Zellers facts for kids
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Discount retail store |
| Fate | Most store leases acquired by Target Canada, Walmart Canada or closed outright. Two locations are 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 |
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Number of locations
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350 (1999) |
| Products | Clothing, grocery, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelery, beauty products, electronics, toys, sports equipment, appliances, housewares |
| Owner | Hudson's Bay Company |
Zellers was Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise department stores. The headquarters were in Brampton, Ontario. They had a mascot named "Zeddy", which is a teddy bear.
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.
There were two Zellers stores left in Canada, in Toronto, and Ottawa Ontario, and they closed on January 26, 2020
Images for kids
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Zellers advertisement in the Toronto Star for its 1931 grand opening in Toronto. The announced location later became part of the Toronto Eaton Centre.
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The store front of the re-opened Zellers in Bells Corners, Ottawa.
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A Zeddy Bear, as sold in the chain's last months
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1 – 2003
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2 – November 2011
