Ling Yang‚ Intimate Apparel Group Discussion Questions Compare the economic and social circumstances of the women‚ Esther‚ Mrs. Dickson‚ Mrs. Van Buren‚ and Mayme. Are any of the women in a better position than the others? Mrs. Dickson and Mrs. Van Buren are in a better position than Esther and Mayme. Because Esther is a 35 Black Women who sews intimate apparel‚ works for herself and makes living on it. She is not married. Therefore‚ she has no one to rely on. She also can’t write‚ read‚ illiterate
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The Apparel Industry The Apparel Industry is a very variable industry and is dependent upon the geographical location of the country Quality and price of the apparel is also Geographically Linked It is a labor Intensive Industry And does not require high capital costs It is the best form of value addition and ready made garments earn 16 times the price of ginned cotton What Pakistan is Good At Pakistan is good in manufacturing of courser/heavier weight goods with pre dominantly cotton fiber
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Intimate Apparel was directed by Janice Capuana. She is an adjunct assistant prof. of Theatre at York College. The play takes place on the lower east side of New York City in 1905. The story revolves around Esther‚ a lonely African American seamstress living in a boarding house for single women run by Mrs. Dickson. Esther spends her days and nights sewing beautiful lingerie and corsets for New York’s high society ladies and ladies of the night. The only pleasure Esther finds in her lovely life is
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2) For the global fashion apparel industry explain key dominant features and industry driving forces. Outline Zara’s strategies for leveraging this. Industry overview: The global fashion apparel industry is one of the most important sectors of the economy in terms of investment‚ revenue‚ and trade and employment generation all over the world. Some of its major contributors are: Significant consolidation in retail Increasing use of electronic commerce in retail Wholesale trade The
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[pic] MARKS: 100 COURSE: MAPM SUB : Apparel Production Development Marks 15 01) Compare the number of SKUs for product lines using sizing systems for men’s dress shirts with collar and sleeve length and men’s sport shirts sizes small ‚ medium ‚ and large . Compare SKUs for lines of man’s pants sized by waist and length for lines of mans paint sized by waist and length and missy
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The genre of the ‘texts’ being analysed are ‘American Apparel’ print advertisements. The actual audiences of these advertisements are teenagers and young adults. Their target/implied audience‚ however‚ are adults that are older than 18 years of age. They tend to steer away from people under the age of 18‚ as the clothes are quite expensive and people within the ages of 18-25 normally have ‘entry-level jobs.’ However‚ the models’ ages range from 18-35‚ there are a few anomalies where they used a 62-year-old
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CONSUMER PROFILE American Apparel have a cult status worldwide for sexy‚ guilt free clothing which wont fall apart or cost a bomb. The American Apparel consumer profile is a young‚ sexy‚ gritty‚ metropolitan type. Dov Charney aims his company towards “metropolitan adults” he says “Our customers are educated‚ sophisticated‚ creative types who adapt to economic dislocation. They don’t own cars. They don’t own stocks. They probably don’t have a lot of dependants. They don’t have a lot of savings
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S.W.O.T for our competition- American Apparel Strengths: Their profitable idea is the plain T-shirt which never goes out of style and is something everyone has or wants. This makes their store have a wide range for many different demographics making it appeal to a huge amount of customers. They also have a very creative mission statement and are a very loyal brand. Weaknesses: They have a very young CEO who has already been accused of sexual-harassment within the company numerous amount of
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Table of Contents Part 1A 3 The Fashion Product/Brand 3 Choosing a Target Market 4 Competitive Climate 4 Product Image/Positioning Chart 5 Part 1B – Country Scan of Sweden 6 Apparel Industry Overview 6 Apparel Consumption Patterns 7 Population Overview 9 Level of Development 10 Commercial Transportation 11 Market Receptivity 13 Total Exports 13 Total Imports 17 World Trade Organization 23 Trade 24 Country Risks 26 Economy 26 Intellectual Property Rights 29
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Executive Brief “C&F Apparel‚ Inc.” C&F Apparel faced constant challenges of developing good forecasts and maintaining product availability. The main question for Bill Smith‚ director of business planning for C&F Apparel‚ was whether or not adopting similar approaches such as “fast fashion” apparel makers Zara could work for his company. Either way‚ the assumptions in this case is that although it keeps cost low‚ is outsourcing most of its products from material and assembly plants
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