Club Monaco

Founded by Joe Mimran and Alfred Sung, the first Club Monaco store was opened in 1985 in Toronto, Ontario. The company expanded internationally a few years later and remained a Canadian brand until purchased by Polo Ralph Lauren in 1999. Described as "affordable luxury," Club Monaco offers a full range of men's and women's clothing, shoes and accessories.

"You may as well make your risks big, because it's the same amount of work at the end of the day."