Plunkett's Apparel and Textiles Industry Almanac

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PLUNKETT'S APPAREL & TEXTILESINDUSTRY ALMANAC 2008CONTENTSA Short Apparel & Textiles Industry Glossary iIntroduction 1How To Use This Book 3Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Apparel & Textiles Industry 71) Introduction to the Apparel & Textiles Industry 72) Globalization: Explosive Growth in Offshore Apparel Manufacturing 93) Western Apparel Firms Enter the Chinese Market 114) High-Tech, Nanotech and Smart Fabrics Proliferate 125) Exercise Apparel Sales Boom 136) 3PL Supply Chain Management Evolves to Serve the Global Market 147) U.S. Linens Sales Dominated by Big-Box Retailers and Discount Department Stores 158) The Vast Majority of Shoes Sold in the U.S. Are Now Made in China 169) Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Boom 1610) Alternative Sizing Is Big 1711) Baby Boomers Dominate the Apparel Market 1812) Discount Clothing Retailers See Promise in Designer Lines 1813) Haute Couture Looks to Diffusion Lines for Expansion 1914) Luxury Goes Online 1915) Online Apparel Buying Looks for Better Fit 1916) Mass Designers and Retailers Speed Up for Fast Fashion 2017) Athletic Footwear Draws Big Names from Athletes to Designers 2118) Some Apparel Manufacturers Still Resist Outsourcing 2119) Apparel Goes Green 22Chapter 2: Apparel & Textiles Industry Statistics 23Apparel & Textiles Industry Overview 24Quarterly Summary of U.S. Textile Production: 2005-2007 25Summary of Quantity of U.S. Production & Value of Shipments for Apparel: 2000-2007 26Summary of Quantity of U.S. Production & Value of Shipments of Men's, Junior Boys' & Little Boys'Apparel: 2005-2007 27Quantity of U.S. Production of Apparel by Type of Fabrics, Men's & Boys' Garments: 2007 28Summary of Quantity of U.S. Production & Value of Shipments of Women's, Misses', Juniors' & Girls'Apparel: 2005-2007 29Quantity of U.S. Production of Apparel by Type of Fabrics, Women's & Girls' Garments: 2007 30Summary of U.S. Broadwoven Fabrics Production: 2005-2007 31Production, Exports, Imports & Apparent Consumption of Broadwoven Fabrics, U.S.: 2007 32Summary of U.S. Knit Fabrics, Sheets, Pillowcases & Towels Production: 2005-2007 33Production, Exports, Imports & Apparent Consumption of Knit Fabrics, Sheets, Pillowcases & Towels,U.S.: 2007 34Summary of U.S. Yarn Production by Fiber: 2005-2007 35Production, Exports, Imports & Apparent Consumption of Yarn, U.S.: 2007 36Production, Exports, Imports & Apparent Consumption of Carpet & Rugs, U.S.: 2005-2006 37Value of U.S. Manufacturers' Shipments of Carpet & Rugs: 2001-2006 38Summary of U.S. Daily Averages of Cotton & Manmade Fibers Consumed on the Cotton System,Spindle Hours Operated & Stocks: 2005-January 2008 39U.S. Retail Clothing Sales, Selected Kinds of Businesses: 2001-2007 40Top 50 Destinations of U.S. Textiles & Apparel: 2006-2007 41Top 50 Countries Exporting Textiles & Apparel to the U.S., All MFA Fibers: 2006-2007 42Top 25 Countries Exporting Apparel & Non-Apparel to the U.S., All MFA Fibers: 2006-2007 43Top 15 Countries Exporting Fabric, Man-Made Fiber Products, Cotton Products & Wool Products tothe U.S., All MFA Fibers: 2006-2007 44International Trade in Apparel: 1980-2006 46International Trade in Textiles: 1980-2006 47International Export Prices of Cotton, Wool, Rubber, Hides & Skins as Indices: 1996-2007 48Worldwide Cotton Area, Yield & Production: 2005-2008 49Apparel & Textiles Industry Employment by Business Type, U.S.: 2002-2007 50Chapter 3: Important Apparel & Textiles Industry ContactsAddresses, Telephone Numbers and World Wide Web Sites 51Chapter 4: THE APPAREL & TEXTILES 350:Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 69Industry List, With Codes 70Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 72Alphabetical Index 81Index of Headquarters Location by U.S. State 84Index of Headquarters Location by Country 87Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 89Index of Firms with International Operations 99Individual Profiles on each of THE APPAREL & TEXTILES 350 102Additional IndexesIndex of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 461Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Affiliations 463