Canadian Collaboration Part of e-Commerce
Leader's Support for Domestic Talent and Businesses
TORONTO, Sept. 20, 2016 /CNW/ - eBay Canada has partnered with Canadian Indigenous
artists Jordan Bennett and
Patrick Hunter for its Fall Designer
Collaboration: a collection of four limited-edition scarves. Each
piece of wearable art features a print that links designs and
symbols from the artist's Indigenous heritage, with a modern
aesthetic and colour trends fit for Fall 2016.
"We love working with Canadian talent to showcase their work on
our powerful platform, while offering our buyers something
exclusive to eBay," says Andrea
Stairs, managing director, eBay Canada. "Over the years we've featured many
different Canadian designers, and are thrilled to be able to
present these pieces from Indigenous Canadians this fall. We're
thrilled to bring wider attention to the amazing work produced by
these two contemporary artists."
The scarves, which are made in Canada, will retail for $75 CAD with free shipping across Canada. All proceeds from the sale will go to
each designer's not-for-profit of choice benefiting Indigenous
communities: The St. John's Native Friendship Centre for Jordan's
designs, and N'we Jinan for
Patrick's designs. The sale launches today and will run until
October 18, 2016 at
ebay.ca/Collaborations.
"This collaboration is just one example of how e-commerce can
connect artists, entrepreneurs and businesses of all shapes and
sizes with a broad market of national and international buyers,"
says Stairs. "This is particularly powerful for sellers in rural or
remote areas of the country. Every day, Canadian eBay sellers defy
the notion that you need to be located in an urban centre in order
to have a successful commercial business."
In fact, rural communities have some of the highest
concentrations of commercial eBay sellers in Canada. eBay Canada data shows that Stikine, B.C. is the
most digitally dense area in Canada in terms of eBay commercial sellers per
capita. Sunshine Coast, B.C. and
Hay River Region, N.W.T. also make the top five most
digitally-dense areas, underscoring the point that e-commerce
breaks traditional commerce geographical boundaries.
As part of the company's ongoing efforts to support Canadian
talent, entrepreneurs and businesses, this week eBay Canada has also launched a "Buy Canadian"
event, highlighting the great inventory eBay sellers bring to
eBay.ca. With more than one million new Canadian items added in the
past year, eBay Canada continues
to expand its selection of domestic inventory while connecting
buyers with great finds around the world.
High-resolution images of the eBay Fall Designer Collaboration
are available here.
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most vibrant marketplace for discovering great value and unique
selection. eBay connects millions of buyers and sellers around the
globe, empowering people and creating opportunity through Connected
Commerce. Our vision for commerce is one that is enabled by people,
powered by technology and open to everyone. eBay is visited by more
than 8 million unique Canadians per month (comScore Media Metrix:
July, 2016). For more information, visit ebay.ca.
SOURCE eBay Canada