Ontario – Toronto GTA – Etobicoke
Corporation
www.fashionincubator.com
Ontario
Toronto GTA
Etobicoke
Corporation
active
Operating name: Toronto Center for the Promotion of Fashion Design
The Toronto Fashion Incubator (TFI) is a non-profit, small
business centre, uniquely tailored to serve the fashion industry.
By providing shared facilities in a stimulating environment,
offering studio rentals, managerial and office assistance,
promotional opportunities, and entrepreneurial development at a
not-for-profit rate, TFI members are able to enhance their
business growth and reduce the risk of failure.
Access to the Toronto Fashion Incubator's services and facilities
are available to members on two levels: Outreach and Resident.
Anyone can join the Outreach program simply by remitting an
application and annual membership fee of $130 + GST. The
Resident program is the TFI's premier membership program
available only to those who can demonstrate exemplary innovative
talent, business savvy and start-up financing. A 3-year business
plan and application must be remitted and approved before
acceptance into the program. Residents lease a semi-private
studio within the walls of the Incubator and pay a monthly studio
rental fee. Leases are one year in length, renewable annually.
For studio rates, please contact us.
TFI staff and members have won many awards including the City of
Toronto's Awards for Excellence in Fashion Design, Fashion Group
International's Eveleen Dollery Award, Yorkdale Shopping Centre's
New Designer Discovery, Style magazine's New Designer of the
Year Award and Hazelton Lanes New Designer Award.
The Toronto Fashion Incubator is widely respected within fashion
and business development circles and our entrepreneurial culture
is envied around the world. Cities such as New York, St.
Petersburg (Russia), Dublin, Capetown, Kobe, Sydney, Los Angeles
and Dallas have looked to the TFI as a model of success and
inspiration to start their own copy-cat centres.
Country of Ownership: Canada
Year Established: 1988
Exporting: Yes
Primary Industry (NAICS): 813990 - Other Membership Organizations
Primary Business Activity: Association
Number of Employees: 3
Services:
Small business assistance, Consulting, Studio rentals, Marketing - promotion
Technology:
Our in-house production facility provides TFI Resident designers with professional, industrial equipment with which
to produce their sample collections. We have sergers,
coverstitch machines, collarette, leather stitch, buttonhole,
blind hemmer, industrial irons, fuser, grading machines and
single needle machines/
Sector:
Key / Major Clients: Established in 1987 by the City of Toronto, TFI has helped many Canadian fashion entrepreneurs to launch, build and grow their fashion businesses. These include: Joeffer Caoc, David Dixon, Pina Ferlisi, Foxy Originals, Greta Constantine, House of Spy, Juma, Todd Lynn, Arthur Mendonca, Mercy and Crystal Siemens.
Success Stories: Canadian fashion entrepreneurs have taken advantage of these TFI resources/services to enhance their marketing objectives: -affordable in-house work studios - shared production equipment enable companies to save on infrastructure - capital costs thereby enabling them to grow their businesses faster and more effectively
-one-on-one private business consultations provided by TFI volunteer mentors offer experienced, practical advice to help a fashion entrepreneur to avoid common pitfalls and to make wise business decisions
-TFI trade events (This is Canadian Fashion Now, Northern Exposures, TFI New Labels, TFI Press - Buyers Breakfast, new vendor go-sees) to generate brand awareness - sales
-TFI consumer sales events (Guilty Pleasures, sample sales) to generate brand awareness and make direct sales
-TFI guidebook on how to prepare a business plan (used by many to secure foundation grants, business loans and investors)
-TFI guidebook on how to take one's fashion business green and increase market share
-TFI list of retail buyers provides names of Canadian retailers, how to contact them and what types of products they buy
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