Snowy Department Store

Snowy Department Store, or Gift Shop in Club Penguin, is a chain of department stores that mainly sell clothing. They operate the Gift Shop in Club Penguin, and have a total of 12 branches continentally. Snowy Department Store has many dealerships with famous brands that sell clothing. It is owned by Snowy Inc, formed in 2003.

History
Snowy Department Store was supposedly founded in 2003 by Snowy Inc, several years after The Club founded Penguin Chat. The department store sold several pieces of clothing at very cheap prices, ranging from 5 USP. At the time, the 'coin' currency was not around, and Snowy Department Store did not earn much as not many penguins had USP.

When Penguin Chat evolved into Club Penguin, the 'fish' currency was implemented and they started making profits. They had gotten rid of their inventory and had many more orders. With the profits earned, Snowy Department Store opened a branch in South Pole City, which also earned a steady flow of USP. The main shareholder, Snowy Inc, took up the remaining 20% of the shares owned by 'The Club', and they had capital in no time.

In 2006, the SPC outlet's storage was expended threefold. Clothing was charged higher at their main outlet in CP, and they opened a new branch in UnitedTerra's New Club Penguin. Many more branches followed soon after, and Snowy Inc., later bought a number of department store chains, including DDDS, PDS and ADS. The outlets of these chains were later transformed into SDS outlets. After the purchase, they had a total of twelve outlets

SDC continues to make profits to this day, and no recent news have popped up.

Branches
The brackets at the end represent which chain they were originally from.
 * Club Penguin, Sub-Antarctic (SDS)
 * South Pole City, Eastshield (SDS, DDDS, PDS and ADS)
 * New Club Penguin, UnitedTerra (SDS, PDS)
 * Penguville, Eastshield (ADS)
 * Pengu Town, Trans-Antarctica (ADS)
 * Snowville, Eastshield (DDDS, PDS)
 * Frostborough. Freezeland (PDS)

Process of Purchasing at SDS
There are various ways of purchasing items at Snowy Department Store. The most unique one is at the headquarters itself, Club Penguin.

Club Penguin Outlet
To purchase anything in the Gift Shop (Club Penguin Outlet), a penguin has to choose directly from the catalogue. Hidden items are scattered throughout the catalogue, and are usually in the form of notes. Once a penguin has found what he/she wants in the catalogue, the item will appear in his/her Player Card via teleportation.

South Pole City and New Club Penguin Outlets (not bought from other chains)
To purchase anything in "Original" outlets, such as the ones at South Pole City and New Club Penguin, a penguin must look through the department store, pick a piece of clothing, and then go to the cashier manually. They shall then insert it in their player card.

Formerly-DDDS Outlets
Dave and Dawson Department Store implemented a special way of purchasing items. To purchase clothing, they must go and search through the catalogue, ask the 'Catalogue Keeper' for that piece of clothing, and then wait until the 'Catalogue Keeper' returns with the clothing. All other items are sold at a 'Peanut Stall', which seems ridiculous. They follow the same process as the purchase of clothing.

Formerly-PDS Outlets
Penguin Department Store outlets, located at South Pole City, Snowville and Frostborough, follow the same example as the 'Original' outlets. However, to pay for the items, they have to step on a conveyor belt which will transport them to the cashier. Former-PDS Outlets at SPC and Snowville had their cashiers on the opposite side of the shopping center they are in, so the 'conveyor belt' will be in the form of a travellator going up towards the cashier. Quite hard to imagine unless you see it for yourself. The cashier at Frostborough is at a very far end of the department store.

Formerly-ADS Outlets
Antarctic Department Store outlets follow the same way as the 'Original' outlets, even before the merger.