Empty shelves: Shoppers look for piece of history at the Bay stores
Empty shelves and idle escalators greeted shoppers Monday as they poked through Hudson’s Bay stores looking for bargains and perhaps a piece of history.
In Edmonton, some racks at two Bay locations were picked clean as a mere handful of older men and women took advantage of 40, 50, 60 and even 70 per cent discounts.
The company’s wool blankets with green, red, yellow and indigo stripes on a white background were largely sold out. The blankets were first crafted in the mid-19th century.
“It’s a crying shame,” shopper Susan Carpenter said. “It’s going to be a big loss.”