Nanaimo, British Columbia
Souvenir apparel programs for Nanaimo retailers
Drawn, digitized and stitched in Vancouver, for the more than a thousand retail doors that reorder every season
Nanaimo is the second largest city on Vancouver Island and the main ferry gateway from the mainland, with BC Ferries terminals at Departure Bay and Duke Point and 375,000 airport passengers a year on top. Cowichan designs already sell downtown. BC shops as a group have ordered 96,006 garments from us since January 2023, and the orca, eagle and grizzly designs that lead the province all sell on Commercial Street.
What sells on Commercial Street
Orca, bald eagle and harbour seal are the Nanaimo wildlife, and the Bastion, the 1853 Hudson's Bay Company fort above the harbour, is the wordmark. Our artists localize the province's top reorders, Bridge Text Grizzly and the flying eagle, with the Nanaimo name and the harbour, and the Indigenous collection sells well on the Island. A Nanaimo bar design is the one novelty tee that every shop in town asks for.
- Orca and eagle embroidery localized to Nanaimo
- Bastion and harbour wordmark on tees and caps for the seaplane terminal traffic
- Crewneck fleece for the mild but wet October to April
Getting stock across the strait
Ground courier from Vancouver reaches Nanaimo in about 1 business day, which means reorders are a same-week affair and you can run lean. We plan the summer build in May and a top-up in July; winter is low volume but shops stay open. Reorders go through your rep. See the numbers page for what Vancouver Island shops reorder most.
Any town in Canada
Not your town yet. It will be.
Every design on this site localizes to any town, park or shop name in Canada. Same minimums, same lead time.
Ground courier from Vancouver to British Columbia: 1 to 2 business days
Questions
What Nanaimo buyers ask
What is the minimum order for a Nanaimo shop?
Twelve pieces per design. A first program for a Nanaimo shop usually opens with a few designs on tees and adds fleece and caps once the season shows what sells.
How long does shipping to Nanaimo take?
About 1 business days by ground courier from Vancouver. Orders leave our Vancouver floor once the run is stitched, and reorders go out on the schedule your rep sets with you.
Can the designs say Nanaimo?
Yes. Every design in the catalogue is namedrop-ready: the artwork stays and the lettering becomes Nanaimo. Designs are drawn, digitized and stitched in Vancouver, and namedrops are included with the program at no art charge.
How do reorders work?
Through your rep, sized to your season. Reorders run on a standing schedule from the Vancouver floor so a hot colour never leaves a hole in the wall.
Also in British Columbia
Ground courier from Vancouver: about 1 business days