Dernière mise à jour : 2012-03-06

Toronto Fashion Incubator

Information sur l'entreprise

Dénomination sociale :   Toronto Center for the Promotion of Fashion Design
Nom commercial :   Toronto Fashion Incubator
Autre nom :   Toronto Fashion Incubator (TFI)
Adresse postale Exhibition Place 285 Manitoba Dr. TORONTO, Ontario M6K 3C3	Adresse civique Exhibition Place 285 Manitoba Dr. TORONTO, Ontario M6K 3C3
Téléphone : (416) 971-7117
Télécopieur : (416) 971-6717
Courrier électronique : tfi@fashionincubator.com
Site Web : http://www.fashionincubator.com

Information sur les personnes-ressources

Nina Facciolo
	Titre :   Gestionnaire
	Domaine de responsabilité :   Services administratifs Service à la clientèle
	Téléphone :   (416) 971-7117
	Poste :   21
	Télécopieur :   (416) 971-6717
	Courrier électronique :   tfi@fashionincubator.com
Susan Langdon
	Titre :   Directrice
	Domaine de responsabilité :   Gestion
	Téléphone :   (416) 971-7117
	Télécopieur :   (416) 971-6717
	Courrier électronique :   info@fashionincubator.com

Description de l'entreprise

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.
Pays propriétaire :	Canada
Année d'établissement :	1987
Exportation :	Oui
Industrie primaire (SCIAN) :	813990 - Autres associations
Activité principale de l'entreprise :	Association
Nombre d'employés :	3

Produit / Service / Licence

Nom du service :	Consulting
Consulting offered on a wide range of fashion and business related subjects from design, manufacturing and export to business planning, financial advice, branding, importing, sponsorship, sales, marketing and promotion. TFI also offers consultations to cities and organizations looking to start their own fashion incubator.
Nom du service :	Marketing & Promotion
TFI members (Residents and Outreach) are marketed through the Incubator's extensive industry network including key contacts in retail, media and government. Exclusive promotional opportunities such as fashion shows, events, editorials and export initiatives are extended to TFI members.
Nom du service :	Small Business Assistance
We provide small business assistance to all types of fashion entrepreneurs. We offer in-house studio rentals, Outreach memberships, consulting services, invitations to exciting fashion events and seminars and access to an extensive resource centre housing lists of industry specific information such as buyers, contractors, sample makers etc., examples of business plans tailored to the fashion industry, and current and archived trend forecast publications. A few of the fashion entrepreneurs associated with TFI include Arthur Mendonca, House of Spy, Joeffer Caoc, Foxy Originals, Crystal Siemens, David Dixon, Juma and House of Spy
Nom du service :	Studio rentals
The TFI offers 10 in-house studios available to qualified and approved applicants. Studio rentals are rented at not-for-profit rates and include 24 hour access and security, access to resource centre, meeting room, consultations, resource centre and promotional events. Companies renting space within the Incubator are known as TFI Residents as they automatically become part of the TFI Resident Program. Applications for the TFI Resident program can be obtained by calling (416) 971-7117. A three year business plan, proof of financial readiness and exemplar creative talent are required to join the TFI Resident Program. Studios rent from $275 per month to $500 per month plus tax.

Profil technologique

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/

Profil de marché

Alliances :

• Financier
• Ventes / marketing
• Technologie

Alliances stratégiques :

Toronto Fashion Incubator is actively seeking domestic and international alliances for joint promotional, financial and professional develoment intiatives.

Marchés géographiques :

Expérience en exportation :

• Californie
• New York

Recherche active de marchés :

• Belgique
• Brésil
• Danemark
• Émirats arabes unis
• États-Unis
• Finlande
• Irlande
• Islande
• Italie
• Japon
• Norvège
• Royaume-Uni
• Suède
• District de Columbia
• Illinois
• Michigan
• Ohio
• Pennsylvanie
• Texas
• Washington

Renseignements sectoriels

Clients clés / principaux 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.

Réussite :

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