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Originally Posted by Djeffery
I think you are referring to the Northland Mall KMart being replaced by Zellers, as I don't recall the other Kmart at Wonderland and Oxford ever becoming a Zellers. Northland was a Zellers going back to the 70's at least (my mom managed the Skillet there in 1975 or so). Kmart was across the road (site of the current Shoppers Drug Mart). Zellers moved out of Northland in the early 90's down to Oxbury Mall and Kmart closed and moved over to Northland. Kmart went out of business and Zellers moved back to Northland. When Target came along this was one of the several Zellers stores they didn't take up and Walmart came along. Walmart was planning a new store up at Fanshawe and Highbury but those plans have apparently been dropped with the latest site plan update for that commercial development.
St Thomas also had Kmart and Sears at the mall
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You’re right, I was referring to Northland Mall. The Kmart at Oxford and Wonderland became a liquidation store for a couple of years then became Sears Outlet Store.
The Zellers stores I remember in London were Westmount Mall, Sherwood Forest Mall, Masonville, Northland Mall, Pond Mills Square, and Wellington south of the 401 (the old Towers). Sherwood Forest was notable for having the mid-70s logo on the outdoor signage and never updating it after the logo was updated to the familiar handwritten logo in 1979, the old logo was there right up until it closed in maybe 2000. Never once saw that logo anywhere else.
There was another Zellers on Dundas Street downtown (the original 1931 location) that was apparently still open when I was born but closed before the end of the 80s. It may have coincided with the opening of the Westmount location, I believe that store was added when the mall was expanded in the late 80s.
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