live on either side of Spadina and King, I’m not sure you’d bother going to this one or any other that’s found in the city. My mom likes this one, if that’s a big deal for you.

There are a lot of Winners locations around Toronto, but this one, I found has a particularly great selection of shoes/​boots. I just bought a pair of brown knee-​high leather riding boots that were $ 150 down from $ 350! I have received SO many compliments on them and they were definitely one of my favourite purchases this season — and they were really well priced. They also had a great selection of flats, heels and ankle boots in tons of colours and sizes. I find as I am a size 9 ½, I tend to have a common shoe size so I always assume nothing cute will be left in my size. But they had TONS of great stuff here and I highly recommend it for anyone looking for some great fall and winter boots or cute summer or spring shoes.