Zellers

The first of Canada's newly-resurrected Zellers locations are finally opening to the public this Thursday, March 23, in Ontario and Alberta, after ...

Zellers at The Bay is a whole new word compared to the big old strip mall box stores, but that's not a bad thing. Ditto for the aforementioned kids' ride, though there were plenty of cute kids toys, and even cuter pet toys, available to buy. How could I not?) [when it announced the reboot](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220817005155/en/Shoppers-Have-Something-to-Zelebrate%E2%80%A6-Zellers-to-Launch-First-Ever-Ecommerce-Site-and-Expand-Store-Footprint) in August, new Zellers will exist as a store-in-store model and "online shopping experience" that "taps into the nostalgia of the brand Canadians know and love" with "a refreshed identity and a unique and exciting product assortment for families at everyday value." While HBC announced that it would sell the leases for some 220 Zellers stores to the (now-defunct) Target Canada back in 2011, and went on to liquidate 64 more by 2013, the company still had one store in operation until 2020, in Etobicoke, Ontario. [last remaining standalone Zellers store in Canada](https://www.blogto.com/fashion_style/2019/08/toronto-will-soon-be-home-last-remaing-zellers-store-canada/) was shuttered. It's clear that The Hudson's Bay Company (which has owned Zellers since 1981) put a lot of thought, work and research into this relaunch, which comes just a few years after the [BiWay](https://www.blogto.com/fashion_style/2020/01/new-biway-store-finally-going-open-toronto-year/) or a Walmart, I'd say that new Zellers feels more like an American Target, or even an IKEA. [Zellers Diner on Wheels food truck](https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2023/03/zellers-opening-toronto-food-cheap/) on Tuesday night, new Zellers won't have the beloved in-house restaurants they were known for back in the 90s. [newly-resurrected Zellers](https://www.blogto.com/fashion_style/2022/08/zellers-making-comeback-stores-across-canada-slated-open-next-year/) locations are finally [opening to the public this Thursday, March 23](https://www.blogto.com/fashion_style/2023/03/zellers-announces-opening-dates-new-stores-ontario/), in Ontario and Alberta, after months of hype — and after seeing one of the first-to-launch shops in Toronto this week, I'd venture to say "don't call it a comeback." [ride the Zeddy Wheel](https://www.blogto.com/fashion_style/2023/01/zellers-hiring-toronto/). blogTO was able to get a sneak peek of the brand's new shop-in-shop format inside The Bay on Tuesday evening at Scarborough Town Centre, which is the only Toronto mall selected to get its own Zellers 2.0, at least for now.

Iconic restaurant gone, but greasy spoon menu returns with visiting food truck.

They had ‘Kids Eat Free’ every day and it was easier to go there than cook a lot of the time.” Ultimately, it had to do with changing times, the rise of U.S. “I’m very hopeful their return will be successful. It was a valid question.” behemoths like Walmart and Target moved in, saw the long-running Canadian discount chain implode like an egg in a microwave. “I can’t wait for the return of both the Zellers store and the food truck!” enthuses Kitchener resident Heather Kennedy, who shopped at Zellers for five decades, first as a kid with her mom in the ’70s, then as a mom with her now-27-year-old son, and worked in the store’s greasy spoon diner at Conestoga Mall in the early ’90s.

Zellers has been teasing its return and it's finally here, with the department store opening select locations in Ontario and Alberta.

The retail chain can lean more towards that sense of nostalgia with branded items. However, the department store closed all its locations in the spring of 2013. Now, 10 years later, Zellers is making a comeback. But it won’t be precisely the way you remember. [it’s also making a comeback](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/zellers-diner-menu-review). [ opened in 1931](https://dailyhive.com/canada/zellers-100-years-ago) and is known for low-priced goods.

But will national pride and nostalgia be enough to draw in customers and make it sustainable? Rob McLean, a marketing professor at the University of Guelph, isn ...

The other part of it is e-commerce, if people are shopping online for lower prices they’re likely already doing it through a place like Amazon.” Short term success, it’s good for The Bay and builds efficiency within their store. “I'm curious to see what they're going to do around Canada Day. Moments in people’s lives were wrapped around the brand. The Hudson’s Bay Company shut down nearly all the Zellers storefronts by 2013. Even students at the university have memories of their stores.

In case you've missed it, the nostalgic and low-price-focused department store Zellers is making a comeback in Canada, with its launch date being March 23 ...

[the store's relaunch](https://www.narcity.com/9-iconic-zellers-features-that-you-probably-wont-find-at-ontarios-new-pop-up-store) this week, here's a look at what I saw and what surprised me the most. Or, maybe what Target could have been had that worked out in the Great White North. Narcity](https://www.narcity.com/author/tristanwheeler/) [Zellers Diner](https://www.narcity.com/zellers-has-announced-its-food-truck-tour-dates-the-prices-will-take-you-back-to-the-2000s) in the form of a food truck at select locations. [Zellers locations](https://www.narcity.com/zellers-comeback-canada-have-been-revealed-so-many-locations) will be opening near you as of Thursday, March 23. [Home](https://www.narcity.com)> [Things To Do](https://www.narcity.com/things-to-do/)> [Zellers](https://www.narcity.com/tiktoker-sneak-peek-upcoming-zellers-lot-to-unpack-video) are a bit more on the "senior citizens shambling down dusty aisles" side of things, I was really surprised with the quality of the new space. [Zellers](https://www.narcity.com/tiktoker-sneak-peek-upcoming-zellers-lot-to-unpack-video) Is Coming Back To Canada - SNEAK PEEK #shorts [www.youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZoUKg4M9L8) [This story was fact-checked i](https://www.narcity.com/meet-the-editors) [Zellers](https://www.narcity.com/zellers-canada-announced-its-first-opening-dates-were-ready-to-see-zeddy) locations in Canada inside the Hudson's Bay Company at Scarborough Town Centre, and let me say it was really nothing like I expected. [Zellers](https://www.narcity.com/tiktoker-sneak-peek-upcoming-zellers-lot-to-unpack-video) is making a comeback in Canada, with its launch date being March 23 for locations across Alberta and Ontario.

Cambridge celebrates return of Zellers, opening of a new LCBO location, fresh starts for 2 home appliance businesses.

[https://www.facebook.com/UGAppliances/](https://www.facebook.com/UGAppliances/) The business has been operating for four years and will now move to a larger space at Sheldon Drive within a week to accommodate a more extensive inventory, and new products including air fryers, according to owner Umar Gul. [https://www.instagram.com/cambridge_appliance_/](https://www.instagram.com/cambridge_appliance_/) The sign is due to come in at their unit ahead of their big opening, and they’re working on putting together their website, but for now, “we are slowly getting started,” said Dietrich. We can do that and more.” Dietrich said they are also gas-certified and do refrigeration, which is not common with many home appliance repair companies. Co-owner Ian Dietrich has two decades in the home appliance repair industry, according to [https://www.facebook.com/zellersofficial](https://www.facebook.com/zellersofficial) and [https://www.instagram.com/zellersofficial/?fbclid=IwAR2L-43DpxSNv07S35ij3T2lST_7Ou_yHM7xPTUp8zV-7hYQqbH5ezGe9pE](https://www.instagram.com/zellersofficial/?fbclid=IwAR2L-43DpxSNv07S35ij3T2lST_7Ou_yHM7xPTUp8zV-7hYQqbH5ezGe9pE) A food truck - Zellers' Diner on Wheels - will drive by the location on this Saturday. [https://www.zellers.ca/](https://www.zellers.ca/) Zellers will be opening once more in Cambridge on March 23 at Cambridge Centre’s The Bay. We also write about businesses growing, including founding anniversaries.

In the context of the Bay and Zellers, they're the two most Canadian retail entities and that pulls at people's heartstrings,' says professor who questions ...

The other part of it is e-commerce, if people are shopping online for lower prices, they’re likely already doing it through a place like Amazon.” Short term success, it’s good for The Bay and builds efficiency within their store. “I'm curious to see what they're going to do around Canada Day. Moments in people’s lives were wrapped around the brand. The Hudson’s Bay Company shut down nearly all the Zellers storefronts by 2013. Even students at the university have memories of their stores.

Your blast from the past is officially here! Zellers is making a comeback across Canada and its first store is about to open in Toronto.

It’ll be a true Canadian heritage moment! [25 locations in total,](https://curiocity.com/where-zellers-will-open-25-locations-in-canada/) occupying between 8,000 and 10,000 square feet of retail space at The Bay. [Zellers is making a comeback](https://curiocity.com/zellers-to-open-25-new-locations/) across Canada and its first store is about to open in Toronto.

A dozen Zellers locations are set to open across Canada on Thursday, a decade after the discount chain vanished from Canada's retail landscape.

Pricing will be based on what it calls a "rounded retail" strategy which means all items will be priced in round numbers like $1 — no extra cents added. Aversa says it's telling that, rather than launching standalones, the chain is building Zellers locations inside Bay stores. or potential consumers," she said. "Zellers already has the image in the marketplace as being a discounted retailer, whereas the Bay has the image of being a confused retailer that doesn't know what it is anymore," she said. Aversa says that speaks to how experimental the chain is being with its launch, and is clearly planning to cater to a sense of nostalgia since many of the former Zellers stores had sit-down restaurants inside them. The first dozen are set to officially open on Thursday — nine in Ontario and three in Alberta — in a move that retail analysts say faces an uphill climb in a tougher-than-ever retail landscape.

Due to popular demand, the retail chain will be rolling out Zellers Diner food trucks in Ontario and Alberta at various locations on opening day for one day ...

The winners: the Grilled Cheese and the Big Z Burger. Despite not being a pickle fan, this one complemented the burger well and added the perfect crispy texture to an otherwise melt-in-your-mouth burger. We also tried the Chicken Fingers ($7), and you’re given a choice between plum or barbecue sauce.

Zellers is officially making a comeback in Canada this week and the relaunch may just change the way you think of the iconic store.

Narcity](https://www.narcity.com/author/tristanwheeler/) [Narcity was given a sneak peek](https://www.narcity.com/sneak-peek-new-zellers-not-what-i-expected-photos) into what the stores are going to look like when they open on March 23 in Ontario and Alberta, and it's safe to say there were a bunch of super unexpected items up for sale. [Zellers is officially making a comeback](https://www.narcity.com/zellers-food-making-comeback-but-different-to-iconic-restaurant) in Canada this week and the relaunch may just change the way you think of the iconic store. [Tristan Wheeler Narcity](https://www.narcity.com/author/tristanwheeler/) [Zellers](https://www.narcity.com/tiktoker-sneak-peek-upcoming-zellers-lot-to-unpack-video) may not have been synonymous with furniture previously, but this could be about to change! [Home](https://www.narcity.com)> [Things To Do](https://www.narcity.com/things-to-do/)> [new Zellers locations](https://www.narcity.com/zellers-comeback-canada-have-been-revealed-so-many-locations) opening in Canada this week.

Nine of the twelve stores opening on Thursday are in Ontario, including at Cambridge Centre.

The Zellers department store was founded in 1931 and bought over by HBC in 1978. Most Zellers retailers were closed by 2013, though HBC kept a handful of locations open as liquidation outlets until 2020. The company has said they expect all locations to open in the spring of 2023. Canadians were asked to vote in a poll to decide what would be included in this nostalgia-inspired food menu. It will be in Cambridge on Saturday, March 25. There will eventually be 25 locations in seven provinces across the country.

The comeback of Canadian retail chain Zellers officially kicks off today, with the first 12 of 25 planned locations opening in Ontario and Quebec.

"Zeddy has been in active service since Zellers closed," she said. "Zellers is offering affordable products you can't get it anywhere else in Canada," she said. The return of the discount department store comes amid a wave of nostalgia for the brand and growing demand for affordable goods as inflation pushes up the cost of living.

I can't think of an example where a failed brand was relaunched s... Canadian retail chain Zellers marked its official comeback on Thursday ...

"Zeddy has been in active service since Zellers closed," she said. The relaunch of Zellers comes a decade after the discount department store closed most locations. The relaunch of the popular discount department store comes amid a wave of nostalgia for the brand and growing demand for affordable goods amid sky-high inflation.

Today is the big opening day for Zellers in Ontario and Alberta, and this nostalgic video will definitely hype you up for the store's return.

“Back where everything feels so right (the Bay part’s a little weird).” [here](https://dailyhive.com/canada/zellers-opening-preview) before you see it for yourself. [Zellers officially opens](https://dailyhive.com/canada/zellers-locations-canada-ontario-alberta).

The resurrection of Zellers is officially underway in Waterloo region with the Cambridge location opening its doors to a handful of eager fans who lined up ...

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Canadian retail chain Zellers marked its official comeback on Thursday, opening a dozen stores in Ontario and Alberta and launching a new website.

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