The european clothing industry : meeting the competitive challenge / Guest editors, Ian M. Taplin and Jonathan Winterton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taplin, Ian M.

Winterton, Jonathan, 1951-

Series:

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management. No. 3 ; v. 8.

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management. No. 3 ; Vol. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Retail trade.

Manufacturing industries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (104 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To provide an opinion as to the demise or metamorphosis of the UK clothing industry within the wider European context. Recently conducted research, along with a range of pertinent published (1978-2004) statistical data are used to inform the authors' viewpoint on the development of the UK clothing industry. The statistical evidence describing the change in import penetration, employment levels and the impact of the national minimum wage support the view that a new typology of the clothing industry is emerging from the ashes of a rapidly declined manufacturing base. Some of the detail of garmen

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; INTRODUCTION The European clothing industry; The UK clothing industry; Organizational foundations of export performance; Structural change; International competitive change and strategic behaviour of Italian textile-apparel firms; Final demise or regeneration?; Book review

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-51517-1

9786610515172

1-84544-375-6

OCLC:

70743361