Editing Hudson's Bay Company (section)

=== Acquisition and sale of other chains ===
From 2004 to 2008, the HBC owned and operated a small chain of off-price stores called [[Designer Depot]]. Similar to the [[Winners]] and [[HomeSense]] retail format, Designer Depot did not meet sales expectations, and its nine stores were sold.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hudson's Bay Eager to Log Onto New Era |url=http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=428721 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516083404/http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=428721 |archive-date=16 May 2008 |access-date=8 April 2008 |website=Financial Post/National Post}}</ref> Another HBC chain, [[Fields (department store)|Fields]], was sold to a private firm in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 May 2012 |title=Fields Stores to Flourish Again in Western Canada |url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/964933/fields-stores-to-flourish-again-in-western-canada |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606230619/http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/964933/fields-stores-to-flourish-again-in-western-canada |archive-date=6 June 2012 |access-date=1 June 2012 |publisher=Canada Newswire}}</ref> Established in 1950, Fields was acquired by [[Zellers]] in 1976. When Zellers was acquired by HBC in 1978, Fields became part of the HBC portfolio.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History: Acquisitions: Retail: Fields |url=http://www.hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/acquisitions/retail/fields |website=HBC Heritage |access-date=16 September 2013 |archive-date=1 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901003241/http://www.hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/acquisitions/retail/fields |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
In early 2017, the Hudson's Bay Company made an overture to [[Macy's]] for a potential takeover of the US department store chain. Later, HBC also considered a purchase of [[Neiman Marcus Group]] Inc. It did not proceed with either deal.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Strauss |first=Marina |date=9 June 2017 |title=No timeline for turnaround as HBC cuts deep |url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/hbc-cuts-2000-jobs-in-face-of-retail-headwinds/article35263541/ |access-date=10 January 2018 |website=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref>
On March 16, 2022, it was announced that HBC and [[Sycamore Partners]] were preparing bids to buy [[Kohl's]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Lauren |date=2022-03-16 |title=Kohl's shares jump 17% after reports say Hudson's Bay, Sycamore are preparing bids |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/16/kohls-shares-jump-after-report-says-hudsons-bay-is-considering-buyout-bid.html |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=[[CNBC]] |language=en}}</ref>