What does jewellery, chocolate and skin cream have to do with the Vancouver Home and Design Show? You can find them all in your house- bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. More importantly, all 24 Portobello West vendors selling at the show will be presenting beautifully designed items, a key element to the event that takes place October […]
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Many of Vancouver’s top brands have sold at Portobello West. We3 is one of them. The house label for Main Street boutique Twigg&hottie, We3 is a line of fashion forward essentials that retails across the country. Three years ago the co-designers Glencora Twigg, Christine Hotton, and Jess Viara were just launching We3 and chose to sell at
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When is the last time you walked around a market imagining yourself as a customer? Putting yourself in the place of the shopper is an eye opening experience. One of the first things you’ll notice is that people like to walk in the middle of the aisles. Sales sharks might bite otherwise. A vendor tucked behind
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Entries were accepted on-site and a winner was chosen! Congratulations to the lucky 102.7 The Peak radio listener who walked away from our Fall Market with a fantastic Portobello West giveaway! Curious to know what market swag they scored? Want some of it for yourself? Take a peek below at all of the fantastic contributing vendors:
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It’s been a week since Portobello West’s fall market and you are still thinking about those beautiful earrings. There is only one thing to do…find a local boutique selling the designer’s collection. As a supporter of Portobello West vendors, here’s a Vancouver store that might just have those jewels. Fine Finds Boutique is situated in the heart
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In a city overflowing with healthy living enthusiasts, it can easily be said that yoga is one of the predominant activities here in Vancouver. No matter where you find yourself, it’s guaranteed you’ll pass by a yoga studio or spot a group of yogis toting their mats around after a class of Power Vinyasa. For
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Feest is a local company devoted to creating beautiful, handmade aromatherapy products that are 100% natural. Portobello West got to interview the founder of Feest and learn more about this awesome business and it’s popular products. Feest was launched in 2011, with the goal of the business being to create a local, handmade and all-natural
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Can we all agree that buying the same old sappy, cheesy cards for every celebration is getting really old? You can only put the same lame taglines next to generic pictures before someone needs to step in and put an end to the greeting card madness! Portobello West got the chance to interview Nikki Bordignon,
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Minimoc is a local business that places the focus of sustainable, durable products on the little ones in our lives. Upon visiting the Minimoc website, photos of adorable babies and toddlers fill the screen, all donning the iconic Minimoc moccasins. Portobello West got the chance to interview Amanda, creator of Minimoc, and learn a little
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Portobello West is excited to be hosting our first ever Business of Design Conference on Saturday, April 5th! The full day event runs from 9:00am-6:00pm and features 4 panels of industry experts covering topics including Business, Sales, Promotions and all things Online! This Conference is open to all designers and artisans (not just fashion vendors),
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