Private Personal & Business Sourcing

Your relationships deserve thoughtful oversight.

Personal and business sourcing for senior executives, led by Cindy Cannon. From meaningful gifts to hosting and presentation, thoughtful choices become well-managed details.

Thoughtful choices. Properly handled.

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Philosophy

Success accelerates. Relationships require attention.

Milestones, acknowledgements, private gatherings, and personal presentation shape trust long before performance is measured. The Proper Shop ensures personal and professional details reflect the standard you have built.

Considered. Consistent. Properly handled.

What we oversee

The Proper Shop protects and strengthens executive presence across three visible domains:

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Strategic Gifting

Personal and business gifting structured around long-term relationship impact — not transactional gestures.

— Birthdays, weddings and new babies
— Corporate gifts and client recognition
— Staff appreciation and referral acknowledgments

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Private Engagement & Event Refinement

Host presence, executive entertaining, and curated environments that reflect composure, thoughtfulness and attention to details.

— Private dinner hosting
— Golf events and client lunches
— Flowers, catering and event favours

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Executive Presentation Strategy

Wardrobe acquisition and seasonal refinement aligned with influence, credibility, and visibility.

— Wardrobe acquisition for specific events
— Seasonal pieces and considered additions
— Travel-ready presentation

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Also available

Business & Specialty Sourcing

Where a brand or an occasion calls for something particular, the same eye and supplier network extends to the business side.

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— Branded apparel of genuine quality
— Premium pens and desk objects
— Custom merchandise and refined branded materials
— Unique international sourcing

The Proper Difference

A discerning eye, the instincts of an experienced international buyer — and one less thing to think about.

Experience: Decades inside corporate, retail and fashion environments.
Judgment: Knowing what is appropriate, and what is memorable.
Worldwide connections: A supplier network across luxury goods, apparel and bespoke production.
Discretion: Private matters handled with composure.
Execution: Details carried through, quietly and completely.

Engagements

Choose the level of coordination that fits your personal and business priorities. Scope is agreed upfront, with clear expectations rather than unlimited work.

Your time is too valuable for anything less than proper.

Proper Personal

$1,000 CAD / month

Personal gifting, milestones and wardrobe sourcing.

Includes

— Calendar-based milestone tracking
— Personal and meaningful gifting strategy and sourcing
— Executive presentation strategy and wardrobe refinement
— Discreet vendor coordination

A considered starting point for personal occasions and presentation.

Proper Private

$1,500 CAD / month

Hosting, travel sourcing and deeper personal coordination.

Includes all Proper Personal services, plus

— Private event and home entertaining refinement
— Travel-based sourcing support
— Extended presentation/wardrobe oversight
— High-touch detail execution

For a fuller personal calendar, at home and away.

Proper Executive

$2,500 CAD / month

Personal priorities and business relationships, coordinated together.

Includes

— Personal and corporate gifting strategy
— Client appreciation and referral acknowledgment sourcing
— Private engagement refinement
— Executive presentation strategy and seasonal wardrobe oversight
— Select business sourcing (refined branded materials, executive merchandise, custom products)
— Priority response and structured annual planning

For executives bringing personal sourcing, corporate gifting and annual planning into one working relationship.

All retainer prices are in Canadian dollars per month. The retainer covers the agreed sourcing and coordination scope—not a purchasing allowance. Goods, shipping and third-party costs are separate and approved before any commitment.

Your priorities guide the scope. Your approval guides the purchases.

Annual planning

The Proper Shop operates across the full executive calendar.

Q1
Reset & Recognition
New year acknowledgements, board meetings, conference travel, seasonal wardrobe refresh, staff appreciation.
Q2
Relationship Season
Golf engagements, client lunches, private entertaining, graduation and wedding gifting, spring presentation refinement.
Q3
Visibility & Planning
Travel sourcing, strategic client touchpoints, early holiday planning, anniversary tracking.
Q4
High-Stakes Season
Holiday client gifting, staff recognition, family coordination, formal engagements, year-end acknowledgements.

The Proper Shop manages continuity so details are never reactive.

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Cindy Cannon · Founder, The Proper Shop

The office

Cindy Cannon is a former international fashion buyer and executive-level commercial operator with 30+ years in corporate environments. Her experience spans executive sourcing, corporate gifting, high-end apparel and brand presentation, with an eye for how details shape an occasion.

The Proper Shop brings that experience to personal and business sourcing: understanding the people and priorities, finding appropriate choices, and carrying the details through.

Experience includes

Corporate gifting strategy across 30+ years
Personal sourcing for Presidents, CEOs, and senior leadership
High-end apparel design and brand repositioning
Client appreciation programs and event oversight
International catalogue production and global vendor coordination
Retail merchandising strategy and visual standards training
Product placement wardrobe sourcing for television shows
PR coordination with fashion editors
A global supplier network across luxury goods, apparel, specialty manufacturing and bespoke production

Commercial and personal information is handled with care, drawing on years of confidential executive work.

A clear working relationship.

Scope agreed upfront.
Choices presented clearly.
Purchases approved before commitment.
Planning refined together.

Considered from the start.

How We Work With You

1.Discover your priorities, people and upcoming occasions.
2.Organize a working plan, preferences and approved budgets.
3.Present short choices, then coordinate approved sourcing and delivery.
4.Refine the plan through regular review and feedback.

Communication is direct, discreet, and efficient.

Early planning reduces interruptions. Your input and approvals remain part of the process.

Enquiry

Private Client Intake

Share a few details about what you would like taken care of. Every enquiry is reviewed personally, and we will be in touch by email.

For general correspondence:
hello@propershop.co