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Frank & Oak : Winner of Best Online Shopping Experience Award

Frank & Oak wins a Canada Post e-commerce innovation award

Quebec City, October 1, 2015 – Anges Québec is pleased to announce that Frank & Oak took top honors Monday in Toronto for its innovations in the e-commerce sector. At the annual Canada Post gala highlighting companies’ contributions to the Canadian e-commerce industry, Frank & Oak won the Best Online Shopping Experience Award (large business category).

Frank & Oak, a brand created to reflect the lifestyle of a new generation, uses technology to provide its customers with a personalized shopping experience. By combining innovative products with great online, mobile, and in-store shopping, the brand transcends its retailer role to act as a cultural catalyst for a new generation of modern, creative men. Frank & Oak provides consumers with well-designed clothing, personalized service, and a unique interactive experience. With its vertically integrated structure, the brand designs, manufactures, and sells its apparel and accessories through its website.

“This is a great mark of recognition for our business. We opted for a business model built around online shopping, and with the support of our investors, who believed in us, Frank & Oak has been a resounding success.” – Ethan Song, cofounder and president and CEO of Frank & Oak

Two other entrepreneurs of Anges Québec number among competition finalists

Frank & Oak wasn’t the only Anges Québec‒backed business to distinguish itself in the competition. BonLook Eyewear, a manufacturer and online retailer of prescription glasses for young women age 18 to 34, and Minitrade, an online store that buys and sells used women’s, kids’, and maternity clothes, were both finalists in the Most Exciting Startup category.

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“Congratulations to all three companies. We’re very proud of these home-grown entrepreneurs who are making their mark and carving out a niche in the highly competitive online retail shopping industry.” - François Gilbert, President and CEO of Anges Québec

Renseignements et entrevues

Noémie Prégent-Charlebois

+1 514 716-8298

npregent-charlebois@tactconseil.ca

 

Informations

François Gilbert

Président - directeur général

ANGES QUÉBEC

fgilbert@angesquebec.com

C. 418.261.0011

Sophie Desbiens Gérante des relations publiques

FRANK & OAK

sophie@frankandoak.com

C. 514.770.9161