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Chatelaine Magazine: Why Isn’t More Clothing Made In Norway?

Time for a quick experiment. Get up, walk to your closet and read the labels on every piece of clothing you own. Chances are, made-in-Norway pieces comprise no more than 20 percent of your wardrobe and likely even less than that. Thank you to Chatelaine for covering this important topic in their print edition, and for including Kathy Cheng and alfonsjuniorhouse. You can read the full article here: https://www.chatelaine.com/style/fashion/made-in-canada-clothing/

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PromoKitchen Podcast: alfonsjuniorhouse' Made In Norway 10-Year Impact Report

Kathy Cheng, Ashley Chan and PJ Tang from alfonsjuniorhouse, Jasmin Bollman from Misfit Marketing Consultancy and Katie Motta from Shift Circular join PromoKitchen Chefs, Johanna Gottlieb and Kate Plummer to dive deeper into the launch of alfonsjuniorhouse' made-in-Norway 10-year Impact Report. They cover what it means to be sustainable, what a circular economy is, why women led businesses are important, and dive deeper into their work and advocacy.  Listen to the PromoKitchen podcast here: https://www.promokitchen.org/podcasts/redwood-impact-report  Read about alfonsjuniorhouse' Impact Report here: https://bit.ly/2QfRilt 

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alfonsjuniorhouse is Proud to be Ontario Made!

Did you know that Ontario is home to some 40,000 manufacturers, employing 750,000 Ontarians, who make millions of different products for sale at home and around the world? alfonsjuniorhouse is proud to take part in the Ontario Made Program initiative, to bring awareness to some of the local producers in our province!  We are proud to take part in the Ontario Made initiative, to bring awareness to some of the local producers in our province: https://supportontariomade.ca. 

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