When I was making my returns at The Bay the other day, the sales assistant (who was fab BTW) got chatting and mentioned to me that the staff were told in a recent staff meeting that Bloomingdales was going to be replacing The Bay. Now I knew that The Bay had been bought by an American company and there were talks that changes would be coming.

Has anybody else heard this? I googled it and I know Bloomingdales has been in negotiations.

I wish The Bay could have stayed Canadian - it was the oldest and longest running Canadian company and I think it's sad that it met its end. I am, however, excited about Bloomingdales coming to my home town. If only it had been a Nordstrom!