Zellers
Discount store chain
Zellers was a Canadian discount store chain founded by Walter P. Zeller in 1931. It was acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1978, and after a series of acquisitions and expansions, peaked with 350 locations in 1999. Wikipedia
Owner: Hudson's Bay Company
Founded: 1931
Founder: Walter P. Zeller
Headquarters: Brampton, Canada
Defunct: March 2013; 11 years ago; (as a chain); January 2020; 4 years ago; (liquidation stores)
Number of locations: 350 (1999); 86 within Hudson's Bay (2023)
Parent organizations: Hudson's Bay Company and Hudson's Bay Trading Company