While China certainly has a strong textile and apparel industry, that strength is often wildly exaggerated.
Currently, the apparel industry in the U.S. is being driven by growth in the direct-to-consumer channel.
Rising cotton prices have been the primary factor behind the shrinking margins across the apparel industry.
Before the earthquake evidence on the ground showed growth in the apparel industry as result of HOPE II.
The recent attention to maternity comes at a time of lackluster sales for much of the apparel industry.
In the current environment, the e-commerce channel is driving Urban Outfitters and the overall apparel industry including holiday sales.
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The competition in the apparel industry is incredibly fierce with many top competitors yearning for their share of the market.
Here in the manufacturing hub of Guangdong province, Lever Style's factories provide a glimpse into the future of China's apparel industry.
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Hermes is one of the most recognized brands in the world, having dominated the fashion and apparel industry for 175 years.
Factory fires, often caused by sparks hitting stored clothing and fabric, are the most common cause of death in Bangladesh's apparel industry.
However the effect will likely be offset by the subsequent rise in promotion costs due to fierce competition in teen apparel industry.
"They should be using their market power and coordinating with other retailers, to move the entire apparel industry upwards in Bangladesh, " he said.
While the apparel industry is struggling with shrinking margins due to surging production costs, Jones has concentrated on luxury brands to offset the declining margins.
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This means price increases, along with some shift in product mix to higher-priced garments, accounted for all of the growth in the apparel industry in 2011.
The place where there is perhaps the highest potential for innovation is in the apparel industry, where the barriers to online shopping tend to be particularly high.
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This implies that Urban Outfitters has not only benefited from the ongoing direct-to-consumer shift in the apparel industry, but its growth has accelerated in the recent past.
The apparel industry employs plenty of Americans, just not in the cutting and sewing operations that our parents and grandparents endured, working long hours for low wages.
The athletic apparel industry already has several major lifestyle brands.
That might be true to some extent, but the textile and apparel industry in Brazil and throughout Latin America has lost market share abroad and domestically to China competitors.
Throughout the apparel industry, manufacturers and distributors are starting to use supply-chain systems and enterprise software that were first adopted in industries with higher asset values and investment costs.
At the end of the day, this begs the question: Is there room in the U.S. apparel industry for this type of growth, or is it a zero-sum game?
By combining their fashion savvy with their passion for sustainability and minimalism, they truly serve a niche in the apparel industry that is often talked about but seldomly acted on.
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These technical changes will have real job-supporting economic benefits for thousands of American workers in our textile and apparel industry, and will help boost economic growth in these developing regions.
Its collapse has heightened criticism that Western retailers, which have flocked to Bangladesh for its low-wage apparel industry, should do more to monitor worker safety in plants that manufacture their brands.
The Apparel Industry Partnership, a group put together by the White House that includes activists and apparel firms, agreed in November to create an industry-wide code, although some campaigners have pulled out.
Phil reports that his older advisors were very key while he and Charles had boundless tenacity and drive, neither had prior experience in the apparel industry, let alone the innovation they were striving to achieve.
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"The fact that this occurred is extremely troubling to us, and we will continue to work across the apparel industry to improve fire safety education and training in Bangladesh, " the firm said in a statement.
Having attempted to break through the traditional velvet ropes that guard the resources and contacts of the apparel industry, Whitehead and Glenn quickly learned that while many people gave lip service to eco-responsibility, they were not so ready to act on their statements.
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In addition to eventually adding more functionality and a consumer-facing label to the Higg Index, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition plans to add more high-end fashion companies to its membership roster in the near future, which would differentiate it from virtually every other sustainability initiative in the apparel industry.
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JustFab co-CEO Adam Goldenberg sees a large opportunity for growth as more and more of the apparel and accessories industry moves online.
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