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- 1From:Journal of Consumer Affairs (Vol. 29, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis investigation of consumers' preferences for various size description systems includes a survey of 332 men and women who assessed various sizing systems for men's and women's apparel. Subjects, in general, prefer...
- 2From:Monthly Labor Review (Vol. 110, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedClothing workers accept 3-year accord More than 45,000 employees in the men's and boys' apparel industry were covered by a settlement between the Clothing Manufacturers Association and the Amalgamated Clothing and...
- 3From:Design WeekStephen Hall, creative director at menswear retailer Burton, is leaving the Arcadia-owned brand after six years. While at Burton, he expanded its retail visual merchandising field team and built up an in-house team of...
- 4From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 22, Issue 1)Byline: Maria Di Mento Age at death: 81 How he made his fortune: Founded the clothing chain Gap Inc. with his wife, Doris, in 1969. Major philanthropy: Along with his wife, Doris, who survives him, Mr. Fisher...
- 5From:CFO, The Magazine for Senior Financial Executives (Vol. 16, Issue 14)ROAD WEARY Just two months after former General Motors Corp. CFO J. Michael Losh told CFO he was retiring to see something of the world (see Grapevine, October), Losh, 54, has announced a new direction. The...
- 6From:Strategic FinancePeer-ReviewedYou're already hooked up to LANs, WANs, and probably a few VPNs, so the question is, can you handle one more network? What about one with sleeves that you wear like a jacket--a PAN (Personal Area Network)? Technology...
- 7From:CFO, The Magazine for Senior Financial Executives (Vol. 16, Issue 9)ONE STEP UP J. Daniel Garrett, 42, has already formed an alloy with the folks at Birmingham Steel Corp. Maybe that's why the Birmingham, Ala.-based mini-mill steel concern added CFO to Garrett's current role of VP,...
- 8From:Instructor (1990) (Vol. 113, Issue 4)Play Dress Up 17th-century dress was drastically different from the clothing of today. Have students explore Colonial styles online at www.scarborough.k12.me.us/wis/teachers/dtewhey/webquest/colonial Invite them to...
- 9From:Government Computer News (Vol. 20, Issue 33)Rebecca Scott, the Playboy Playmate of August 1999, came to Comdex to model the Scott eVest, described in this month's Playboy magazine as "the latest gadget-friendly clothing [that] can conceal your electronic arsenal...
- 10From:Journal of Business Strategy (Vol. 20, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAccording to 600 professional color designers from Alexandria, Va.-based Color Marketing Group, the forecast colors for 2000 include: * Innocent Blush (sheer pink with peach undertones), which "envelops the viewer in...
- 11From:The McKinsey Quarterly (Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedProper investing on brand-building of products and services proves to be profitable. Nike Inc, for example, has used celebrities such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods in endorsing its products. In turn, the company has...
- 12From:Design Week (Vol. 17, Issue 37)OASIS's revamped website, www.oasis-stores.com, designed and built by SAS, went live last week marking the latest stage in the fashion retailer's bid to increase footfall through its UK stores. The move is part of a...
- 13From:The Contemporary Pacific (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe garment industry continued to receive heavy criticism and negative actions in the course of the year under review. As noted in last year's report, class-action lawsuits targeting retail outlets inside the United...
- 14From:Design WeekFiorelli, the luxury fashion accessories business owned by Lunan Group, is set to relaunch its branding with RDC Foley Cooke, as it seeks to update and broaden the brand's appeal. RDC Foley Cooke is undertaking a...
- 15From:Journal of Consumer Affairs (Vol. 34, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis research explores if and how seasonality moderates the effect of consumer characteristics on household per capita expenditure for apparel. The Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analysis was based on quarterly...
- 16From:Injury Prevention (Vol. 7, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe first meeting of CEN Technical Committee 248 WG20, Textiles and textiles products, was held in London in April 2001. The Working Group will start with specific requirements for cords, but will begin to identify...
- 17From:Financial Executive (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWomen's clothing manufacturer Liz Claiborne controller Elaine H. Goodell has been able to achieve a 30% cost savings in operations by combining training and technology with activity-based management. With the support of...
- 18From:Critical Studies in Men's Fashion (Vol. 2, Issue 2-3) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT The period from c.1850 to 1900 was a turning point for boys' clothing in Britain, with the introduction of short trousers as a garment that distinguished young boys from both older and younger males. This...
- 19From:Pakistan Textile Journal (Vol. 62, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe Sri Lankan apparel sector may not be able to achieve the US$ 5 billion target fixed by the government for 2015, mainly due to a decline in exports and increasing costs of production. In the first three quarters...
- 20From:Pakistan Textile Journal (Vol. 63, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedByline: _ The Indian Card Clothing Company Limited through its subsidiaries manufactures sells and exports metallic card clothing products. Its card clothing products include short staples comprising cylinder wires...