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Montreal Gazette
18-07-2025
- Business
- Montreal Gazette
Quebec language watchdog targets barber for ‘too much English' — on sign, website, even Instagram
When Jesse Padulo opened The Corner Shop barber business in Montreal's St-Léonard neighbourhood, he never imagined his biggest challenge would be Quebec's language watchdog. 'I've been open a year,' he said. 'Six months in, the watchdogs came.' Since then, the 42-year-old father of six says he's been hounded by the language office over everything from his store signage to his online presence. He's taken down his website, removed his 'open' sign and started adding French subtitles to his Instagram posts, all in an effort to comply with demands he says keep changing. At the heart of the dispute is Bill 96, Quebec's sweeping language law passed in 2022. It gives the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) expanded powers to ensure businesses prioritize French. 'They said my shop was too much English. I said: 'OK, no problem. So what do we do?' They told me to contact them. I think it was March. I said: 'I don't work for you. I'm not going to contact you. Contact me. I'm running a business.' And they never contacted me,' Padulo said. 'Then I got two more letters saying my website had too much English, so I shut it down. Then they sent me another letter saying I'm too loud on Instagram with my English. Since when do you have jurisdiction over a public platform? 'They didn't really know how to answer me,' he added. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pads the barber (@the__pad) But Padulo believes the complaints began shortly after he started speaking openly about his Christian faith online. A devout Christian, he named the shop in reference to the Bible's 'cornerstone.' 'The cornerstone in the Bible was the stone of the community. We're a community barber that we're trying to teach kids how to barber, about the Lord, you know, good values — and that's where the name came from,' he said. 'We're not even on a corner,' he added. Now, Padulo says he feels stuck after being told he must change the sign out front. That would cost him about $4,000 — money he says he doesn't have. But if he doesn't, he could face fines of up to $30,000 per day, which would force him to close the store. His sign already includes French, but Padulo says the OQLF told him that wasn't enough. 'They said the French has to be bigger than the English.' He points out all his customers are English-speaking, making the changes feel forced and out of touch with the reality of his business. He's planning to launch a GoFundMe campaign this week to help cover the costs. 'People know me here,' he said. 'The community supports me. What I don't get is why I'm being punished for serving the people who actually come through the door.' Padulo has a phone call scheduled with the OQLF this afternoon. 'I'm not expecting good news,' he said. 'I'm not the problem,' he said. 'I just want to run a business, not fight a government.' The OQLF did not respond to The Gazette's request for comment before publication time. But in a statement to CTV News, the watchdog said that online videos must be in French, adding: 'They may also be in other languages, provided that they are accessible in French under conditions that are at least as favourable.' This story was originally published July 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM.
Fashion Network
16-07-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Amiri turns Selfridges Corner Shop into a beach, with sun, sounds, exclusives and coffee bar
France's Amiri is the latest temporary resident of The Corner Shop at Selfridges, staying there until 2 August with, appropriately given the weather, a beach-themed space. It has transformed the prime retail site into the Amiri Beach Club, a 'unique and one-off brand experience within a custom-designed environment'. This has launched with 'exclusive experiences and a specially curated product selection. An expression of Amiri's signature aesthetic, it's an escape to the beach at the very centre of the urban buzz of London's Oxford Street'. Thought up and designed by the label's creative director Mike Amiri, we're told it brings 'the brands' carefree beach-side spirit and passion for music to the heart of London'. So it's no surprise that there's a 'playful selection of beach games' available there — cornhole, soccer ball, beach tennis, frisbee and volleyball. That music point is key too given the overarching Summer of Sound music theme running throughout Selfridges' UK branches at present. In Amiri's version, as well as The Corner Shop's beach theme seeing the space reimagined with raffia, sand texture floors, reclaimed wood and palm trees, there are speaker bezels 'playfully sculpted from sand' that also form 'arresting installations'. The brand has also focused on its community, 'reinventing the space as creative destination through several experiential touchpoints'. Central to this is its Customisation Workspace, 'allowing each client to express their own personalised creativity by adding studding and gems to hats and footwear, making every piece one-of-a-kind and tailored to every individual'. And linking the personalisation idea further to the department store's music theme, a Sound Lab, created in a link-up with music tech company Native Instruments 'allows customers to invent their own beats using a custom Amiri sound pack live in-store'. A '% Arabica' coffee bar within the pop-up offers the brand's classic coffee offering and matcha soft-serve for purchase, each beneath sea-grass umbrellas. Coffee bars are increasingly becoming must-haves in higher-end stores as the Represent opening in Soho at the weekend showed. Of course, the Amiri label's product is key and includes the still-new eyewear collection with the signature Hollywood, Mulholland, Sunset and Venice styles presented as a wholesale exclusive. There's also a 'unique selection' of pieces – dubbed 'Amiri Arts & Craft' – 'one-offs, created from upcycled and reimagined vintage items, in the form of printed T-shirts and patchworked silk aloha shirts, in limited-edition runs'. Another exclusive to the store is a relaunch of the globally sold-out, limited edition Amiri x Maison Mihara Yasuhiro collab sneakers. Reissued in the dual colourways after their original release in early 2025. This is the first time the pieces are available outside of the French brand's stores and the Japanese label's Tokyo flagship. A new Amiri London logo is also featured across a selection of pieces, including swimwear, tees, baseballs caps, and hoodies.
Fashion Network
16-07-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Amiri turns Selfridges Corner Shop into a beach, with sun, sounds, exclusives and coffee bar
France's Amiri is the latest temporary resident of The Corner Shop at Selfridges, staying there until 2 August with, appropriately given the weather, a beach-themed space. It has transformed the prime retail site into the Amiri Beach Club, a 'unique and one-off brand experience within a custom-designed environment'. This has launched with 'exclusive experiences and a specially curated product selection. An expression of Amiri's signature aesthetic, it's an escape to the beach at the very centre of the urban buzz of London's Oxford Street'. Thought up and designed by the label's creative director Mike Amiri, we're told it brings 'the brands' carefree beach-side spirit and passion for music to the heart of London'. So it's no surprise that there's a 'playful selection of beach games' available there — cornhole, soccer ball, beach tennis, frisbee and volleyball. That music point is key too given the overarching Summer of Sound music theme running throughout Selfridges' UK branches at present. In Amiri's version, as well as The Corner Shop's beach theme seeing the space reimagined with raffia, sand texture floors, reclaimed wood and palm trees, there are speaker bezels 'playfully sculpted from sand' that also form 'arresting installations'. The brand has also focused on its community, 'reinventing the space as creative destination through several experiential touchpoints'. Central to this is its Customisation Workspace, 'allowing each client to express their own personalised creativity by adding studding and gems to hats and footwear, making every piece one-of-a-kind and tailored to every individual'. And linking the personalisation idea further to the department store's music theme, a Sound Lab, created in a link-up with music tech company Native Instruments 'allows customers to invent their own beats using a custom Amiri sound pack live in-store'. A '% Arabica' coffee bar within the pop-up offers the brand's classic coffee offering and matcha soft-serve for purchase, each beneath sea-grass umbrellas. Coffee bars are increasingly becoming must-haves in higher-end stores as the Represent opening in Soho at the weekend showed. Of course, the Amiri label's product is key and includes the still-new eyewear collection with the signature Hollywood, Mulholland, Sunset and Venice styles presented as a wholesale exclusive. There's also a 'unique selection' of pieces – dubbed 'Amiri Arts & Craft' – 'one-offs, created from upcycled and reimagined vintage items, in the form of printed T-shirts and patchworked silk aloha shirts, in limited-edition runs'. Another exclusive to the store is a relaunch of the globally sold-out, limited edition Amiri x Maison Mihara Yasuhiro collab sneakers. Reissued in the dual colourways after their original release in early 2025. This is the first time the pieces are available outside of the French brand's stores and the Japanese label's Tokyo flagship. A new Amiri London logo is also featured across a selection of pieces, including swimwear, tees, baseballs caps, and hoodies.
Fashion Network
16-07-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Amiri turns Selfridges Corner Shop into a beach, with sun, sounds, exclusives and coffee bar
France's Amiri is the latest temporary resident of The Corner Shop at Selfridges, staying there until 2 August with, appropriately given the weather, a beach-themed space. It has transformed the prime retail site into the Amiri Beach Club, a 'unique and one-off brand experience within a custom-designed environment'. This has launched with 'exclusive experiences and a specially curated product selection. An expression of Amiri's signature aesthetic, it's an escape to the beach at the very centre of the urban buzz of London's Oxford Street'. Thought up and designed by the label's creative director Mike Amiri, we're told it brings 'the brands' carefree beach-side spirit and passion for music to the heart of London'. So it's no surprise that there's a 'playful selection of beach games' available there — cornhole, soccer ball, beach tennis, frisbee and volleyball. That music point is key too given the overarching Summer of Sound music theme running throughout Selfridges' UK branches at present. In Amiri's version, as well as The Corner Shop's beach theme seeing the space reimagined with raffia, sand texture floors, reclaimed wood and palm trees, there are speaker bezels 'playfully sculpted from sand' that also form 'arresting installations'. The brand has also focused on its community, 'reinventing the space as creative destination through several experiential touchpoints'. Central to this is its Customisation Workspace, 'allowing each client to express their own personalised creativity by adding studding and gems to hats and footwear, making every piece one-of-a-kind and tailored to every individual'. And linking the personalisation idea further to the department store's music theme, a Sound Lab, created in a link-up with music tech company Native Instruments 'allows customers to invent their own beats using a custom Amiri sound pack live in-store'. A '% Arabica' coffee bar within the pop-up offers the brand's classic coffee offering and matcha soft-serve for purchase, each beneath sea-grass umbrellas. Coffee bars are increasingly becoming must-haves in higher-end stores as the Represent opening in Soho at the weekend showed. Of course, the Amiri label's product is key and includes the still-new eyewear collection with the signature Hollywood, Mulholland, Sunset and Venice styles presented as a wholesale exclusive. There's also a 'unique selection' of pieces – dubbed 'Amiri Arts & Craft' – 'one-offs, created from upcycled and reimagined vintage items, in the form of printed T-shirts and patchworked silk aloha shirts, in limited-edition runs'. Another exclusive to the store is a relaunch of the globally sold-out, limited edition Amiri x Maison Mihara Yasuhiro collab sneakers. Reissued in the dual colourways after their original release in early 2025. This is the first time the pieces are available outside of the French brand's stores and the Japanese label's Tokyo flagship. A new Amiri London logo is also featured across a selection of pieces, including swimwear, tees, baseballs caps, and hoodies.
CairoScene
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
WHEN WE EAT Returns with a Pop-Up That's Part Pantry, Part Photo Show
Downtown Cairo serves up a feast for the senses as WHEN WE EAT brings back 'The Corner Shop' and debuts 'Beyond The Plate' — a photo-fuelled, palate-pleasing journey into global food culture. May 14, 2025 Food in Cairo isn't a ritual—it's a mood. It happens standing, mid-story, elbow-deep in tahini. And starting May 14th, that chaotic, layered pleasure is taking form inside Kodak Passageway, where WHEN WE EAT returns to Cairo Photo Week with two intertwined experiences: an immersive photo exhibition and the revival of one of the city's cult culinary pop-ups, The Corner Shop. 'Beyond the Plate: What the World Eats', based on Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio's iconic photo series 'What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets', leads visitors through a photographic world tour of daily diets. The exhibition doesn't unfold like a gallery so much as a kitchen crawl—each photo a window into another rhythm of eating, another way of sharing sustenance and self. The exhibition feels like an open question: what do we share when we share food? Next door, The Corner Shop makes its comeback from May 14th to the 31st. Built in partnership with Al Ismaelia, the Downtown fixture returns with a warm-weather twist—scent-heavy and summer-lit. Drinks, made in collaboration with Quanta, lean citrusy and ice-cold, while the menu, curated by Crave Catering, pays loose tribute to local culinary institutions like Café Riche and Estoril. Less of a revival or a homage, more of a reply, a conversation. Powered by Juhayna, the activation strives to remind us that the future of food - if it is to be local, ethical, and enduring - must begin with those who make it, not just those who plate it.
