Karla Ahlqvist

Karla Ahlqvist is the owner of Wildlife Thrift Store, a successful thrift shop located in downtown Vancouver. Since opening in 1997, the store has thrived, particularly amid recent economic challenges, with sales increasing despite consumer confidence declines across Canada. Ahlqvist emphasizes her business's resilience to tariffs, stating that as a resale store, her operations are largely unaffected by external economic pressures, allowing her to maintain affordable prices for shoppers.