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About Aritzia 2011
1. — YOUThFUL, CreATive, BeAUTiFUL, inTeLLigenT —
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ARITZIA
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1/ Aritzia’s Story
2/ About Us
— 4/ About Our Locations
5/ About Our Product
7/ About Our Team
8/ Our Business is Strong
3/ About Our Stores 6/ About Our Customer 9/ About Our Fans
4. AriTZiA’S STOrY AriTZiA’S STOrY
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ARITZIA IS A STORy
Of RETAIL SuCCESS.
fOR OvER 25 yEARS,
wE’vE ExpERIEnCEd
COnSISTEnT gROwTh
And wE’RE STILL
gOIng STROng.
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5. AriTZiA’S STOrY AriTZiA’S STOrY
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6. ABOUT US ABOUT US
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we’re a vertically integrated, multi-label luxury apparel
retailer for young, affluent and style-forward women. Our
retail environment offers a boutique experience that is si-
multaneously aspirational and accessible.
brian hill, Aritzia’s founder, is a third-generation retailer
and continues to drive the company forward in his role as
ceo.
we’ve consistently operated as the premier fashion retailer
in Canada since our inception. from 2005, we’ve partnered
with berkshire partners in boston to help propel us towards
our goal of becoming the foremost fashion retailer for young
American women.
for the past three years, we’ve brought that high degree of
success to our operations in the united States.
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7. ABOUT US ABOUT US
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Aritzia connects customers to the energy of culture.
we are inspired by music and art and have partnered with
famed photographers such as Ryan Mcginley. we hand-
select every piece of art that goes into our stores and have an
in-house team of artists, graphic designers and installation
artists for a vast range of projects.
Our stores play a diverse selection of up-and-coming music
and we regularly feature Aritzia-exclusive, dJ-mixed playl-
ists in our stores as well as on our website.
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8. ABOUT OUr STOreS ABOUT OUr STOreS
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In MAy 2011, wE wILL OpEn ThE
dOORS TO OuR fLAgShIp STORE
In SOhO, LOCATEd AT ThE —
we invest significant amounts of money on
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Every piece of furniture as well as all
CORnER Of bROAdwAy & SpRIng. our stores to ensure that every detail, from
the quality of design and materials to the
fixtures, finishes and graphics are carefully
planned and coordinated to create the finest
workmanship, lives up to our exceptionally retail environment.
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Aritzia is considered to have the finest real we are often featured on the co-tenancy — To complete the upscale, boutique-shopping
estate portfolio in the industry with stores lists of retailers such as Coach, Tiffany & All Aritzia stores are designed by our in- experience we offer our customers, a
operating at aaa locations in major markets Co, Abercrombie & fitch, h&m and urban house team of architects. meticulously considered selection of music,
throughout north America. Outfitters. art and literature are chosen for our stores.
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9. ABOUT OUr STOreS ABOUT OUr STOreS
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10. ABOUT OUr LOCATiOnS ABOUT OUr LOCATiOnS
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LOCATIOnS
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Edmonton
whistler
AriTZiA
victoria vancouver Calgary
winnipeg
bellevue
Ottawa
portland
Toronto
Kitchener
new york
London
Short hills
Chicago
San francisco
Santa Clara
building on our successful portfolio of more
than 40 locations in Canada, we’ve opened
eight flourishing stores in the u.s. we are
positioned to further continue our expansion
in the u.s. market.
Our u.s. locations currently include stores in
new Jersey, Chicago, San francisco, Santa
Clara, portland and Seattle.
we take pride in the fact that Aritzia has
never closed a store.
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12. ABOUT OUr PrODUCT ABOUT OUr PrODUCT
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we offer an expansive and diverse range of product development, design, merchandising
young women’s fashion apparel with com- and retail functions for the majority of our
plete collections to satisfy both their lifestyle merchandise. There are 30 in-house design-
and style-forward needs. ers, who develop and create our exclusive
labels.
we employ a fully integrated, vertical retail
strategy, with a proven system in place for
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14. ABOUT OUr PrODUCT ABOUT OUr PrODUCT
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we source materials from destinations across
the globe and our products are made both in-
ternationally as well as domestically in Canada
and the united States.
Our exclusive labels are complemented by a
carefully curated selection of contemporary
brands from around the world including the
likes of J brand, Citizens of humanity, Acne
and Marc by Marc Jacobs to vanessa bruno
Athé, See by Chloe and mm6 by Martin
Margiela. In many cases, we are one of the top
accounts for these companies globally.
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15. ABOUT OUr CUSTOMer ABOUT OUr CUSTOMer
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Aritzia’s core customers are style-forward when asked which store our customers we maintain a robust clientele database by Abercrombie & fitch and Anthropologie,
women between the ages of 15-35 with the shopped at most often, Aritzia was cited creating a direct, personal connection with and boutiques such as Opening Ceremony,
luxury of disposable incomes. Our customer over three times more than any other re- our customers that supports their continued fred Segal, Intermix and Scoop nyc.
is well-versed on the latest in fashion, life- tailer. Over 80 percent of the customers loyalty as well as a high level of customer
style, music and art. surveyed shop with us at least once a month satisfaction.
and 75 percent have been shopping at Arit-
Our market research has demonstrated that zia for more than three years. Aritzia has Other retailers that our customers may
we have a highly loyal customer base, with proven itself as a trusted fashion destination. be found shopping at would include
over 86 percent of respondents stating that department stores such as barneys,
they would strongly recommend Aritzia to a barneys Co-Op, neiman Marcus, specialty
friend. stores such as Zara, urban Outfitters,
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16. ABOUT OUr TeAM ABOUT OUr TeAM
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Aritzia employs approximately 2,000 people
throughout north America.
Our people are the ultimate reflection of our
brand: youthful, creative, motivated and intel-
ligent.
Aritzia has an established team of dedicated
and talented executives with an average ten-
ure of 15 years.
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17. ABOUT OUrUS
ABOUT TeAM ABOUT OUrUS
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brian hill : ceo of aritzia
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CEO brian hill
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brian hill has more than 25 years of average. Aritzia’s eight (8) u.S. boutiques young Entrepreneur Of The year® makes brian hill stand out as an
leadership experience, since the inception are located in cities such as Santa Clara, for the pacific Region in 2008. exceptional leader.
of Aritzia in 1984. A third generation Seattle, portland, San francisco, two in
retailer, he has created internationally Chicago, and one in Short hills, new Jersey. Offering a rare blend of creative and brian received his Economics degree
recognized brands such as TnA, Talula, In May 2011, Aritzia will open a flagship operational strengths, brian continues to from Queen’s university in Kingston,
T.babaton, Community, wilfred, and store in Soho, new york, bringing the achieve exciting corporate and product Ontario. he has served on the board of
A Moveable feast. An accomplished total number of stores to forty-seven (47). success; his concept creation and focus directors of Right to play, as an active
corporate strategist and retailer, his vision on product-line mix consistently deliver member of the bC Advisory network
and expertise in business performance Aritzia has been awarded with several impressive bottom-line results. he is for the Retail Council of Canada, and as
have driven notable enterprise growth in prestigious awards including vertical involved in every aspect of the company director at Apparel bC. his achievements
the retail sector. Retailer of the year in 2001, design & from brand strategy, operations, product have been featured in fashion magazines
product development for 2002, the CSAE design, packaging, merchandising, real and newspapers across the country. An
Aritzia has grown to thirty-eight (38 loca- Magazine Award for Canadian Retailer estate, marketing, communications, and avid cyclist, he resides in vancouver with
tions across Canada, which includes five 2004, and was listed as one of the Top 10 human resources. his unique ability to be his wife and two children.
(5) TnA stores. Aritzia is Canada’s highest best Companies to work for in b.C in both involved in the hands-on operations
performing women’s retailer, with sales 2006 and 2007. brian’s achieve-ments were of the business while also driving the
per square foot at four times the industry recognized when he was named Ernst & strategic vision for the company is what
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19. OUr BUSineSS iS STrOng OUr BUSineSS iS STrOng
— ARITZIA hAS ThE
OuR hIghEST RETAIL SALES
buSInESS pER SQuARE fOOT In
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wE COnSISTEnTLy ExCEEd SALES Of
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ThIS nuMbER IS hIghER ThAn ThAT
Of LuLuLEMOn, uRbAn OuTfITTERS,
J.CREw, AMERICAn AppAREL And
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20. ABOUT OUr FAnS ABOUT OUr FAnS
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Aritzia has gained a following of loyal and vera wang have all been spotted shop-
celebrity fans including many young, stylish ping at our stores, some numerous times.
hollywood stars as well as fashion industry for many of these stars, Aritzia is a must-
insiders. Most recently, Rachel bilson, Jes- visit shopping destination during their trips
sica Alba, hilary duff, Scarlett Johansson, to Canada.
Reese witherspoon, the cast of ‘Twilight’
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