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May 2024
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Road to Retail, A Shopify Miniseries

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Shopify's latest miniseries brings you inside one business owner's journey from an online-only furniture company to opening a retail store in downtown Toronto.

Join host Benjamin Gottlieb each week for new episodes of Road to Retail.

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