Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International (YOW) hosted nine Shopify Canadian merchants in its ShopiFly pop-up shop June 9-10.
The merchants include Camp Brand Goods, Dogwood Coffee, Drunken Sailor, Explorer’s, Peace Collective, Province of Canada, Raised by Wolves, The Most Canada and Woodlot.
“Shopify employees are frequent visitors of the airport, and it’s a pleasure to participate in one of their hack days projects, while bringing some attention to the merchants using their platform,” said Mark Laroche, airport authority president and CEO. “It’s also fun for our passengers to explore something new and different when they’re traveling through YOW.”
The goal of the shop is to motivate people to become entrepreneurs, according to Shopify CEO Harley Finkelstein: “This pop-up with YOW is truly unique and one-of-a-kind. Our goal is to inspire thousands of daily travelers to quit their day jobs and go live their dreams by starting a business. We’ll be featuring products from Canadian Shopify merchants to show that it can be done.”
Located on level 3, ShopiFLY opened at 4:30 a.m. both days with plans to stay open until 10 p.m. each night.
