3 d. ago What life after Hudson’s Bay has in store for Zellers and the iconic retailer’s other legacy brands

Zellers 3.0 is off to a rocky start, but what does the future of HBC’s other legacy brands look like moving forward?

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2 w. ago New Zellers store to open in Edmonton as the brand makes another comeback

Zellers is making a comeback with its first new store set to open in Edmonton next week.  Landlord Henry Zavriyev says Londonderry Mall in the city’s north will be home to a Zellers location in a space formerly occupied by Hudson’s Bay.  The president and CEO of Montreal-based real estate developer Leyad says many retailers […]

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2 w. ago Zellers trademarks sold to Quebec retailer, court documents show

Zellers is making a comeback with its first new store set to open in Edmonton next week. Landlord Henry Zavriyev says Londonderry Mall in the city’s north will be home to a Zellers location in a space formerly occupied by Hudson’s Bay. The president and CEO of Montreal-based real estate developer Leyad says many retailers […]

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2 w. ago B.C. billionaire wanting Bay leases doesn’t have cash to launch new chain: landlord

Hudson’s Bay landlords are back in court today, where they’re arguing a B.C. billionaire doesn’t have the cash needed to launch a new retailer. Ruby Liu wants to buy 25 more leases for $69.1 million from the Bay to open a new department store named after herself. She already bought three Bay leases in malls […]

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2 w. ago Hudson’s Bay battle over lease sale to B.C. billionaire could set precedent: lawyer

A potentially precedent-setting showdown between Hudson’s Bay and a group of landlords opposing the retailer’s push to sell about two dozen of its leases to a B.C. billionaire got underway in Toronto on Thursday. The battle has been simmering ever since the Bay announced in May that it had selected Ruby Liu to buy 28 […]

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2 w. ago Hudson’s Bay battle over sale of leases to B.C. billionaire underway at Toronto court

A showdown between Hudson’s Bay and a group of landlords opposing the retailer’s push to sell about two dozen of its leases to a B.C. billionaire got underway in court today. The battle has been simmering ever since the Bay announced in May that it had selected Ruby Liu to buy 28 of its leases. […]

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2 w. ago After the Port of Churchill, Manitoba premier is eyeing another major project going north

‘How about we build a corridor that connects Western Canadian resources to international tidewater in Hudson Bay, and then ... light up the territory to our north?’

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2 w. ago Hudson’s Bay wants to sell leases to billionaire to appease lender: landlords

TORONTO — Hudson’s Bay landlords say a lender’s desire to recoup cash is the only reason the shuttered department store is pursuing a plan to sell its leases to a B.C. billionaire. The Bay’s landlords say in new court documents that the retailer is keen to make a sale of 25 leases to Ruby Liu […]

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3 w. ago Hudson’s Bay, lender say landlords fighting Ruby Liu because of ’ulterior motives’

Hudson’s Bay and one of its top lenders are accusing landlords having “ulterior motives” for opposing a push to sell 25 leases to a B.C. billionaire. In new court documents, the defunct department store and lender Pathlight Capital argue that landlords don’t want Ruby Liu to buy the Bay leases because they’d rather have the […]

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3 w. ago Billionaire David Thomson interested in buying Hudson’s Bay charter, donating it

New court filings show a holding company owned by David Thomson, of Thomson Reuters, wants to buy the royal charter that formed the Hudson’s Bay retailer for at least $15 million and donate it to the Archives of Manitoba. The department store previously announced it would seek court approval next month to sell the charter […]

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3 w. ago Billionaire David Thomson interested in buying Hudson’s Bay charter

New court filings show a holding company owned by David Thomson wants to buy the royal charter for at least $15 million and donate it to the Archives of Manitoba.

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3 w. ago Hudson’s Bay court monitor says landlords shouldn’t be forced to accept Ruby Liu as tenant

Billionaire still fighting to get failed retailer's 25 remaining leases

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3 w. ago Court monitor says it doesn’t support Hudson’s Bay plan to sell leases to Ruby Liu

The court-appointed monitor overseeing Hudson’s Bay’s creditor protection case says it’s against landlords being forced to accept a B.C. billionaire’s plan to buying more than two dozen of the retailer’s leases. In a new court filing made overnight, Alvarez & Marsal says it does not agree that landlords should be forced to accept Ruby Liu […]

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3 w. ago Arctic Gateway Group Bolsters Board With Leaders in Business, Indigenous Governance, and Rail Operations

Chief Maureen Brown, Paul Rivett, and Gary Rennick add diverse expertise to drive growth at the Port of Churchill, Hudson Bay Railway, and Arctic Gateway’s overall operations WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Arctic Gateway Group (AGG) is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors: Chief […]

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3 w. ago L.L. Bean is about to open its first downtown Toronto store this month

L.L. Bean, the popular clothing and equipment retailer, is gearing up to debut its first downtown Toronto presence with a storefront that the company is calling its first location not just in the city centre, but in any "metropolitan downtown market" in the country.The brand, which has been around for a whopping 113 years, is mainly known for its basic but high-end outerwear and other apparel, along with accessories, camping gear and home goods — think the late Hudson's Bay meets Mountain Equipment Company (MEC), but American.Although it hails from Maine, L.L. Bean has been successful enough within Canada to gradually expand its offerings north of the border, with local outposts including Oakville — its first in Canada, launched in 2019 — Niagara Falls, Kingston and Barrie, Ontario.The retailer also has a new-ish Toronto store outside the city centre in CF Shops at Don Mills as of 2020, which...

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