The Importance of Being Purpose-Driven: Frank And Oak

Published: March 1, 2021, 10 p.m.

Ryan speaks with Dustin Jones, co-founder and CEO of Unified Commerce Group, a retail company that recently acquired the sustainable Montreal-based fashion brand Frank And Oak.\xa0 They discuss what it means for retailers to be purpose-driven and why it is so essential today. Jones shares lessons from the Chinese markets and why we need to look at the post-Covid years with tremendous optimism.

Ryan\u2019s Rants & Raves is a podcast series on fashion, design and all things Qu\xe9bec produced by the Qu\xe9bec Government Office in New York and hosted by Fashion Attach\xe9 Ryan McInturf.