Zellers
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.
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Discount retail store |
| Fate | Most 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. |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Founder | Walter P. Zeller |
| Defunct | March 31, 2013 (two stores continued to operate until January 26, 2020) |
| Headquarters | Brampton, Ontario, Canada |
Number of locations | 350 (1999) |
| Products | Clothing, grocery, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelery, beauty products, electronics, toys, sports equipment, appliances, housewares |
| Owner | Hudson's Bay Company[1] |
| Website | zellers |
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]
Zellers Media
Zellers advertisement in the Toronto Star for its 1931 grand opening in Toronto. The announced location later became part of the Toronto Eaton Centre in 1977.
Logo from 1994 to January 2023. Like the one currently used, this is a variant of the logo that was introduced in August 1975.
The storefront of the re-opened Zellers in Bells Corners, Ottawa.
Zellers at Hudson's Bay department store located at Erin Mills Town Centre, Mississauga
Zeddy encourages children to ride the Zeddy Wheel attraction at Zellers.
A Zeddy Bear, as sold in the chain's last months
Zeddy, on the far right, is walking in a parade in 2003.
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References
- ↑ "Contacts". Hudson's Bay Company. Archived from the original on July 19, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
- ↑ "First new Zellers locations revealed ahead of brand's return to Canada this spring". toronto.citynews.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ↑ "Hudson's Bay Company Confirms Final List of 189 Zellers Locations to be Assumed by Target". Canada Free Press. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
- ↑ "Canada's two remaining Zellers stores slated to close | CTV News". www.ctvnews.ca. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ↑ "Hudson's Bay to shutter last 2 Zellers stores in Toronto and Ottawa". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ↑ "First new Zellers locations revealed ahead of brand's return to Canada this spring". toronto.citynews.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ↑ Bloomberg, B. N. N. (2023-01-18). "Zellers: Hudson's Bay announces planned locations for 25 stores - BNN Bloomberg". BNN. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ↑ "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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