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Originally Posted by Hali87
Another related factor is the history of department stores in the Halifax area. Eaton's and Zellers each had historic downtown locations, but I don't think Hudson's Bay ever did. Gottingen Street had a few department stores and as mentioned Scotia Square had a Woolco. By the 90s there was no downtown department store though, and there still isn't.
West End Mall originally grew up around a Simpson's department store; by the 90s it had the main Bay location and a Sears, while Halifax Shopping Centre (across the street) had an Eaton's. Zellers anchored several malls as well, before the big shift toward power centres.
At this point I think there's just one Hudson's Bay store left (at Mic Mac in Dartmouth) and then a bunch of WalMarts scattered around the urban area. I don't think the Peninsula even has a Giant Tiger or anything of that scale. So that's another factor that's affected the trajectory of boutique storefront retail in and around Downtown Halifax.
Worth noting that until fairly recently it was common for people in Halifax to make trips to New Brunswick or Maine to access stores that we didn't have here. This started to turn around in the early 2000s but for a long time the retail options around Halifax felt pretty limited.
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Wasn't there a rumoured Simons to open downtown? On Barrington?
I have heard that regarding the lack of department stores in Halifax and that they just didn't have as much of an established footing in the metro area. What even are the anchors at HSC? A Walmart? I know Micmac has the only Bay left.
That is really interesting that New Brunswick had better shopping options than Halifax. I never would have guessed! What sorts of things did they have that NS didn't? Maine makes sense - the US just in general has stuff we don't.
Are there any Superstores (as in "The Real Canadian Superstore", not "Atlantic Superstore") in HRM? In Western Canada that's the closest competitor to Walmart, I'd say.
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