Wheels Up
A new kind of private aviation.
Wheels Up isn’t the only company offering private aviation. But they do business differently, functioning more like a private club than an ownership group.
Business
Barry Avrich
The raconteur extraordinaire tells it like it is.
Barry Avrich starts each day like famed choreographer Bob Fosse. He looks into the bathroom mirror and says, “It’s showtime!”
C2 Montréal
Business and pleasure.
Founded in 2011 by marketing agency Sid Lee in partnership with Cirque du Soleil, C2 Montréal adheres to a new theme each year in an endeavour to stay proactive in the business world.
La Maison Simons
The retailer's cross-Canada expansion.
After 175 years of business, Quebec-based La Maison Simons enters a new era of Canadian retail with a $200-million cross-country expansion.
The Heffel Brothers
Artistic legacy.
FROM THE ARCHIVE: How the Heffel brothers have transformed the Canadian art business.
On Coloured Ground
Farrow & Ball.
Prior to Farrow & Ball’s rise to middle-class must-havedom, the paint colours we chose for our homes were largely bright and plasticky, with names that did their best to describe the colour in the pot in front of you. Enter Farrow & Ball, and their traditional formulations poetically titled Elephant’s Breath (warm grey) and Mouse’s Back (grey/brown).
Oil’s Big Collapse
Bottom of the barrel.
It’s the way you feel after downing one too many Singapore Slings the night before: after years of binging on high oil prices, Canada’s energy sector is experiencing the mother of all hangovers.
British Label Ted Baker
A stitch different.
Many fashion brands are named after a designer, founder, or some combination of the two. The exceptions to this are few and far between.
Casa Margherita’s Olive Trees
Up for adoption.
Perched high on a hill, Casa Margherita overlooks the Umbrian valley in Central Italy. It was here in 2007 that Adrian Henry and Rachel Williams fell in love with the land.
