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.
| File:Zellers logo.svg | |
| 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 1931 Toronto.jpg
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.
- Zellers logos.png
Evolution of the logo over the decades
- Zellers Place Versailles, Montréal, QC 19 (8274471664).jpg
Store at Place Versailles in Montreal I 2012
- Zellers Brossard, QC 10 (8272618151) (cropped).jpg
Liquidation closing sale at a Zellers store in Brossard, Quebec
- A re-opened Zellers store at Bells Corners in Ottawa.jpg
The storefront of the re-opened Zellers in Bells Corners, Ottawa (closed again in 2020)
- Zellers in Hudson's Bay at Erin Mills Town Centre-Mississauga 2023.jpg
Zellers at former Hudson's Bay department store at Erin Mills Town Centre, Mississauga
- Zeddy Wheel.ogg
Zeddy encourages children to ride the Zeddy Wheel attraction at Zellers.
- Zeddy.jpg
A Zeddy Bear, as sold in the chain's last months. A new version of the Zeddy Bear was introduced in 2023 that has a red shirt instead of a yellow one.
- Zeddy4.jpg
Zeddy, on the far right, is walking in a parade in 2003.
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. Archived from the original on 2019-09-21. 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. Archived from the original on 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
Other websites
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