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Zellers banks on nostalgia to attract curious Canadian shoppers

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Zellers closed down most of its stores in Canada a decade ago, shuttering the last of them in 2020. The retailer is planning a comeback and hoping that memories of what it once was will be enough to get Canadians to give it another try.

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