At the beginning of 2008, the apparel industry was focused on fears that Chinese prices would go through the roof as rising wages, new labour laws, worker shortages, the appreciation of the yuan and higher exporting costs took hold – sending many buyers in search of cheaper suppliers elsewhere. What a difference a year makes. …
At first sight, swimwear would appear to be an easy clothing category to define. It is what we wear to swim in. But it is also what people wear to be seen by the beach, the pool or even in the recreation areas of hotels, spas, health clubs and gyms. However, it is difficult for …
This is the fourth edition of just-style’s best-selling denim and jeanswear market review. Consumer, brand and retail market themes are considered but unavoidably from the perspective of the current economic ‘credit crunch’ situation, and its effect on the fashion retail industry worldwide. For the first time, the report contains an alternative and pessimistic scenario (in …
Clothing and textile subsidies – under pressure, but still available – Management briefing Clothing and textile production and trade subsidies are under pressure today, as they have not been for many years. There has been a steady trend towards liberalisation in the sector worldwide. But many subsidies for the clothing, textile and its associated industries …
At over 5,000 words longer than the last edition and still the same price, this report represents excellent value for money and with the coverage of current and likely future economic conditions, is totally relevant to what is happening right now in the global sportswear industry. To enable the magnitude of the effect of the …
The performance apparel market analysed in this report concentrates on two major areas: performance apparel within sportswear; performance apparel within protectivewear. In the sportswear sub-segment, the first obvious manifestation of performance apparel appeared around the time of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Driven by spin-offs from technical developments made during the US NASA space programme, …
Over the last decade, the lingerie product group has been one of the most fiercely contested areas of clothing, with a multitude of national and international brands competing with some big-hitting private-label retailers. In this fourth-edition report analysing the product sector at the end of the decade, lingerie is once again reviewed worldwide, providing an …
This latest just-style report is a think piece about the future of the apparel industry. It is intended to encourage apparel industry executives to consider what is going to shape future products, markets and processes in the apparel industry. In order to do this, forecasts have been made about future trends in what is, by …
Following on from just-style’s recent report predicting tomorrow’s apparel manufacturing industry, this sister title looks at tomorrow’s clothing retail market. This think-piece report is about the whole of clothing retail, now and in the future. It is an analysis of where the consumers’ money will be spent. Accordingly, it has been split into broad price, …
The corporatewear market can still be split into five segments. These are: * workwear; * careerwear; * corporate casualwear; * uniforms; * protective clothing. The dividing lines between them are becoming ever more blurred. It is no longer possible to be categorical about where workwear ends and protectivewear begins. To most people a standard boilersuit …