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Originally Posted by esquire
I remember 20 years ago that store seemed kind of forlorn and neglected. There are a few of those zombie-like suburban Bay locations that opened in the 70s and 80s mall retailing boom that never really took off but aren't really dead... I'm sure HBC will be anxious to ditch some of those leases. Part of me wonders if HBC would be wise to come up with a sub-brand for those types of less than full range locations...save Hudson's Bay for the full-line locations. The half-assed stores should get a different identity... the rinky dink ones like Londonderry, St. Vital, or downtown Regina probably just drag down the entire brand.
Winnipeg lost two such locations years ago (Unicity and Kildonan Place) and I wouldn't be shocked to see St. Vital eventually disappear too leaving Winnipeg with just one location at Polo Park.
As for bringing back Zellers, it seems like a doomed move driven by sheer desperation. I get the impression that things aren't great at HBC.
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I wonder how long The Bay will last at Lougheed Town Centre in Burnaby. It's a smaller store dating from the late 60s (and still looks it from the outside), and whenever I've walked by it looks dead inside, certainly compared to the Guildford location in Surrey.
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