Case Study: Aritzia boosts employee mental wellbeing and stress resilience with Headspace for Work

Aritzia - Customer Case Study

Aritzia, an innovative design house and fashion boutique with more than 100 boutiques and a 5,000+ person workforce across boutiques, distribution centers, concierge centers and support offices, needed a scalable way to support mental wellbeing for a geographically dispersed employee population during the COVID-19 pandemic. They partnered with Headspace and adopted Headspace for Work to offer an accessible, app‑based mental health solution.

Headspace provided unlimited app access to 500+ meditations and exercises plus off‑app content, while Aritzia’s communications strategy and executive support drove strong adoption. In a survey of 237 employees (about 90% retail/support), 95% said they would recommend Headspace, 90% said it helped them through the pandemic, 89% said it helped them manage stress, and 69% said it helped them focus at work—showing clear, measurable impact on employee wellbeing.

Aritzia

Karen Kwan

Chief People & Culture Officer