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Labor governance in the apparel sector

2020
The apparel industry has expanded rapidly, and today many countries of the Global South are integrated into apparel exporting, which has provided employment opportunities for millions of workers. Simultaneously, globalization of production and sourcing practices of lead firms have put a considerable burden on workers in the suppliers’ factories ...
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Women workers in the apparel sector

Progress in Development Studies, 2011
The early 1980s lead to a flurry of analysis regarding the role of women workers in the apparel sector. These incipient feminist interventions tended to hone in on the economic status of women workers to the exclusion of understanding the multiple ways in which their social and cultural lives was also transformed through this process.
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Circular economy in the textile and apparel sector: an overview of global trends, challenges and opportunities

2023
In Chapter 20, Suarez-Visbal, Stuckrath and Rosales Carreón highlight that the fashion, clothing and textile value chain symbolises linear business that is spread throughout different geographical locations, often characterised by the take-make-waste model.
Suarez Visbal, Lis J, Stuckrath Alvarado, Claudia, Rosales Carreon, Jesus   +2 more
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Assessing and hedging the cost of unseasonal weather: Case of the apparel sector

European Journal of Operational Research, 2015
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Jean-Louis Bertrand, Xavier Brusset, Maxime Fortin   +2 more
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Cotton-textile-apparel sectors of India: [PDF]

, 2008
"Cotton, textiles, and apparel are critical agricultural and industrial sectors in India. This study provides descriptions of these sectors and examines the key developments emerging domestically and internationally that affect the challenges and opportunities the sectors face.
Bedi, Jatinder S., Cororaton, Caesar B.
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Industrial Hubs and Technology Transfer in Africa’s Apparel Export Sector

2020
In addition to static benefits, the dynamic benefits of special economic zones (SEZs), in terms of linkages with the national economy outside the zones and technology transfer from foreign to local firms, are crucial for structural transformation. This chapter assesses the extent to which the SEZ or SEZ-like policies and related FDI attraction have led
Whitfield, Lindsay, Staritz, Cornelia
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Marketing Costs in The Apparel Sector

2019
Apparel industry has great importance for the national economy in Turkey as well as all over the world. Marketing costs play a major role in the sector's competitiveness. There are many main cost items like raw materials, financing, logistics, communication, labor and energy costs in the sector.
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Description of India’s Textile and Apparel Sector

2017
A fiber is a particle, whose length is much greater than its thickness. Yarn is a continuous, often plied, strand composed of either fibers or filaments. A fabric is a material which is pliable, in short. All the processes involved in manufacturing fabrics from a bunch of fibers can be collectively termed as “textile industry”.
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Buyer–seller relationships for promotional support in the apparel sector

International Journal of Consumer Studies, 2002
AbstractPromotional supports provided by manufacturers are important to many retailers. With the intense competition for customers and heightened concern for profit margins, retailers’ cooperation is critical in the promotional process so that promotional services mutually benefit both manufacturers and retailers.
Doris H. Kincade, Ginger A. Woodard, Haesun Park   +2 more
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Structure of India’s Textile and Apparel Sector

2017
The Indian textile and apparel sector is the second largest employer after agriculture, with more than 33 million persons engaged in it. It contributes 1% to the gross domestic product (GDP), 15% to the total exports and 8% to the total manufacturing output of India, in 2004–2005 (based on calculations from Annual Survey of Industries and Directorate ...
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