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Apparel/Footwear specialty 23,431 5.4%: Arteixo Spain: 46 Ceconomy: Electronics specialty 23,310 -1.0%: Düsseldorf Germany: 47 Wm Morrison Supermarkets: Supermarket 22,640 0.5%: Bradford United Kingdom: 48 Wesfarmers: Department store/Home improvement 22,215 7.0%: Perth Australia: 49 Jerónimo Martins: Discount store 21,988 1.7%: Lisbon ...
Clothing factory in Montreal, Quebec, 1941. Clothing industry or garment industry summarizes the types of trade and industry along the production and value chain of clothing and garments, starting with the textile industry (producers of cotton, wool, fur, and synthetic fibre), embellishment using embroidery, via the fashion industry to apparel retailers up to trade with second-hand clothes and ...
The industry's contribution in the nation's exports account for 8.5% of the total GDP. Textile exports stood at $4.4 billion in 2017–18. The industry employs a large section of the labour force in the country. Pakistan is the 4th largest producer of cotton with the third largest spinning capacity in Asia.
The following article lists different countries and territories by their merchandise exports according to data from the World Bank and other sources. Merchandise exports are goods that are produced in one country and sold to another country. Only physical objects are counting under this kind of exports.
Sports kit manufacturers Manufacturer Country Founded Founder(s) Key people Products Headquarters Total assets Website Adidas: Germany: 18 August 1949
Bales of used clothing being unloaded from a warehouse in Haiti. The global trade of secondhand clothing is a long-standing industry, which has been facilitated by the abundance of donated clothing in wealthy countries. This trade accounts for approximately 0.5% of the total value of clothing traded worldwide, while by weight it accounts for 10%.
The fashion industry is known as the most labor dependent industry, [99] as one in every six people works in acquiring raw materials and manufacturing clothing. There is an increasing concern for sweatshops as more fast fashion stores are lowering their prices and trends are fluctuating more frequently.
A recent development within fashion print media is the rise of text-based and critical magazines which aim to prove that fashion is not superficial, by creating a dialogue between fashion academia and the industry. Examples of this development are: Fashion Theory (1997), Fashion Practice: The Journal of Design, Creative Process & the Fashion ...