Pretty Clean Shop
A sustainably minded health and beauty store in the Junction
Pretty Clean Shop dishwashing set ($35): “This bestselling set comes with a bar soap, bamboo soap dish, dish sponge and a pot scrubber or dish-washing scrub. It replaces plastic brushes and sponges, as well as dish soap packaged in disposable plastic containers,” says founder Miriam Juarez Alcaraz.
LeafShave razor ($120): “The Leaf razor is a great alternative for people are wary of double-edge razors. It’s a plastic-free and multi-blade metal razor, and it can be loaded with up to three pure steel blades,” Alcarez says.
A zero-waste grocery store on Dundas West
A Canadian âBuy Localâ Effort Fights Amazon on Its Own Turf
A website called Not Amazon was created to drive sales to more than 4,000 independent stores in four cities. The initiative aims to keep expanding.
Ali Haberstroh created Not Amazon, a website designed to help small businesses in Toronto that has since expanded to other Canadian cities.Credit.Chloe Ellingson for The New York Times
Published Jan. 2, 2021Updated Feb. 18, 2021
TORONTO â The snow was falling outside Ali Haberstrohâs apartment in late November when the idea came to her.
At the time, Canada was nearing a second lockdown to curb rising coronavirus cases. In anticipation, the owner of a vintage clothing store in Toronto who is a friend of Ms. Haberstrohâs had put together a list of other local vintage shops offering curbside pickup and deliveries in lieu of being able to open their doors.
Not Amazon website seeks to boost local businesses across Canada
Since starting as a shop local list three weeks ago, Not-Amazon.ca has expanded to include more than 2,000 local businesses in four cities across the country, and shop owners say they re seeing an increase in online sales.
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