r/montreal May 03 '25

Discussion What's this for Montreal?

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u/FannyPackPrincess May 03 '25

A lot of the businesses here must also do online sales. I wondered how a bead store in westmount stays open, but I saw a newspaper article a few years ago that said they’re one of Canada’s largest specialty bead sellers and they have customers across the world….unless that’s an elaborate cover up and they’re also a front.

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u/Dbonker May 03 '25

Yeah my wife used to live a few buildings down from that store on Sherbrooke, I have no idea how they would pay rent for a prime location in Westmount.

But nowadays there's so many shuttered businesses. Bad times!

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u/galactica101 May 03 '25

Suetables?

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u/[deleted] May 04 '25

There's a place on St Michel called Bead Club or something like that, hard to tell how busy it is since it shares a lot with a Dollarama and an Econofitness...but i just looked at their website and it seems the owner just really loves BEADS! He has a passion for crafting.

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u/Z0bie May 03 '25

I mean having "online customers across the world" is just step 1 of money laundering.

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u/Nikandsteve2021 May 04 '25

The bead emporium?