Shopping winners in the 2025/26 Calgary Readers’ Choice Awards

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Here are the winners in the Shopping category for the 2025/26 season. Calgary Readers' Choice for the Calgary Herald and Calgary Sun.

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Favorite craft store
Gold: Kensington Art Supply
Silver: Art supplies Sunnyside
Bronze: Swinton's Art Supplies

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Favorite Auction House
Gold: Royal Auctions
Silver: Graham Auctions
Bronze: Hall Auction Services

Favorite hairdresser
Gold: Tommy Gun's Original Barber Shop
Silver: Marda Loop hair salon
Bronze: Great clips

Favorite bike shop
Gold: Cycling and bow sports
Silver: Bicycle shop
Bronze: Calgary Cycle

Favorite bookstore
Gold: Book Fair
Silver: Books “Owl's Nest”
Bronze: Kensington pages

Favorite wedding salon
Gold: Wedding boutique “Etos”
Silver: Duran Wedding
Bronze (Tie): Pearls + dot, cameo and cufflinks

Favorite butcher/deli
Gold: Lina's Italian Market
Silver: Italian Center Store
Bronze: Bon Ton Meat Market

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Favorite cheese shop
Gold: Springbank Cheese Company
Silver (Tie): Italian Center Store, Lina Italian Market
Bronze: Peasant cheese

Favorite comic book/collectibles store
Gold: Phoenix Comics
Silver: Comic-Kazi
Bronze: Guard box

Favorite thrift store
Gold (Draw): Vespucci, “Plato's Closet”
Silver: Expressions Women's Party
Bronze: Peacock Boutique

Favorite craft store
Gold: PM Hobbycraft
Silver: STESH living room
Bronze: garbage

Favorite daycare/boarding for dogs
Gold: Dogtopia
Silver: Springbank Pet Resort
Bronze: Muttley Crew

Favorite Farmer's Market
Gold: South Calgary Farmers Market
Silver: Farmers Market “Crossroads”
Bronze: Western Calgary Farmers Market

Favorite fitness store
Gold: SportChek
Silver: IEC
Bronze: Fitness Depot

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Favorite employment services
Gold: Equation HR Solutions
Silver: Randstad
Bronze (Tie): Bowen Group, Prospect

Favorite florist
Gold: Red Rose Florist
Silver (Tie): Amborella Flower, Flowers at the market
Bronze: Florist Deer Valley

Favorite furniture store
Gold: La-Z-Boy Furniture and Home Decor
Silver: Cooper
Bronze: Cricklewood Interiors

Favorite garden center
Gold: Golden Acre Home and Garden
Silver: Spruce It Up Garden Center
Bronze: Greengate Garden Center

Favorite grocery store
Gold: A real Canadian supermarket
Silver (Tie): Calgary Co-op, Safeway
Bronze: Save on food

Favorite hair salon
Gold: chatter
Silver: Edge Salon and Spa
Bronze: Khedkandi

Favorite health food store/organic market
Gold: Natural Products Community
Silver: Santerra Market
Bronze: Blush Lane Organic Market

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Favorite consumer electronics store
Gold: Best buy
Silver: Visions Electronics
Bronze: London drugs

Favorite International Food Market
Gold: Lina's Italian Market
Silver: Italian Center Store
Bronze: T&T Supermarket

Favorite jewelry store
Gold: Spence Diamonds
Silver: Jewelry Calgary
Bronze: Tanya's jewelry

Favorite kitchenware store
Gold: Williams Sonoma
Silver: Canadian tire
Bronze: Knife clothing

Favorite women's boutique clothing store
Gold: Kismet Clothing Calgary
Silver: Beautiful
Bronze: O'Connors

Favorite lighting store
Gold: Cartwright Lighting and Furniture
Silver: Carrington Lighting and Furniture
Bronze: Robinson Lighting and Bath

Favorite liquor store
Gold: Willow Park Wines and Spirits
Silver: Cooperative wine, spirits, beer
Bronze: Wine and more

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Favorite men's clothing store
Gold: Men's clothing Thomas Jeffery
Silver: O'Connors
Bronze: Supreme men's clothing

Favorite optical store/eyeglass retailer
Gold: LensArtisans
Silver: FUdoctors
Bronze: Brass monocle

Favorite outdoor patio and furniture
Gold (Draw): BBQ Galore, Patio Shop
Silver: Furniture for a mountain house
Bronze: Patio Line

Favorite Pet Groomer
Gold: dirty puppies
Silver: PetSmart
Bronze: Muttley Crew

Favorite Real Estate Company
Gold: RE/MAX
Silver: CIR
Bronze (Tie): MaxWell Realty, First place in real estate

Favorite shoe store
Gold: Shoes from sole to soul
Silver: Shoes for the mat
Bronze: O'Connors

Favorite ski shop
Gold: Ski cellar
Silver: Ski West
Bronze: Mountain crops

Favorite spa/aesthetic studio
Gold: RnR Wellness Spa
Silver: Wellness center and spa “Oasis”
Bronze: Riverside Spa

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Favorite record store/music store
Gold: Sunrise Records
Silver: Recordland
Bronze: Lux Drug Market

Favorite tattoo shop
Gold: Strange World Tattoo
Silver (Tie): Attica Tattoo, Immaculate Conception
Bronze: Bushido Tattoo

Favorite travel agency
Gold: AMA Travel
Silver: Marlin Travel
Bronze: Traveling Lady

Favorite vintage store
Gold: Iron Raven
Silver (Tie): Bring back vintage, this is vintage YYC
Bronze: Vintage antique store

Favorite liquor store
Gold: Willow Park Wines and Spirits
Silver: Wine and more
Bronze: Cooperative Wines Spirits Beer

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