Zellers returns — again — this time starting in Edmonton (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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[-] NGram@piefed.ca 19 points 1 week ago

This, among other things, is what makes me wish nobody cared about branding. The trademark should be meaningless. It's just another store with no real relation to the original other than the name.

[-] recursive_recursion@piefed.ca 13 points 1 week ago

Robin Williams 1995 Jumanji - "What year is it?" meme

[-] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Zellers in name only. Not sure why they'd even want to bring it back, Zellers was a crappy place to shop before they closed.

[-] khar21@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

ikr, I saw on reddit a lot of people seemed to like zellers for some reason, idk, are different Zellers' different?

[-] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Probably nostalgia. I remember them being largely empty with inflated prices on the stuff they still sold, and the customers were few and far between. Made for a pretty depressing place to be.

[-] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago

I fuckin miss that. Give me something simple to be annoyed at rather than genocide or facisim.

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 week ago

I remember full price GBA games in like 2010

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 week ago

It was crap after they reopened as target too

[-] Kichae@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

It seems really weird that Canafian Tire bought the Zeller's motto, but not the name or branding.

Where will the lowest price be the law?

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Gotham City, apparently.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Is that Canadian tires motto? Certainly doesn't show in their products, I saw a pair of retaining ring pliers in the tool aisle $70. like wtaf. Its pliers with two nibs