The iconic Zellers department store, which had most of its Canadian stores shut down by 2013, is set to make a comeback.
On Jan. 18, a news release announced the opening of 25 stores inside Hudson’s Bay locations across Canada this year, as well as an online store.
“Opening in communities across the country, the brick-and-mortar locations will complement the first-ever Zellers.ca ecommerce site, ultimately bringing Zellers to nearly every community in Canada,” said Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), which owns Zellers.
The Bay first announced in August 2022 that the discount department store would return to Canada sometime in 2023 at a variety of locations, including four stores in British Columbia, four stores in Alberta, one in Winnipeg, one in Saskatoon, nine in Ontario, five in Quebec, and two in Nova Scotia….