Richmond is built on islands at the mouth of the Fraser River, and its economy reflects that location. Vancouver International Airport sits on Sea Island within the city, and the warehouses, freight forwarders and distribution centres around it make logistics one of Richmond’s defining industries. Farther east, farmland grows cranberries, blueberries and vegetables, and Steveston still works as a fishing harbour.
The city centre along No. 3 Road is a dense retail and dining district with a large concentration of Asian-Canadian businesses, many of which serve customers in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. Retailers here frequently sell online as well as in-store, sometimes to buyers in other countries.
For technology projects, that adds up to a few recurring needs: online stores that handle multiple languages and shipping rules, assistants that answer product and order questions reliably, and automation that moves orders and shipping data between systems without manual copying.