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Retail & resale
Secondhand first: Our takeaways for buyers and sellers from the 2025 Resale Report
Online resale is growing, secondhand shopping is getting more social and more highlights from the annual thredUP survey — plus, what buyers and sellers can do about it all.
What’s a vintage collective? How these modern retail spaces riff on the antique-mall concept
Like a modern, mini version of an antique mall, vintage collectives offer a multi-vendor experience in one space. Find out key differences between the two retail models, and learn why collectives are popping up in urban centres everywhere.
10 tips on how to turn your vintage pop-up into a permanent store
Jolande Amoraal, founder of good market thrift store, shares how she used a pop-up shop as a proving ground for her newly opened permanent location.
A rise in vintage markets is helping to shape the resale industry
The secondhand market is booming not just online, but offline, too, as vintage events pop up all over North America offering ‘revolutionary’ retail experiences.
It ‘healed a piece of me’: How Fat Sisters is redefining plus-size vintage shopping
Selection, style and a mindset shift are all on deck for visitors to Victoria, B.C.’s newest plus-size store. We talk to the duo behind Fat Sisters Plus Size Vintage & Consignment about their mission — it’s not just about shopping, but belonging.
The Vintage Seeker: Various articles
Visit Kristina’s contributor page and scroll down to see all articles.
Trade & finance
How tariffs work in the secondhand market—and what’s affected
Having trouble making sense of the global trade war, U.S.-Canada tariff situation, what applies to you and how it affects you as a buyer or seller? Here’s what you need to know.
Art, architecture & design
Architecture in the elements
Interdisciplinary design firms Form:Media and Ekistics Planning & Design work with Canadian landscapes to construct projects rooted in history and cultural heritage.
Chain reaction
During a small-scale branding exercise for Earls, two Vancouver design firms helped the restaurant realize it needed something much bigger—a company-wide rebrand.
Behind The Breadwinner
Three countries, two styles of animation and one groundbreaking story converge in this Academy Award–nominated film.
Master class
If investing in yourself is the best financial decision you can make, then design studio Hambly & Woolley is rich. Because with a rock-solid creative team in place, the work always follows.
Punk rock kids
Despite their status as one of Canada’s most brag-worthy digital agencies, the team at Locomotive hasn’t lost their little-engine-that-could edge.
Higher education
Higher learning
How some secondary schools are setting their students up for success in the creative arts.
Manufacturing
Builders & dreamers
Build a Dream guides young women to careers in manufacturing, automation and STEM, while advocating for workplace diversity.
COVID-19: What’s next for supply chains?
Automation technologies for supply chain management are necessary to prepare for the next crisis.
COVID-19: What’s the impact on the Canadian pulp market?
As novel coronavirus continues to spread throughout Canada, a Fastmarkets RISI analyst says the pulp market may see low prices.
ONLINE FEATURE
How will automation affect Canada’s post-COVID economy?
On a roll
Kruger Products’ new tissue manufacturing facility combines digital processes, automation and teamwork to deliver strong early results.
Canadian Kraft Paper turns the page
Manitoba’s former Tolko mill celebrates the two-year anniversary of its acquisition with equipment upgrades and a strong forestry management partnership.
Technology & engineering
ONLINE FEATURE
MBSE roadmap for design engineers
Model 4.0
The cost of cloud