Research Guides: Fashion: Career and Company Information: Databases

Business of Fashion
Analysis, Case Studies and Online Courses concerning the global Fashion Industry.

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Career Cruising This link opens in a new window
Canadian focused career and education information with interviews with experts in the field, career profiles and a quiz to match students with careers.
IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
IBISWorld produces and publishes over 400 Canadian and 1,300 US Industry Reports at the 5-digit level of the NAICS code. IBISWorld research reports contain trends, statistics & analysis on market size, market share of major companies and industry growth rates. Major market segments are identified and also those key external forces affecting supply and demand within the industry. Performance analysis includes emerging industry trends as well as recent production performance.
LinkedIn Learning (Previously Lynda.com) This link opens in a new window
Use Lynda to get tips on developing and writing your resume and cover letter. Also good for tutorials on how to successfully market your skills to get the job you want.
PressReader
PressReader is the best place to read thousands of newspapers and magazines from around the globe. Note: Globe & Mail content in PressReader is for on-campus access only. Toronto Star content in PressReader is for print edition content only.
Scott’s Ontario Directories This link opens in a new window
Search company information on 75,000 Ontario companies, by product type, industry classification number, company name, geographic and demographic characteristics.
Usage Tip: To save, print or e-mail documents, select Output Manager, Profile Print.
SimplyAnalytics
SimplyAnalytics is a web-based mapping, analytics and data visualization program providing demographic information including census data (population, age, language, income, housing, education, race & ethnicity and more), current estimates and 5 year projections, household spending data on hundreds of goods and services, and over 1.3 million Canadian business profiles from Dun & Bradstreet (D&B).

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WWD
Log into the career section using LinkedIn or Facebook for job postings and related information.

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