High school classmates, Kim and Julie more or less stumbled on the idea for CTS. While Kim juggled raising children and representing a personalized bedding company, Julie (now a mom herself) was travelling the world importing clothing for toddlers. Both had goods to sell, but no venue to sell them. Hearing about the growing popularity of exclusive, invitation-only trunk shows in New York City—which had no equal in Canada—they decided to assemble their own show. Recruiting two other suppliers and mailing invitations to a select list of friends, CTS was born. From their very first show, it was clear they were onto something.

Word-of-mouth quickly pushed CTS to two, 60-vendor shows a year in Toronto , and the expansion continued in 2008 with the launch of a Vancouver. A Calgary event is the works for 2010. As for the founders, Kim now takes care of the vendor side of the business, while Julie concentrates on marketing.

Kim Nichols – kim@childrenstrunkshow.com

Julie Ritchie – julie@childrenstrunkshow.com