Zellers

Zellers
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryDiscount retail store
Founded1931
FounderWalter P. Zeller
DefunctMarch 31, 2013 (two stores continued to operate until January 26, 2020)
FateMost store leases acquired by Target Canada, Walmart Canada or closed outright. Two locations were retained to serve as liquidation centres for other HBC retail chains.
HeadquartersBrampton, Ontario, Canada
Number of locations
350 (1999)
ProductsClothing, grocery, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelery, beauty products, electronics, toys, sports equipment, appliances, housewares
OwnerHudson's Bay Company[1]
Websitezellers.thebay.com
A Zellers store in Moncton, New Brunswick

Zellers is a company owned by the Hudson's Bay Company. Until 2013 Zellers was Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise department stores.[2] The headquarters were in Brampton, Ontario. They had a mascot named "Zeddy", which is a teddy bear.

In 2011, the leaseholds of 189 Zellers stores were taken over by Target Corporation. Target got the leaseholds because they are expanding their stores into Canada in 2013 and 2014. HBC said most Zellers stores would close and retire the Zellers banner from Canadian retail by March 31, 2013.[3]

There were two Zellers stores left in Canada, in Toronto, and Ottawa Ontario, and they closed on January 26, 2020.[4][5]

In 2023, Hudson's Bay Company said that Zellers was going to open again in certain areas of Canada. These Zellers stores will be inside The Bay. [6] [7] [8]

References

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  1. ↑ "Contacts". Hudson's Bay Company. Archived from the original on July 19, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  2. ↑ "First new Zellers locations revealed ahead of brand's return to Canada this spring". toronto.citynews.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  3. ↑ "Hudson's Bay Company Confirms Final List of 189 Zellers Locations to be Assumed by Target". Canada Free Press. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  4. ↑ "Canada's two remaining Zellers stores slated to close | CTV News". www.ctvnews.ca. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  5. ↑ "Hudson's Bay to shutter last 2 Zellers stores in Toronto and Ottawa". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  6. ↑ "First new Zellers locations revealed ahead of brand's return to Canada this spring". toronto.citynews.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  7. ↑ Bloomberg, B. N. N. (2023-01-18). "Zellers: Hudson's Bay announces planned locations for 25 stores - BNN Bloomberg". BNN. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  8. ↑ "Zellers set to open five stores in Quebec. Here's where they'll be". Montreal. 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2023-01-19.

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