A dozen Zellers locations are set to open across Canada on Thursday, a decade after the discount chain vanished from the country’s retail landscape.
Hudson’s Bay Company, which began the lengthy process of shuttering Zellers locations in 2013, announced earlier this year that it planned to resurrect the chain at 25 locations scattered across the country soon.
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.
“Department stores are in trouble, and have been for quite some time,
