Québec City Shopping

  1. Running Room

    This Alberta-based chain sells running shoes and accessories but also does free group runs led by an employee. Just meet at the store. It has fantastic downloadable route maps on its site.

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  2. Simons

    One of the city's business success stories. Simons was started by the son of a Scottish immigrant who set up a dry goods store in Québec City. By 1952 his descendents had turned the business into a successful clothing store. It's popular all over Québec for its trendy Twick label and for stocking items that are more cutting edge than those at competing department stores. There's been a Simons at this location since 1870.

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  3. Taxi

    This is a funky little store devoted to one thing and one thing only: men's underwear and lots of it. The T-Shirts and briefs are colorful and cutting edge. Well, as cutting edge as men's cotton underwear can be without raising eyebrows. The company is based in the village of Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, about 1.5hrs southwest of Québec City. Taxi underwear is 100% Canadian-made.

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