CTV is quoting Mal Coven, former owner of the long-since closed BiWay chain of stores, as saying that he intends to make a comeback in 2019. Mr. Coven, 89, helped build the brand into a 250-store chain before it closed in 2001. By then it was owned by Dylex Corporation and it went down with businesses like fashion brand Fairweather in the notorious Dylex bankruptcy. Coven says he will open a 7,500 square foot location called the BiWay $10 Store in August of next year. “BiWay is a legacy brand,” Coven told CTV News. He said he has tens of thousands of dollars worth of goods ready and the backing of investors. He plans to open four more stores by the end of 2020. The stores will stock children’s wear, household furnishings, mens and ladies wear, toys, toiletries and food. Coven, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, grew up in Boston and his late wife Miriam was from Montreal.
