The mood was melancholic this week at St. Albert Centre as shoppers got news that the mall’s Hudson’s Bay outlet was set to close its doors for good.
A nationwide liquidation sale of all but six Hudson’s Bay outlets in Canada officially began March 24.
Hudson’s Bay Company ULC filed for creditor protection on March 7. On March 21, an Ontario judge authorized the company to liquidate all its stores save for six split between Ontario and Quebec. The move affects three Saks 5th Avenue, 13 Saks OFF 5th, and 74 Hudson’s Bay outlets in Canada, including the Hudson’s Bay in St. Albert Centre, and could put 1,229 Albertans out of work.
Sentimental sale
The St. Albert Hudson’s Bay was bustling with dozens of bargain…
