{"id":4476,"date":"2014-06-18T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/?p=4476"},"modified":"2014-10-16T15:34:53","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T19:34:53","slug":"announcement-spacing-open-retail-store-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2014\/06\/18\/announcement-spacing-open-retail-store-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"ANNOUNCEMENT: Spacing to open retail store in the fall!"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHAT<\/strong>: Spacing to open brick-and-mortar retail store
\nWHERE<\/strong>: 401 Richmond<\/a>, (ground floor, northeast corner)
\nWHEN<\/strong>: Fall 2014
\nFACEBOOK<\/strong>: “Like” our store’s fan page on Facebook<\/a>
\nTWITTER<\/strong>: Follow the Spacing Store on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Spacing<\/em> is pleased to officially announce that the magazine will be opening a brick-and-mortar retail outlet in downtown Toronto in the fall of 2014 \u2014<\/span> Toronto’s first city store \u2014 offering all kinds of items celebrating Toronto and Canadian cities.<\/p>\n

Spacing<\/em>‘s new home will be at 401 Richmond,<\/a> the massive arts and culture cluster near Queen Street West and Spadina that is home to over 140 amazing organizations, galleries, and arts\/media-focused businesses.<\/p>\n

We believe our new home will let us offer our readers something hardly any other Canadian magazine can: a real retail experience. Our new space will be a storefront, created just for us, with direct access right off of Richmond Street West, between Spadina and Peter. And housed within our store will be the office of our magazine staff.<\/p>\n

Since our inception, we\u2019ve touted the benefits of experiencing public life and breaking down private-space barriers in the public realm. We\u2019ve been feeling guilty for some time about how a magazine that promotes the merits of public space remains holed up behind two security doors. We\u2019re excited by the idea that our readers will be able to walk right in and have a word (good or bad) with our staff. And we love the idea that people will be able to buy the unique merchandise we currently offer at our e-store, and so much more.<\/p>\n

Not only will this new space be unique in Canada\u2019s magazine world (only one other Canadian-owned magazine, Down Home<\/em> in St. John\u2019s, Nfld., has a brick-and-mortar retail space), but it will also fill a niche that is lacking in Toronto: a true city store. There are a handful of outlets that sell really cheap and boring t-shirts with \u201cToronto\u201d or \u201cCanada\u201d or a beaver printed on them, but no retail store collects all of the amazing things produced by local artists and craftspeople that celebrate neighbourhoods and urbanity. The products we\u2019ll offer will focus on Toronto, Canadian cities, and urbanism. We\u2019ll offer apparel, stationery, prints, vintage transit stuff, books, and an assortment of urban ephemera that use the city as its muse. Oh, and buttons. Thousands and thousands of buttons.<\/a><\/p>\n

While the move is rooted in our philosophy about public space, it\u2019s also a business decision. The way magazines have operated for decades is no longer a model that works in the digital age. By opening up a retail store we are diversifying our potential revenue as well as creating greater awareness of our brand (we\u2019ll stop the biz jargon now).<\/p>\n

We are excited by this new opportunity and cannot wait to show you our new home. You can keep up with us by following our store’s Facebook page<\/a> and\/or Twitter account<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Do you make Toronto or city-themed products?<\/h3>\n

Over the last year, Spacing<\/em> has been working with a number of local designers to bring new items to our e-store: toques<\/a>, coasters<\/a>, prints<\/a>, cycling gear<\/a>, and more. Part of our mandate with our new retail space will be to help showcase the great products that compliment Spacing<\/em>‘s own line of merchandise. If you have Toronto or city-themed products and would like us to consider carrying your item, contact us at spacingstore@spacing.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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