# Holt Renfrew

> Holt Renfrew is a privately held Canadian luxury fashion and lifestyle retailer that combines six large-format stores with e-commerce, brand concessions, personal shopping, beauty, dining and made-to-measure services. Founded as a Quebec City fur business in 1837, it now earns its relevance by curating global labels for Canadian shoppers, wrapping products in high-touch service, and using programs such as H Project and Holts Sustainable Edit to make responsible sourcing more visible.

- **Founded:** 1837
- **Headquarters:** Toronto, Canada
- **Founders:** William S. Henderson (Founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 2,800 employees (third-party estimate supplied)
- **Products:** Luxury fashion and accessories, Beauty and grooming, Personal Shopping, Made-to-Measure, H Project
- **Notable:** Operating since 1837, making Holt Renfrew one of Canada’s oldest continuously recognized retail names., Appointed furrier to several members of the British royal family between 1886 and 1921., Built a six-store large-format luxury network, including a roughly 190,000-square-foot Toronto flagship and a 250,000-square-foot Holt Renfrew Ogilvy location.

## Products & services

- **Luxury fashion and accessories** — Curated designer clothing, shoes, bags, jewellery, watches and accessories for women and men in stores and online.
- **Beauty and grooming** — Makeup, skincare, fragrance, hair care, wellness and in-store beauty guidance, including brand concessions.
- **Personal Shopping** — Complimentary in-person or virtual appointments with tailored selections, private spaces, delivery and alteration coordination.
- **Made-to-Measure** — Custom suiting, shirting, ready-to-wear, footwear and accessories supported by fittings and specialists.
- **H Project** — An in-store and online incubator for products meeting artisanal, charitable, innovative or Sustainable Edit criteria.
- **Holts Sustainable Edit** — A cross-category labeling and merchandising program for products meeting circular, material or clean-beauty criteria.
- **Holts Café and store experiences** — Restaurants, events, valet parking and other hospitality features that make flagship stores destinations.
- **E-commerce and store pickup** — Canadian-dollar online shopping with fulfillment from the distribution centre or stores and pickup at all locations.

## Achievements

- Operating since 1837, making Holt Renfrew one of Canada’s oldest continuously recognized retail names.
- Appointed furrier to several members of the British royal family between 1886 and 1921.
- Built a six-store large-format luxury network, including a roughly 190,000-square-foot Toronto flagship and a 250,000-square-foot Holt Renfrew Ogilvy location.
- Enrolled 287 brands in Holts Sustainable Edit and generated 15% of 2024 product net sales through the program.
- Reduced Scope 1 and 2 emissions 36% from its 2019 baseline by 2024.
- Completed 63,948 deliveries by electric vehicle in 2024.
- Named WWF-Canada’s 2025 Regenerate Canada Partner of the Year.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — WWF-Canada named Holt Renfrew its Regenerate Canada Partner of the Year for conservation funding, employee engagement and cause marketing.
- **2025-08** — Holt Renfrew released a fall print magazine produced with certified paper, 100% post-consumer recycled interior pages and low-VOC ink.
- **2025-06** — Levi’s Canada announced a national return to Holt Renfrew with curated products, pop-ups and store activations.
- **2025-03** — The company published its 2024 sustainability report, documenting 287 Sustainable Edit brands, 15% of product net sales from that edit and a 36% Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction from 2019.
- **2024-12** — Holt Renfrew’s 2024 work included expanding luxury consignment pop-ups and completing 63,948 last-mile deliveries using electric vehicles.
- **2024-03** — The Bloor Street flagship marked 45 years while continuing renovations and consolidating menswear back into the main store.

## Links

- Website: https://www.holtrenfrew.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/holt-renfrew
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/HoltRenfrew
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/holtrenfrew
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holtrenfrew/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoltRenfrew
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@holtrenfrew

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Last updated: 2026-08-23