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Fur Retailing Is a Family Affair – Truth About Fur Blog Highlight
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Fur Retailing Is a Family Affair – Truth About Fur Blog Highlight

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by Truth About Fur, voice of the North American fur trade

“Like so many in the industry, Dan Kahnert’s relationship with fur is a family affair. “My great-grandfather learned the fur trade in Germany and came to Canada in the late 1800s. His son, my grandfather, moved to Toronto where he would travel around taking orders, and then cut and sew coats in his home. It was my father, Allan, who opened our first showroom on Avenue Road in 1957, where Kahnert’s is still located.

“I would help out at the store on weekends, and decided by the end of high school that I wanted to join the family business. That’s what I did in 1984, after completing my degree in economics and business at the University of Western Ontario. I arrived home with all my college furniture and everything on April 30 and began working full-time in the store the next day; it was storage season and there was no time for a break!”

Full article available here:

www.truthaboutfur.com/blog/fur-retailing-a-family-affair/
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