The rag trade is extremely competitive, and one needs plenty of contacts in order to survive.

服装业竞争极为激烈，要想生存就要有足够的关系。

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Unlike the traditional rag trade, these firms were striving to serve local shops and boutiques rather than the big chains.

不象传统的服装业为大型的联号服务，这些批发商们都竭尽所能为当地的小服装店服务。

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And the rag trade is as footloose as its customers are fickle. It goes wherever clothes can be made cheaply and reliably.

客户朝三暮四，服装业也随之自由不羁，哪地制衣便宜可靠，它就奔哪儿去。

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