Retail
The story of Wirth Hats is an inspiring one. Ben Miller started the company in 2018 as an ode to his late friend Jakub Wirth, who took his own life four years earlier. The two met at Copenhagen Business School...
Let’s get real for a second: the hottest, freshest looks are born long before you see them in the pages of your favourite local city magazine (wink wink). “Trends are coming from the streets, from the clubs, from skate parks...
So you’re a grown adult that wants to eat cheese and crackers and meat, preferably in teeny tiny sandwich form. I get it. There isn’t a more elegant snack out there. And besides being extremely Instagram-worthy (yes, you have to...
In proper Gen Z fashion, Nicolas Budisa started working on the concept for his clothing brand at the ungodly hour of 1 a.m. It was peak 2020, COVID lockdown, and Budisa was scrolling through YouTube when he came across a video about...
Arc’teryx has been a household name in B.C. for some time. Unlike a lot of retail brands, though, that reputation was built mostly through wholesale deals. These days, that’s changing. Nowhere is that more evident than in Kitsilano, where the...
When Salma Kashani first started her e-commerce business in 2020, she splashed her colourful prints onto T-shirts, skirts, shawls and matching sets. But the Vancouverite soon realized that vibrant clothing isn’t for everyone—and if you want to spice up a boring...
Vancouverite Kristen Trojanoski lost her job as an interior designer when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, but she dove right into disrupting another industry: single-use greeting cards. All of PlantedRoot’s cards are made using compostable paper that’s infused with...
Tania Yan feels lucky to have supportive parents. But when she moved out of their home (and into one of her own a few blocks away), it took her half a year to tell them that she had quit her...
Even though it hasn't particularly felt like it just yet, we're now into fall in B.C. For many, that means finally trading in the open-toe kicks that you've been rocking for a pair of waterproof shoes from Vancouver-based Vessi. If you...
Reusable bag manufacturer Me & You takes “two is better than one” seriously. So seriously that it’s woven into the brand ethos to inspire a collective push against plastic. Jenny Hughes launched the company in 2005, and the City of...