About the Book
The apparel and textiles industry involves complex relationships that are constantly evolving. This carefully-researched book covers exciting trends in apparel and textile supply chains, manufacturing, design, women's fashions, men's fashions, children's fashions, shoes, accessories, retailing, distribution, technologies and fabrics of all types. It includes a thorough market analysis as well as our highly respected trends analysis. You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. It contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. This book also includes statistical tables, an industry glossary and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 350 leading companies in all facets of the apparel and textiles industry. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.
Table of Contents:
PLUNKETT'S APPAREL & TEXTILES INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2007 CONTENTS A Short Apparel & Textiles Industry Glossary i Introduction 1 How To Use This Book 3 Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Apparel & Textiles Industry 7 1) Introduction to the Apparel & Textiles Industry 7 2) Globalization: China Dominates Apparel & Textiles But Its Explosive Growth is Checked 9 3) Western Apparel Firms Enter the Chinese Market 11 4) High-Tech, Nanotech and Smart Fabrics Proliferate 11 5) Exercise Apparel Sales Boom 12 6) 3PL Supply Chain Management Evolves to Serve the Global Market 13 7) U.S. Linens Sales Dominated by Big-Box Retailers and Discount Department Stores 14 8) The Vast Majority of Shoes Sold in the U.S. Are Now Made in China 15 9) Bricks, Clicks, Catalogs and Living Rooms 15 10) Alternative Sizing Is Big 16 11) Baby Boomers Dominate the Apparel Market 17 12) Discount Clothing Retailers See Promise in Designer Lines 17 13) Haute Couture Looks to Diffusion Lines for Expansion 17 14) Luxury Goes Online 18 15) Online Apparel Buying Looks for Better Fit 18 16) Mass Designers and Retailers Speed Up for Fast Fashion 19 17) Athletic Footwear Draws Big Names from Athletes to Designers 19 18) Some Apparel Manufacturers Still Resist Outsourcing 20 19) Apparel Goes Green 20 Chapter 2: Apparel & Textiles Industry Statistics 23 Apparel & Textiles Industry Overview 24 Quarterly Summary of Textile Production: 2005-2006 25 Summary of Quantity of U.S. Production and Value of Shipments for Apparel: 2000-2006 26 Production, Exports, Imports, and Apparent Consumption of Selected Apparel Items, U.S.: 2005 27 Summary of Quantity of U.S. Production and Value of Shipments of Men's, Junior Boys', and Little Boys' Apparel: 2004-2006 28 Quantity of U.S. Production of Apparel by Type of Fabrics, Men's & Boys' Garments: 2005-2006 29 Summary of Quantity of U.S. Production and Value of Shipments of Women's, Misses', Juniors', and Girls' Apparel: 2004-2006 30 Quantity of U.S. Production of Apparel by Type of Fabrics, Women's & Girls' Garments: 2005-2006 31 Production, Exports, Imports, and Apparent Consumption of Broadwoven Fabrics, U.S.: 2005 32 Summary of U.S. Broadwoven Fabrics Production: 2005-2006 33 Production, Exports, Imports, and Apparent Consumption of Knit Fabrics, Sheets, Pillowcases, & Towels, U.S.: 2005 34 Summary of U.S. Knit Fabrics, Sheets, Pillowcases & Towels Production: 2005-2006 35 Production, Exports, Imports, & Apparent Consumption of Yarn, U.S.: 2005 36 Summary of U.S. Yarn Production by Fiber: 2005-2006 37 Production, Exports, Imports, and Apparent Consumption of Carpet & Rugs, U.S.: 2004-2005 38 Value of U.S. Manufacturer's Shipments of Carpet and Rugs: 1997-2005 39 Summary of U.S. Daily Averages of Cotton & Manmade Fibers Consumed on the Cotton System, Spindle Hours Operated & Stocks: 2005-January 2007 40 U.S. Retail Clothing Sales, Selected Kinds of Businesses: 2000-2006 41 Top 50 Destinations of U.S. Textiles & Apparel: 2005-2006 42 Top 50 Countries Exporting Textiles & Apparel to the U.S., All MFA Fibers: 2005-2006 43 Top 25 Countries Exporting Apparel & Non-Apparel to the U.S., All MFA Fibers: 2005-2006 44 Top 15 Countries Exporting Fabric, Man-Made Fiber Products, Cotton Products & Wool Products to the U.S., All MFA Fibers: 2005-2006 45 Apparel & Textiles Industry Employment by Business Type, U.S.: 2001-2006 47 Worldwide Cotton Area, Yield & Production: 2004-2007 48 International Export Prices of Cotton, Wool, Rubber, Hides & Skins as Indices: 1995-2006 49 Chapter 3: Important Apparel & Textiles Industry Contacts Addresses, Telephone Numbers and World Wide Web Sites 51 Chapter 4: THE APPAREL & TEXTILES 350: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 69 Industry List, With Codes 70 Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 72 Alphabetical Index 81 Index of Headquarters Location by U.S. State 84 Index of Headquarters Location by Country 87 Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 89 Index of Firms with International Operations 98 Individual Profiles on each of THE APPAREL & TEXTILES 350 103 Additional Indexes Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 430 Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Affiliations 431
About the Author :
Jack W. Plunkett is CEO & Publisher of Plunkett Research, Ltd., a Houston-based provider of market research and industry information in printed and electronic formats. Plunkett's client list includes 5,000 leading corporations, universities and government agencies worldwide. Plunkett's research products are distributed electronically through subscriptions to its website, www.plunkettresearch.com, and around the globe by major booksellers and news distributors. Jack Plunkett's work has been widely covered by hundreds of magazines, newspapers and broadcast stations, including stories in USA Today and Inc. Magazine. Plunkett is frequently interviewed as an expert source by publications such as Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal. The New York Times and Investor's Business Daily, media outlets such as NPR's Marketplace, ABC, and CBS Marketwatch, as well as local and regional newspapers and national columnists.
Review :
The work is clearly organized and accessible, as each chapter begins with a succinct summary of its contents...the Almanac achieves its goal, providing comprehensive industry and company research under one cover... The Plunkett guide deserves high marks. American Reference Books Annual
