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March 24th, 2025

Canadian Apparel Monthly Digest  March 2025 Canadian Apparel Insights Retail Apparel Update Canada’s apparel sales during 2024 decreased by 2.8% according to Statistics Canada to C$36.5 billion. The decrease was the apparel category’s first sales decline since Canadian retail apparel sales fell 23.6% in 2020 because of Covid. Driving the 2024 decrease in apparel sales was the 3.8% decline in women’s apparel which accounted for 55.1% of total apparel sales. The 1.6% decrease in mens sales was less than the …

January 26th, 2024

The Canadian Apparel Federation and Circana teamed up to present an update on the Canadian apparel market.  In a 30-minute webinar, Alecsandra Hancas of Circana shared insights from the firm’s research: Planned cuts in spending across eight segments are deepest in restaurants (68%) and apparel (52%) Beauty was an outlier in a soft market, with 19% growth over 12 months to September 2023. Apparel sales were up 4% while footwear declined by 1% over last year. 34% of apparel was purchased online, compared …

January 4th, 2024

CORE, the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, has launched an investigation into Zara Canada Inc. in response to a complaint filed by a coalition of 28 civil society organizations. This is its eighth investigation into allegations of Uyghur forced labour in the supply chains and operations of Canadian companies.   Among other objections, Zara contends that CORE lacks jurisdiction to review the complaint. The alleged abuses, Zara writes, do not “arise from” ITX Canada’s operations abroad…”   The initial Assessment …