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Movers & Shakers: Metropolis clothing store moves into new digs

Aritzia is all grown up. The popular women’s clothing store, located at Metropolis at Metrotown, has moved from its boutique location in the mall to a space that’s more than 9,000 square feet in size.
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Sighting: Chef Vikram Vij was in Burnaby last week serving up samples of his Vij’s At Home prepared meals.

Aritzia is all grown up.

The popular women’s clothing store, located at Metropolis at Metrotown, has moved from its boutique location in the mall to a space that’s more than 9,000 square feet in size. The relocation took place two weeks ago, and shoppers can find the new store two doors down from the previous shop.

The new space features a skylight and finishes “inspired by Aritzia’s flatiron flagship in the U.S. and includes: marble fixtures and floor, gray oak custom millwork, polished concrete, raked stucco and built-in terrarium,” noted a press release.

Metropolis at Metrotown is located at 4800 Kingsway.

 

Meet and greet at Whole Foods

Well-known Vancouver chef Vikram Vij was in Burnaby on Friday serving up samples of his Vij’s At Home line of Indian meals.

Vij dropped by Whole Foods at SOLO District to promote the new at-home meals, which include favourites like chicken curry, saag and paneer and Punjabi lamb curry.

 

Businesses go head-to-head

A couple of Burnaby-based companies are about to face off against businesses from across the Lower Mainland at the upcoming Corporate Champions Vancouver summer games.

The annual team-building tournament gets underway this Saturday and runs every weekend until Sunday, June 12 at venues in Richmond.

Electronic Arts Canada, whose head office is in Burnaby, is one of a few local teams hoping to make the podium this year.

EA Canada and Keystone Environmental Ltd., also based in Burnaby, opened the games with go-kart races on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. On Saturday, the companies will tee off against teams from Fortis B.C., Coast Capital Savings, YVR, Intel Canada, Hatch and Microsoft in a Texas scramble-style round of golf at Mayfair Lakes and Golf Country Club in Richmond.

The following day, EA Canada along with staff from shoe.com, whose customer service team is based in Burnaby, will be attempting to best competitors on the soccer pitch. The round robin soccer tourney runs all day on Sunday and then winning teams return the following week, June 5, to go head-to-head in the playoffs.

On Monday, May 30 EA Canada is back in the hot seat as the team tries to pull off another win in the escape room competition at Freeing Canada in Richmond.

The Corporate Champions Vancouver summer games wrap up on June 12 with floor hockey playoffs.

Other events include a trivia night and rock-paper-scissors contest, table tennis, volleyball, dodgeball, bowling, basketball and badminton. Winners in each category are awarded custom medals and champion T-shirts. The overall winning team gets their name engraved on the championship trophy and get to display it at their head office for one year.

For more information or to sign your business up for next year, visit www.ccvancouver.ca/games-info.