JNO1
Active Member
^I'll say it again. Zellers in the ground floor of a new mixed use development on the BMO site downtown named "The Tegler". Maybe if we all say it/wish it enough times it will happen.
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Londonderry Mall
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Markyeg
Active Member
It’s really not hard/expensive to do a national expansion when they already have International Clothiers/Designer Depot/Fairweather etc in most malls. I expect their national expansion to be just renaming some of their existing stores to the Zellers brand while continuing to sell the same junk as before.
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
I still have yet to make it all the way to Londonderry to check out the Zellers. Is Zeller's just a clothing store now or is it a glorified Winners?
Markyeg
Active Member
It’s worse than Winners, as you can actually find decent stuff at Winners. The men’s section in the new Zellers is 75% Triple Goose brand with random other brands nobody has heard of sprinkled in.
If you want an idea of what it’s like, check out International Clothiers or Designer Depot at WEM. They are identical to the new Zellers except for the signage and red tape on the floor.
ADob
Active Member
Sadly, Winners has fewer and fewer gems. They used to be amazing when they sold stuff from other stores. Now it's all made for them and the quality has suffered. It's all consignment and second hand for me, baby! (Not that I'm complaining, a. it's good for the environment, and b. I got some amazing steals at Sally Ann on more than one occasion)
David A
Senior Member
While I envision something a bit more upscale for a Tegler redux like a hotel and residential tower, more affordable, street level retail downtown would also be a very good thing.
It would be interesting it we somehow come full circle here, back to a time when this area was much more vibrant.
Offworld
Active Member
Do people here honestly not remember what a depressing mess Zellers was for so so many years, if not decades? If you've got nostalgia for the name, help me out here.
ADob
Active Member
I just recall that when they were closing, their liquidation, everything-must-go discounts were something ridiculous like 15% off.
Ohman
New Member
I wonder the same! Maybe Zellers in the 90s, but ever since the 2000s I remember them being dirty, and no deals to be found. The best thing it offered was a guaranteed parking space at WEM.
Gronk!
Senior Member
The new Zellers store at Londonderry Mall is NOT your father's Zellers store.
Or at least that's how I'm supposed to look at it.
Or at least that's how I'm supposed to look at it.