This Year Threatened to Kill Canadian Shopping—But It Didn’t

The Kit looks at how, despite a wave of high-profile retail failures including HBC and SSENSE, Canadian fashion avoided collapse in 2025 as apparel sales rose, mid-market and luxury brands adapted, and designers pivoted toward direct sales and community-driven platforms, underscoring both the sector’s financial fragility and its resilience amid restructuring pressures, trade shocks, and limited institutional support.

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