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ISBN 1-59392-685-5
PDF $99.99
32 Pages, June 2004
This summary report, excerpted from our popular
Plunkett’s Apparel & Textiles Industry Almanac,
is a thorough guide to the trends affecting the apparel
and textiles industry today. Topics include: Globalization:
China Dominates Apparel & Textiles; High-Tech and Smart
Fabrics Proliferate; Supply Chain Management Evolves to
Serve the Global Market; Synthetic Fiber Manufacturers Face
Global Glut; U.S. Linens Sales Dominated by Big-Box Retailers
and Discount Department Stores; The Vast Majority of Shoes
Sold in the U.S. Are Now Made in China; Bricks, Clicks,
Catalogs and Living Rooms; Alternative Sizing Is Big; Discount
Clothing Retailers See Promise in Designer Lines; Haute
Couture Designers Experience Conflicts over Costs and Control;
Luxury Returns with a New Focus on Accessories; Mass Designers
and Retailers Speed Up for Fast Fashion; Athletic Footwear
Makers Look to Aesthetes, not Athletes; and Look Overseas
for New Consumers; European Strategies Force U.S. Department
Stores to Rethink their Business Models; Specialty Retailers
Look Forward, and to the Past, for New Ideas; Some Apparel
Manufacturers Still Resist Outsourcing. Several statistical
tables are also included.
