Apparel Industry

Definition: Apparel Industry

Apparel Industry

Noun

1. A maker and seller of fashionable clothing.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Apparel Industry

Crosswords: Apparel Industry

References

• Yarns and Threads for the Textile and Apparel Industry in Guatemala: A Strategic Entry Report, 1995 (reference)

• Apparel Industry in Spain: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Apparel Industry (reference)

• Behind the Label: Inequality in the Los Angeles Apparel Industry (reference)

• Free Trade and Uneven Development: The North American Apparel Industry After NAFTA (reference)

• Making Sweatshops: The Globalization of the U.S. Apparel Industry (reference)

• Sewing for the Apparel Industry (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Apparel Industry Sourcebook (reference)

• Pursuit: The Apparel Industry Journal & Index (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Business

Since 1990, the UK apparel industry has seen a 17% rise in sales. (references)

The Egyptian apparel industry is one of the most dynamic industrial sectors in Egypt. (references)

The national apparel industry is positioning itself as a leader in South American haute couture with Buenos Aires as the fashion capital of Mercosur. (references)

Economic History

Colombia

The growth of the Colombian apparel industry has been slow, due, in part, to the 1997 to 1999 recession. (references)

Costa Rica

Growth in the low-wage apparel industry has stagnated in recent years, and seven firms closed down in the first half of 2001. (references)

Costa Rica

The apparel industry has been particularly hit by lower profit margins forced by the slowdown and shakeout in the U.S. market. (references)

Political Economy

JAMAICA

The ongoing contraction of the apparel industry and a lack of alternatives for its workforce (largely female heads of household, with minimal qualifications for other employment) are additional disincentives for unionization at the present time. (references)

JAMAICA

The small size of the domestic market, relatively high production costs, and inexpensive imports have reduced the contribution of the manufacturing sector over the last several years to about 16 percent of GDP in 2000. The apparel industry began to contract in the mid-1990's. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

German

Bekleidungsindustrie (clothing industry). (various references)

Italian

abbigliamento (apparel, array, attire, clothes, clothing, clothing industry, dress, dressing, garb, raiment, rig, wear). (various references)

Pig Latin

apparelay industryay

Portuguese

indústria de vestuário. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-4 letters: disparately, naturalised, pastureland, preprandial, unaspirated.

-5 letters: andalusite, apparently, appertains, applauders, interlards, interplays, naturalise, partisanly, pleasantry, prenuptial, prudential, pruriently, sandpapery, supplanted, supplanter, suprarenal, surprinted, tarpaulins, transpired, ultrarapid, underparts, underplays, unliterary, unsalaried, unsteadily, unstrapped.

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