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Zellers is set for another relaunch. Here’s what the new owners have in store
The Benitah family plans to revive Zellers with smaller stores focused on apparel and home goods, excluding toys and pharmaceuticals to compete with major retailers.
- On Thursday, Zellers will relaunch at Londonderry Mall, Edmonton as a teaser in a phased rollout after moving from idea to reality within three months.
- With a 50-year retail history, Les Ailes de la Mode Inc., owned by the Benitah family, acquired Zellers' rights from Hudson's Bay in August, with court documents suggesting a $100,000 price.
- Joey Benitah said `We don't need 250,000 square feet, 200,000 square feet. That's not our vision for the future of Zellers`, targeting former Hudson's Bay Company store spaces with no more than 50,000 square feet and focusing on apparel, home goods, and luggage.
- Joey Benitah said the family 'absolutely plans on bringing Zellers back to every major market across Canada in a relatively short time' and court documents show interest in Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Toronto, though he declined to comment on it.
- Next year, Zellers will introduce a Zeddy teddy and customization area while developing food-and-beverage concepts in the near future and exploring a Zeddy-themed partnership for cancer camps.
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Zellers is making a comeback — again. The discount retailer that’s died and been revived several times since its 1928 beginnings will get another relaunch Thursday at Londonderry Mall in Edmonton. The latest iteration will stick with the original’s emphasis on affordable family offerings but will pare back the kinds of merchandise sold and rethink the hulking properties Zellers once occupied. The new retailer will take over much smaller spaces a…
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