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Businesses at high risk in pandemic s final days as subsidies fade, reopening delayed
by Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press
Posted Jun 1, 2021 2:01 pm EDT
Last Updated Jun 1, 2021 at 2:14 pm EDT
HALIFAX Lisa Drader-Murphy opened her first store in 1997 with $250 in the bank.
Over more than two decades, the Canadian fashion designer built her luxury clothing brand debt-free by reinvesting her earnings back into the business.
“I was raised with old-fashioned values,” she said from her home in Falmouth, a village in rural Nova Scotia. “You dig your heels in and you just get the hard work done. I haven’t had to rely on government funding for anything.”
Winnipeg Free Press By: Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press Posted:
Last Modified: 1:05 PM CDT Tuesday, Jun. 1, 2021
HALIFAX - Lisa Drader-Murphy opened her first store in 1997 with $250 in the bank.
Lisa Drader-Murphy, a fashion designer and entrepreneur, stands in her studio in Falmouth, N.S. on Monday, May 31, 2021. Drader-Murphy, like many small business owners, is facing many financial hurdles as the economy slowly reopens. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
HALIFAX - Lisa Drader-Murphy opened her first store in 1997 with $250 in the bank.
Over more than two decades, the Canadian fashion designer built her luxury clothing brand debt-free by reinvesting her earnings back into the business.