Nov 19, 2013
Last winter, I developed a case of Foursquare fatigue. It’s not because I lost the Mayorship of the Annex, where I live. (I have to say for a few months, it was a tightly contested race.) And it’s not even because the whole concept of Mayor in Toronto has been tainted...
Dec 1, 2011
Having grown up in retail, I've always been fascinated by stores, shopping centres, customer service… But there are times when I walk into a store, glance around and immediately walk out. Something just isn't right. Maybe it's a disconnect between...
Mar 7, 2011
Growing up in the Midwest, discretion was part of my DNA. Yes, I’m Canadian but in many ways we were culturally similar to our American counterparts. So like a character in a Garrison Keillor novel, I was shy with feelings and kept many things to myself. My...
Dec 23, 2010
Guest post by Lindsay Peterson It’s the end of the year and yes – as Gini Dietrich said, I am a last-minute shopper (and proud of it). But not everyone is. Some people, like my colleague, Lindsay Peterson, actually think ahead! So… in the spirit of...
Sep 27, 2009
Growing up, if someone had told me that Eaton’s would cease to exist, I would never have believed them. The department store was a Canadian icon. It had prime locations in downtowns and malls across the country, produced an aspirational Christmas catalogue,...
