Apparel Merchandising

Apparel Merchandising
Author: Jeremy A. Rosenau
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 502
Release: 2014-02-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1609015398

This comprehensive text on apparel product development reflects the current importance of manufacturers' and retailers' private brands and exclusive designer collections.

Threads

Threads
Author: Jane L. Collins
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2009-11-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0226113736

Americans have been shocked by media reports of the dismal working conditions in factories that make clothing for U.S. companies. But while well intentioned, many of these reports about child labor and sweatshop practices rely on stereotypes of how Third World factories operate, ignoring the complex economic dynamics driving the global apparel industry. To dispel these misunderstandings, Jane L. Collins visited two very different apparel firms and their factories in the United States and Mexico. Moving from corporate headquarters to factory floors, her study traces the diverse ties that link First and Third World workers and managers, producers and consumers. Collins examines how the transnational economics of the apparel industry allow firms to relocate or subcontract their work anywhere in the world, making it much harder for garment workers in the United States or any other country to demand fair pay and humane working conditions. Putting a human face on globalization, Threads shows not only how international trade affects local communities but also how workers can organize in this new environment to more effectively demand better treatment from their distant corporate employers.

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Total Pages: 1300
Release: 1951
Genre: Copyright
ISBN:

Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals