Fashion – Vancouver
Hello Vancouver!!
My name is Carlos Ramirez, originally from Mexico. In 2000 I realized that economic globalization represented new opportunities for professional and personal development and I came to Vancouver to do a postgrad business program at SFU that I completed in 2002.
Since then I have been involved in international business. First as an international broker of recyclable plastics. Then, I joined the Vancouver Aquarium as a business consultant responsible for business operations and development and aquarium projects in other countries.
In 2009, I started working for an American fitness company responsible for business expansion to Latin America, AU, NZ, Africa, Middle East and Asia.
On my trips I visited malls and shopping streets I saw the same brands, the same store layouts and the same products, usually mass produced in Asia or Middle East.
After 12 years, I started my own business using my international business experience with the mission to help Mexican companies with unique, handcrafted and quality products (no mass-produced) to expand into Canada and other international markets to preserve hand made traditions that are sadly disappearing.
My boutique in Downtown Vancouver is called \"Xixo\" ( Shee-Sho) that means “Well done” in the Nahuatl language spoken by the Aztecs in Mexico and I represent the brand “Cuadra” from Mexico that makes luxury leather products with superior hand craftmanship, social responsibility and sustainable practices and a great value.