Our friends at popular Montreal-based brand Pajar are looking to open its first two standalone stores this fall as the brand expands its operations to focus on a direct-to-consumer model.
Pajar is known for their high-quality boots and winter gear and is looking to use the two new standalone stores as a compliment to Pajar’s wholesale network.
Pajar rose to fame in the late 1980’s as their innovative “Zig-Zag” boot became the official book of the Canadian Alpine Ski team. TO this day the Pajar Canada Heritage Premium collection is manufactured in the same factory that founder Paul Golbert opened in Montreal in 1973. The popular boot’s design is carried out in many of Pajar’s current boots featuring 100% genuine sheepskin and are guaranteed to keep you warm in temperatures as low as -40°C, according to the company. If you shopped in our online shop earlier this year you were also introduced to Pajar’s extensive line of high-quality winter jackets. As quality is of paramount concern to Pajar, the winter jackets that espouse Canadiana are also made to the highest degree of attention to detail and quality.
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According to Retail-Insider, the new stores will be located at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre, with the second location popping up at Premium Outlets Montreal in Mirabel. The new Yorkdale location will space 1,340 square feet and will be housed in the former Nine-West location and will face stiff competition from outwear brands Canada Goose, Arc’teryx, Woolrich and retailers Sporting Life, Aritizia and Harry Rosen.
The new stores will act as a testing ground for Pajar’s new vision, and if successful will see the launch of permanent retail spaces.
Featured Image: Instagram @PajarCanada
Popular New York City-based brand Kenneth Cole will be opening up standalone stores in major Canadian cities. According to our friends at Retail-Insider are reporting that Kenneth Cole has just unveiled their first standalone store in Canada on Queen Street West and have plans to open a second location at Vaughan Mills as early as September.
In addition to their plan for store expansions, Kenneth Cole has teamed up with Hudson’s Bay to provide in-store shops for men all across the country.
The new Toronto flagship store is 1,800 square feet and carries ready to wear clothing, footwear and clothing for both men and women. The new store’s interior is supposed to represent a trailer as Kenneth Cole began selling women’s shoes out of the back of a production trailer in 1982. The design reflects this and features raw steel, concrete, brick and glass aiming to represent the trailer where Kenneth Cole started and to the rawness of New York City.
Kenneth Cole, while available at big box retailers somewhat took a step out of the limelight in Canada. While Kenneth Cole may not capture the attention of younger millennial consumers, we expect it’s revival to recapture the attention of shoppers who were around when Kenneth Cole first made its impact in Canada.
Featured Image: Instagram/@kennethcole
Source: Retail-Insider
One of our favourite brands, Consonant Skincare is going to be opening a new flagship store this summer. According to Retail-Insider, the brand will be opening up on Queen West and offering 100% natural, clinically proven products.
Bill Baker, founder and president of Consonant Skincare, says the store will act as a hub and gathering place to support customers that are looking to achieve a holistic and healthy lifestyle.
Baker says the plan is to open the new store in mid-May with a grand opening June 1 at 819 Queen Street West.
Featured Image: Instagram/consonantlife
Source: Retail-Insider
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Our friends at Retail-Insider are reporting that famed German brand MCM will be opening their first Canadian store on Toronto’s Mink Mile in the fall.
Rising to mass popularity in the 1980’s MCM is known for their all-over logo print bags on cognac coloured leather. While the brand dissipated in the 1990’s in 1995 Korean fashion conglomerate Sungjoo Group acquired the brand in 1995 and has lately given the brand new life.
According to Retail-Insider, MCM’s first Canadian store will open in the fall at 93 Bloor Street West in Toronto, in the former Nine West location. The new store will span 2,150 ft. and will house a collection of clothing, bags and accessories.
Source: Retail-Insider