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4: Fashion in Review
In the textile/apparel channel of distribution, where is the original source, who are the middle-people, and who is the ultimate user?
Why are
customers
not always end-use consumers?
What occurs at textile mills?
What step in the channel of distribution of most other products is missing from the soft goods chain?
Why must the retail price be higher than the wholesale price of goods?
Explain how the groups in the four-groups approach depend on each other.
Give an example of vertical integration of a company in the soft goods chain.
Explain the basic differences between commodity, fashion, and seasonal products.
Which textile end-use industry is increasing in relation to U.S. market share and which one is decreasing?
Compare the lifetime expectancy of apparel garments versus household textile items.
In household textiles, what products does the
domestics
category include?
Besides fashion aspects, what performance characteristics are important in household textiles?
Describe the traditional sales method for furniture retailing and a new computer sales tool.
Give three examples of uses for industrial textiles.
List five reasons why people do home sewing.
Briefly list the eight main functions of trade associations.
Name one major textile/apparel trade
association
and describe its purpose.
Name one major textile/apparel trade
publication
and describe its purpose.
List the five main reasons why textile mills moved to Southeastern states after the 1800s.
How are U.S. textile mills fighting foreign textile companies?
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