[PHOTO] Closing time at Zellers
I went to visit the Zellers in the Galleria Shopping Centre at Dupont and Dufferin last night, ostensibly to look for a suitcase but mainly out of curiosity to see what that anchor store looks like now that it is in the process of going through a liquidation sale.
The Galleria Mall has often been criticized for its downbeat aesthetics, although as these photos I'd taken this February illustrate the problems of the Galleria have more to do with its empty spaces--overly-wide concourses, missing shops--than anything else. Will it survive? Well, Dollarama is taking the spot of departed sports bar P.M. Toronto ...
Zellers? As I blogged in January 2011, it's a retail chain of long Canadian vintage (not recent Canadian ownership) that failed to compete with Walmart and thus is currently being taken over, suitable locations being given over to Target and the remainder being closed down. The Galleria location doesn't seem to be slated to be a Target.
Going inside was sad. There were plenty of bright red-and-yellow signs advertising discounts of between 30 to 50% were everywhere, but the atmosphere of the store was sad: poor maintenance, a disspiriting atmosphere, the works.
The Galleria Mall has often been criticized for its downbeat aesthetics, although as these photos I'd taken this February illustrate the problems of the Galleria have more to do with its empty spaces--overly-wide concourses, missing shops--than anything else. Will it survive? Well, Dollarama is taking the spot of departed sports bar P.M. Toronto ...
Zellers? As I blogged in January 2011, it's a retail chain of long Canadian vintage (not recent Canadian ownership) that failed to compete with Walmart and thus is currently being taken over, suitable locations being given over to Target and the remainder being closed down. The Galleria location doesn't seem to be slated to be a Target.
Going inside was sad. There were plenty of bright red-and-yellow signs advertising discounts of between 30 to 50% were everywhere, but the atmosphere of the store was sad: poor maintenance, a disspiriting atmosphere, the works.