Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry. Francesca Sterlacci and Joanne Arbuckle.
Private label — Beginning in the mid 1980s, in an effort to improve margins, reduce prices, and achieve product differentiation, retailers began to assume the role of manufacturer or jobber by offering apparel under their own private label. The downsides for… … Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… … Universalium
Professions — The fashion industry is comprised of people who liaise with one another from around the world, working in an extensive range of jobs, ultimately bringing products to market. The industry is broken down into eight different segments with… … Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
Target Corporation — This article is about the United States retail company and its stores. For the Australian retail stores, see Target Australia. Target Corporation Type Public company Traded as NYSE: … Wikipedia
Drs. Foster & Smith — Foster Smith, Inc. Type Corporation Industry Pet supplies Founded 1983 … Wikipedia
Asda — Infobox Company company name = Asda Stores Limited company type = Subsidiary parent = Wal Mart company slogan = Why pay more? That s Asda Price. Always low prices... always. foundation = Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (1965) location = Leeds,… … Wikipedia
China Nepstar — Chain Drugstore Ltd. Type Public (NYSE: NPD) Industry Pharmacy, retail (drugs) Founded 1995 … Wikipedia
Gap (clothing retailer) — Infobox Company company name = Gap, Inc. company company type = Public (nyse|GPS) foundation = 1969 in San Francisco, California location = San Francisco, California key people = Founded by Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher Robert J. Fisher,… … Wikipedia
George Huntington Hartford — (September 5 1833 – August 29 1917) founded The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company in 1859 with George Gilman in Elmira, New York.He was born in Augusta, Maine. His sons George and John were on the cover of Time magazine in November 1950. The … Wikipedia
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
