Spar (retailer) throughout Asia, Africa and Oceania. In fiscal year 2017, SPAR achieved €34.5 billion ($40.1 billion) in global sales, which represented a 5.3 percent increase over 2016. The SPAR motto is "under the tree" The name was originally DE SPAR, an acronym of the Dutch phrase (). The acronym was chosen in order to resonate with the verb "sparen", which (related to English "spare") means "save [money]" in Dutch and some other languages, among them German and Scandinavian languages (with variants such as "spara" or "spare"). The acronym ended up meaning "the fir", after which the logo was chosen. As the
Red Creek fir aside from being placed on a public recreation site. A proposal exists to extend the current Pacific Rim National Park down the west coast of the island to include the Red Creek fir, as well as it being listed by Heritage BC. , both proposals have been unsuccessful. Red Creek fir The Red Creek Fir is a Douglas fir tree, at least 1000 years old, standing near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. With its diameter of 4.2 meters (13.8 feet) and height of 73.8 meters (242 feet), it is the largest Douglas fir in the world.