{"id":28619,"date":"2023-07-18T10:39:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T14:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=28619"},"modified":"2023-07-18T10:39:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T14:39:50","slug":"the-sharpest-tool-in-the-shed-how-lee-valley-built-a-cult-like-following","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=28619","title":{"rendered":"The sharpest tool in the shed: How Lee Valley built a cult-like following"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"hoverZoomLink alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/mX3yGHHVFoW6zlcOwuDDldsgZGQ=\/900x0\/filters:quality(80):format(jpeg)\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/tgam\/V4NMX3DBHZEVBBWKKK3432C36E.jpg\" width=\"217\" height=\"145\" \/>The quirky retailer, run by family scion Robin Lee, has a devoted fan base. But can it lure in a new batch of DIY enthusiasts?<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/rob-magazine\/article-lee-valley-tools-business-success\/\">The sharpest tool in the shed: How Lee Valley built a cult-like following<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quirky retailer, run by family scion Robin Lee, has a devoted&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[140,1128],"class_list":["post-28619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-paul","tag-tools","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28619"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28621,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28619\/revisions\/28621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}