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From: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...
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From: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...
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From: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...
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From: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...
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From: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...
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From: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...
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From: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...
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From: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...
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From: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...
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From: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...
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From: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...
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From: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...
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From: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...
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From: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...
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From: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...
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From:Journal of Advertising (Vol. 29, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedSponsorship has become an increasingly popular form of marketing communications, yet little is known about what might influence consumers' intentions to purchase a sponsor's products. The focus here is on how the social...
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From:Design WeekArcadia-owned fashion retailer Evans is redesigning its Oxford Street shop using an in-house team. 'It will be a totally different store,' says a spokeswoman. The shop is due to re-open in October. Copyright: Centaur...
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From:Design WeekBY LYNDA RELPH-KNIGHT It was only a matter of time before menswear once more became a focus for retail designers (see News Analysis, page 8). Readers old enough to remember the last big push towards men in the...
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From:Design Week (Vol. 18, Issue 15)NEW LOOK's London offices back on to a particularly insalubrious stretch of Oxford Street. Approaching them via what managing director Phil Wrigley unaffectionately calls 'rat alley', it is not hard to see why the...
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From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 54, Issue 38)Byline: AISHA LABI Fashionable and Islamically appropriate are two sartorial modes that, in Western perceptions at least, rarely overlap. But the concepts inspired students in Kimberly Guthrie's fashion design and...