It’s fair to say 2023 was an improvement on 2022. The pandemic recovery dominated tech – like all else – with many of us spending more time than ever in front of screens. Not surprisingly, Techcouver had a banner year with site traffic growing every month during 2023. As we look forward to an even […]
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Lululemon To Expand Vancouver HQ, Add 2,600 New Jobs Over Five Years
Lululemon announced today that it will create over 2,600 new jobs in Vancouver over the next five years. The expansion of lululemon’s global headquarters in its hometown promises to significantly boost British Columbia’s prosperity. With its British Columbia origins, Lululemon has employed and continues to employ thousands of Canadians, while bringing people with unique skill […]
Lululemon Founder Chip Wilson Fronts $100 Million to End Muscular Dystrophy
“I do see a day when I will be unable to walk on my own.” These are the sobering words of Chip Wilson, the billionaire famous for founding Vancouver’s iconic brand Lululemon. Known for confidence and success, Wilson was hit with diagnosis of Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 2 in his early 30s. He has since […]
Vancouver-born lululemon Brings MIRROR to Canada
Lululemon announced today that MIRROR, its popular nearly invisible interactive home gym, will be offered in nearly 40 lululemon stores across Canada and available for purchase in-store and online beginning on November 22nd. Guests in Canada will now have direct access to engage with MIRROR’s digital community and experience the platform’s best-in-class content for all […]
Lululemon Joins Supercluster Consortium To Launch $20 Million Wellbeing Project
In partnership with lululemon, Wysdom.AI, Queen’s University, Microsoft and Mitacs, Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster has launched Wellbeing.ai, a collaborative project focused on developing a new approach for personalized health and wellbeing. The $20-million project will develop a digital wellbeing platform for people to better understand their physical health and mental fitness through interactions with virtual […]