About the Industry

Information and fashion go hand in hand in today's market.  Winning fashions are determined by delivering the right garment at the right time, the right place and at the right price. Without effective information management, companies cannot hope to be effective suppliers in today's marketplace.

The Canadian apparel industry produces a wide range of apparel products for domestic and foreign markets. Our vision for the industry success can be summarized as follows:

• Innovating to move to higher value-added products and more efficient, more flexible and lower-cost manufacturing processes.  This includes moving aggressively to build the capacity of Canadian firms in areas such as product development, sourcing, marketing, and supply-chain management.

• Identifying niche production and marketing opportunities for our firms.

• Identifying and accessing new export markets, as well as supporting sales in our major  export market, the United States.