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Located across from London
Brewing Co-operative, Art East has
the feel of an open-kitchen restaurant.
The front room is the retail portion
and features a variety of samples and
artwork. Behind is the wide-open work
room, where a staff of 11 are busy framing
items for customers across Canada.
In the first year, they focused on
rebuilding the wholesale business. The
results were as close to immediate as
the couple could dare to dream. Their
reputation drew plenty of wholesale
customers. Once that was underway,
they opened the retail portion a year
or so later. It was just hitting its stride
when the pandemic shut it down.
Roughly 85 per cent of the business is
wholesale, and much of that continued
during various lockdowns. With the
retail side back up and more vibrant
than ever, Art East has just launched
a new web-based service, in conjunction
with the redesign of its website
(www.arteast.ca).
Customers will be able to upload an
image, see how it looks in any frame,
then hit the order button and have the
framed piece shipped anywhere in
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Canada. Not only that, retail pricing is
significantly lower than many competitors
because of the company's lower
wholesale costs.
" It's a whole new part of our business,
and we're really excited about it, "
Bergeron says. " We have a great team,
which helps us tackle new projects and
keep growing. " CHRISTOPHER CLARK
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