Local Colour uses digital to help customers shop local

It feels weird to say aloud but Carol Wood has had a good November. Local Colour, her handmade crafts and art shop in the Grey Highlands community of Flesherton, wrapped up the best November since 2002 (she’s had the store since 1989) and December is already looking better than 2019. ...

Digital Main Street helps open Sleepers Bed Gallery’s eyes to digital

Four years ago, Sadie Shewfelt joined the family business Sleepers Bed Gallery in downtown Kincardine full-time. She’d been raised on the selling floor amongst the beds, pillows and home décor but this would be different. Sadie recalls one of the first things her mother, Heather Shewfelt said was that she ...

During forced closures, online shopping and social media are lifelines for Kincardine’s The Loop

Misty Gibson-Traynor spent months chipping away at her digital strategy and website while running The Loop, the downtown Kincardine fashion and gift boutique she owns with her husband. But it only took a few days – through the province’s decision to order non-essential businesses closed during the COVID-19 pandemic – to make that ...