An exclusive on-site look at Book Bar, the Toronto concept blending an independent bookstore, full bar, and cultural programming across three floors of a restored Mirvish Village heritage home.
The global blind box brand has confirmed a Level 1 location in the former Call It Spring space, joining a wave of new openings and renovations reshaping the mall's ground floor.
Founder Tobias Binder on sold-out classes, a fabric sale that stopped traffic on Walnut Avenue, and why Downtown Sewing's first year on Queen West is a model worth paying attention to.
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Warehouse One Clothing Ltd. has filed for CCAA protection and is closing all 128 Warehouse One and Bootlegger stores across Canada. Liquidation sales begin around May 16.
Vivobarefoot is opening its first Toronto store at 666 Queen Street West, taking over the former Oak + Fort space with an education-first retail model, pressure plate technology, and community programming planned from day one.
Industry insiders say the warehouse sale has moved well beyond liquidation — and the data on brand lift and customer acquisition is making believers out of skeptics.
Branches are going dark across the downtown core. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, one of the world's leading authorities on bank branch design, says the industry isn't retreating — it's being forced to finally become what customers have always needed it to be.
The Queen Street West BIA has a new brand, two Ontario Line stations on the way, and a world cup block party planned for July 2nd. Simon Wong on what the next chapter of one of Toronto's most iconic streets looks like.