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Zellers was a Canadian discount store chain founded by Walter P. Zeller in 1931. It was acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in 1978, and after a series of acquisitions and expansions, peaked with 350 locations in 1999. [2] However, fierce competition and an inability to adapt during the early stages of the retail apocalypse resulted in ...
The first Fields store was established in Vancouver in 1950 by the chain's founders, Joseph Segal [1] and Saul "Sonny" Wosk. From there, Fields grew to eight stores by the time it opened a store at Capilano Mall in North Vancouver in 1968, continuing to expand across British Columbia into the 1970s with the acquisitions of several regional retailers (including several small HBC stores in ...
Target Canada Co. was the Canadian subsidiary of the Target Corporation, the eighth-largest retailer in the United States. Formerly headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, the subsidiary formed with the acquisition of Zellers store leases from the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in January 2011. Target Canada opened its first store in March 2013, and ...
Dartmouth - Cole Harbour (Colby Village Plaza) Opened in 1986 Converted to Zellers in 1991. Store converted to Walmart in 2012 as part of 39 zellers leases being sold by Target to Walmart Canada. New Minas (Gardens Mall) Converted to Zellers in 1991. Store was also paired with an IGA Grocery store. With the takeover of Towers; Zellers continued ...
Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec. Known for. Founder of Zellers. Walter Philip Zeller (October 21, 1890 – August 25, 1957) was a Canadian businessman and founder of discount retail chain Zellers. Zeller was born October 21, 1890, near the city of Kitchener, Ontario (then Berlin). [1] His great-grandfather settled in Breslau, Ontario ...
Hart Stores. HomeSense Canada — Canadian units of US-based HomeSense, owned by TJX. Hudson's Bay — owned by American group, NRDC Equity Partners. La Maison Simons. Lens Mill Store. Marshalls Canada — Canadian unit of US-based Marshalls, owned by TJX. Giant Tiger. Red Apple Stores. Fields.
www.metro.ca. Dominion was a national chain of supermarkets in Canada, which was known as the Dominion of Canada when the chain was founded. The chain was founded in 1919 in Ontario and was later acquired by the Argus Corporation. It was broken up in the mid-1980s, with key locations and the rights to the brand sold to The Great Atlantic ...
The continued difficulties of competing against Walmart Canada eventually led to HBC selling the leases of most Zellers stores to Target Canada, who also went out of business. In June 2005, Vancouver City Council voted 8–3 to reject Wal-Mart's proposal to build its first store in the city, a 143,000 sq ft (13,300 m 2 ) store on Southeast ...