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Major international discount chain opening first store in Toronto

Kimia Afshar Mehrabi

created: Sept. 24, 2025, 2:36 p.m. | updated: Sept. 25, 2025, 4:34 p.m.

Get your shopping cart ready, because a global discount chain — which has often been described as Temu in real life — is gearing up to open its first location right here in Toronto. Established in 2010, Panda Mart is a South African discount retailer known for carrying low-cost household goods, home decor, furniture, beauty products, stationery, and accessories. The global brand is preparing to open its very first store in North America in Scarborough at 768 Warden Ave. this week. "This Toronto store provides a key entry for Panda Mart into the Canadian market," said Semmi Liu, from global commercial real estate advisor Avison Young. The store held a soft opening on Sept. 23, but will officially launch to the general public on Friday, Sept. 26.

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