Some retail analysts suggest that Zellers’ resurrection is more about the novelty factor than the actual sale of consumer goods.
Easily my favourite news story of the week, it was also, I am loath to admit, an emotional one. The story of the Kurl family is tied to the past grandeur and ultimately fading importance of Canadian department stores.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The ’80s were the birth of the free-trade era and the importance of buying Canadian was deeply entrenched. As we came of age, and as traditional department stores jettisoned most of their products , Zellers, owned by the same company as The Bay, became the go-to destination. Bringing back Zellers may bring back good memories. But the store, returning in “pop-up” form to some 25 existing HBC properties, re-enters a retail space fundamentally changed since it abandoned the battlefield ahead of Target’s failed invasion a dozen years ago. With the exception of, consumers are shopping more, spending more and buying more online. What was already an unstoppable trend entrenched itself firmly and permanently during the pandemic.
Not even the return of beloved mascot, Zeddy the bear will change the fundamental anxiety that is roiling the retail space and consumer behaviour right now.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Zellers to open in Cambridge as iconic Canadian chain returns in 2023 | Globalnews.caOn Wednesday, Hudson’s Bay announced that Cambridge, Ont., will become home to one of 25 Zellers stores as the iconic chain returns to the Canadian retail scene.
Read more »
Zellers locations announced in Calgary and Medicine HatCalgary\u0027s location is one of three incoming Zellers in Alberta and among the first 25 announced across the country.
Read more »
Zellers is coming back to B.C.: Here's where the stores will be locatedHudson’s Bay Company has announced four Zellers will open in B.C., with locations in Vancouver, Surrey, Abbotsford and Kamloops. Read more.
Read more »
Zellers to open at Mayflower Mall, Sydney and Mic Mac Mall, HRM | SaltWireSYDNEY, N.S. — The long-rumoured return of Zellers department stores to Nova Scotia became reality on Wednesday when locations for Sydney and Dartmouth ...
Read more »
Zellers locations announced in Calgary and Medicine HatCalgary\u0027s location is one of three incoming Zellers in Alberta and among the first 25 announced across the country.
Read more »