TORONTO — Hudson's Bay says it is expanding its Zellers brand to even more of its department stores.
The Toronto-based retailer says Zellers pop-ups will open within all Hudson's Bay stores that have not yet featured the discount chain.
The expansion will cover 13 Ontario locations, seven in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, six in Alberta, four in Quebec and one in Manitoba.
They will be open in time for the holiday season and bring the number of Hudson's Bay stores with a Zellers presence to 78.
The locations typically have a footprint ranging from 1,000 to 2,800 square feet and stock an array of affordable household goods.
Hudson's Bay says it is using the pop-ups to determine which markets would be ideal for future Zellers stores.
"Pop-ups are a key ingredient in our expansion strategy, allowing us to explore and test in new markets and fine-tune our offering before establishing larger format store locations," Sophia Hwang-Judiesch, Hudson's Bay's president, said in a statement.
"Our customers are in the driver's seat — they will tell us how and where to grow."
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 6, 2023.Â
The Canadian Press