TORONTO — When the doors to the flagship Hudson’s Bay store in Toronto opened Friday morning, a burst of customers entered on a mission to find one thing: deals.
Some jogged through the 675,700 square foot store on Yonge Street in hopes of getting first pick of the company’s famed stripes merchandise. Others made a beeline for the jewelry department, where they found themselves jockeying for attention for salespeople scrambling to keep up with requests for items behind their counters, which were all marked down by 70 per cent.
“Don’t get distracted by the makeup. It’s only 10 per cent off,” shouted Jane Mazel to a friend as they speedwalked through the beauty department, intent on finding bigger markdowns on the…