Introduction to Apparel Industry

A brief introduction to Apparel industry

1. Introduction to Apparel Industry By Iresha Kuruppu 0094-714373090

2. Definition of Apparel The things that people wear to cover their bodies. Clothing & garment are similar words for “Apparel”. Not all body coverings are regarded as clothing. ???????

3. Apparel Product Categories Casual Wear Fashion Wear Intimate Wear Swim Wear Uniform and Workwear Children's Wear Sports Wear

4. Clothing Range Clothing performs a range of, Individual Occupational S exual differentiation S ocial status.

5. Why human use apparel? Climate condition Cultural needs Working condition Functional requirements Health condition .

6. History of Apparel No easy way to determine when clothing was first developed. but the earliest clothing likely consisted of fur, leather, leaves, or grass that were draped, wrapped, or tied around the body. Stone age people use clothing to protects against many things that might injure the uncovered human body and to avoid the difficulties from rain, snow, wind, Sunlight and other weather conditions

7. The global apparel market is valued at 3 trillion dollars, 3,000 billion, and accounts for 2 percent of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).  The women’s wear industry is valued at 621 billion dollars The men’s wear industry is valued at 402 billion dollars The retail value of the luxury goods market is 339.4 billion dollars Children’s wear had a global retail value of 186 billion dollars Sports footwear is valued at 90.4 billion dollars The bridal-wear industry is valued at 57 billion dollars Some important figures on global apparel industry

8. Some important figures on global apparel industry The world clothing and textile industry (clothing, textiles, footwear and luxury goods) reached almost $2,560 billions  in 2010 . The world children’s wear market is expected to reach beyond $186 billion in 2014, marking a 15 percent increase in five years. The world bridal wear market is expected to reach almost $57 billion by 2015 . The world menswear industry should exceed $402 billion in 2014 . The world women’s wear industry is expected to pass $621 billion in 2014 . The world market for textiles made from organically grown cotton was worth over $5 billion in 2010.

9. In 2010, American households spent, on average, $1,700 on apparel, footwear, and related products and services. Manhattanites spend the most on apparel at $362 per month . Shoppers in Tuscon , Arizona spend the least on apparel: $131 per month . Catherine , Duchess of Cambridge has spent more than £35,000 $54,000on clothes since the beginning of 2012 . Consumers in the United Kingdom have an estimated £30 billion ($46.7 billion) worth of unworn clothes lingering in their closets. Some important figures on global apparel industry

10. In 2010, China’s textile industry processed 41.3 million tons of fiber and accounted for 52-54 percent of the world’s total production. Chinese textile industry creates about 3 billion tons of soot each year . Millions of tons of unused fabric at Chinese mills go to waste each year when dyed the wrong color . A single mill in China can use 200 tons of water for each ton of fabric it dyes; many rivers run with the colors of the season as the untreated toxic dyes wash off from mills . In 2010, the textile industry ranked third for overall in Chinese industry for wastewater discharge amount at 2.5 billion tons of wastewater per year . The textile industry discharges about 300,600 tons of COD and contributes to 8.2 percent of COD pollution in China. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) Some important figures on global apparel industry

11. Some statistics http://www.srilankabusiness.com/apparel/apparel-export-performance.html

12. CMT ( Cut, Make and Trim) The companies listed in CMT are clothing factories. CMT refers to Cut Make and Trim. These are factories that provide the complete service of producing a garment from cutting the fabric, sewing fabric, and attaching the trims such as hangtags, buttons, labels etc. Some CMT factories may subcontract some of the work, but typically they will manage the entire production process.

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