Apparel & Footwear Industry
Publications | Electronic Resources | Statistics | Industry Associations | Additional Internet Resources
Note: Some industry guides make a distinction between Apparel and Clothing - Apparel being the manufacturing of items and Clothing representing the retail aspect of the finished garment.
Publications
University Libraries
Search HOMER for books and periodicals using the following words and phrases:
- Apparel industry
- Clothing industry and/or trade
- Fashion industry
- Garment industry
Or search eBrary for full-text books online.
Trade Journals
- Apparel
- Apparel Industry
- Apparel News
- ApparelStrategist.com (monthly newsletter)
- California Apparel News (ARGO reading room)
- Clothing and Textiles Research Journal
- WWD Men's: tracks the men's wear industry
- WWD: Women's Wear Daily (ARGO reading room)
- Accessories Magazine
Electronic Resources
These database links will re-direct you to our proxy-enabled subscription database page to facilitate connectivity:- Business and Company Resource Center: Industry keyword search "apparel" or "clothing" for reports and company profiles; Article search full text articles in the Los Angeles Business Journal
- Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage: Industries: Apparel & Footwear
- IBISWorld: keyword search "apparel" or "clothing"
- Mint Global: click on the Market Research module to find global "apparel" reports from Datamonitor
- ValueLine: click on "Standard Edition" to 'Look-Up Industry' - Apparel
- Investext: Industry search "Apparel" to find analyst reports
- ABI/Inform and Factiva: keyword search full text articles from major newspapers and trade publications
- General Business File ASAP: keyword search "apparel industry" or "clothing industry"
- Global Market Information Database: Industries - Clothing & Footwear
- MarketResearchAcademic.com: keyword search "apparel" or "clothing"
- TableBase: keyword search "apparel" or "clothing"
- Hoover's: search for apparel company profiles with brief industry synopses
Statistics
- State of the Nation: Current Industrial Reports: Apparel
- U.S. Economic Census: Manufacturing: find "Men's & Boys" (NAICS 315211) and "Women's & Girls" (NAICS 315212)reports
- American Apparel & Footwear Association: Trends and Shoe Stats
- Household Spending: Who Spends How Much on What: Apparel (2003) (Business Reference HC110 .C6H68 2005)
Industry Associations
- American Apparel and Footwear Association: offers free semi-annual statistical trends report on the U.S. apparel and footwear markets
- California Fashion Association: a not-for-profit association offering business development assistance to local area industries
- Textile Association of Los Angeles
- Garment Contractors Association of Southern California: this partnership program unites private enterprises, government, higher education and local nonprofit economic development organizations
- Council of Fashion Designers of America
- National Council of Textile Organizations
- National Shoe Retailers Association
- International Textile & Apparel Association
- International Association of Clothing Designers & Executives
Additional Internet Resources
- Los Angeles Area Fashion Industry Profile, 2003: PDF report published by Los Angeles Economic Development Council
- Roadmap to Industry Clusters: Fashion: LAEDC, 2008
- California Fashion Association Fact Sheet: Los Angeles County
- Los Angeles Fashion District: website representing all facets of the Los Angeles apparel industry from design to manufacturing to retail
- Specialty Retail Apparel: a 2009 industry overview by Great American Group
- Apparel & Footwear Industry: top 10 issues, 2004: published by Deloitte
- Global Apparel Value Chain: 2003 report published by United Nations Industrial Development Organization
- Employment Trends in Textiles and Apparel, 1973-2005: Bureau of Labor Statistics/Monthly Labor Review report
- FBI: Fashion Business Inc.: resource website for California apparel entrepreneurs
- FIDM: Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising: Los Angeles-based institution website with links to articles and industry resources
- The Alexander Report: an online guide to business services and resources in the apparel industry
- ApparelSearch.com: online B2B resource network for apparel and textile industry professionals
- Clothesource: resource website with monthly digest plus some free content
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