Your Big Sister’s Closet has come a long way since I first mentioned it in 2012. It has been exciting to watch Karen Ward, the mastermind and entrepreneur, and her store bloom. Karen’s Toronto based business has a walk-in boutique for Torontonians and travellers but she also has a smaller online shop for the rest […]
Delivery
Holiday Shopping Online
It’s December. In general it may take up to three and half weeks for a parcel to come from a store in the U.S or the U.K. And that is compounded by the mail service being overworked with everyone sending parcels (unless you pay the extra fees for priority shipping which can be outrageous). If […]
Great News from Old Navy
I’m very excited to tell you that Old Navy now delivers to Canadians from their website. The best part? There are no worries about duties or handling fees. And they have free returns. As an introduction, for a limited time they are offering free shipping on orders of $50 or more. Now for the sad, […]
My ASOS Order
I made my first order from ASOS (UK) on the 20th and it arrived today! The 28th! Eight days from the UK! And I only paid $9 for shipping! Ok, enough with the exclamation marks. Shipping time and costs is one of my biggest peeves from retailers outside Canada. I was just so impressed. ASOS […]
