Extra Canadian Tire flyer hits doorsteps across the country

4-page flyer offers incredible savings on last minute gifts

TORONTO , Dec. 17 /CNW/ - Last minute shoppers now have something else to celebrate as they head into the final days before Christmas - an extra version of the country's most beloved flyer. In addition to the usual weekly flyer, the special flyer includes 4 broadleaf pages, equivalent to twice the size of the normal flyer page, featuring gifts for everyone on the shopping list at incredible prices. Hitting doorsteps across the country starting today, the extra flyer offers shoppers last minute gifts at great prices from December 21st to December 24th .

"Over the past few years we have seen a steady increase in the number of customers looking for deals on last minute gifts," said Duncan Reith , senior vice president, merchandising, Canadian Tire Retail. "To provide customers with extra savings this holiday season we are, for the first time ever, issuing an extra flyer in the final days leading up to Christmas. The 4-page flyer provides customers with incredible savings on tons of great gifts throughout the entire store. The great prices, exciting assortment of gifts combined with extended shopping hours where possible makes Canadian Tire a destination for last minute shoppers."

The special flyer is in effect December 21st to December 24th and includes savings on a wide range of products throughout the store including 50% or more off kitchen appliances, electronics, tools, toys and more. Wherever legal, stores across the country are also offering customers extended hours including opening at 7 a.m. on Saturday in most stores in Ontario, 8 a.m. Friday and Saturday in most Quebec stores and 7 a.m. Friday and Saturday in the balance of the country. Customers are encouraged to contact their local store to confirm hours of operation.

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (TSX: CTC.a, CTC) is comprised of five business units: Canadian Tire Retail, one of Canada's most-shopped general merchandise retailers with 476 stores; PartSource, an automotive parts specialty chain with 87 stores; Canadian Tire Petroleum, one of the country's largest and most productive independent retailers of gasoline, operating 273 gas bars, 268 convenience stores and kiosks, and 73 car washes; Mark's Work Wearhouse, one of the country's leading apparel retailers operating 374 stores in Canada ; and Canadian Tire Financial Services that has issued over five million Canadian Tire MasterCard credit cards and markets related financial products and services for retail and petroleum customers. More than 57,000 Canadians work across Canadian Tire's organization from coast-to-coast in the enterprise's retail, financial services, and petroleum businesses.

For further information: Lisa Gibson, Canadian Tire Corporation, [email protected]