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Jun 27, 2010

Tomorrow’s apparel industry: products, markets, and processes – forecasts to 2016 Now Available at ReportsandReports

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This latest just-style report is a think piece about the future of the apparel industry. It is intended to encourage apparel industry executives to consider what is going to shape future products, markets and processes in the apparel industry.

In order to do this, forecasts have been made about future trends in what is, by definition, a very fast and continuously changing industry, one which feeds and lives on change. Areas covered include: future merchandise trends; market and distribution evolution; the supply chain; future sourcing and production; political and government influences; ethics, Fairtrade and CSR; technology and systems.

Use this report to analyse the effect the downturn has had on the apparel industry and identify the likely trends out to 2016.

Offering historic and forecast trends for regional markets, sales by product group, by distribution type, wholesale market values, and production values, this report is an essential guide for you to assess what landscape your business will likely move into over the next seven years.

Chapter 1 Introduction and hypothesis

This chapter sets the scene for how the apparel industry has evolved, commenting upon fully automated clothing production and parallels drawn between other manufacturing industries' approaches to automation and how this migrated to apparel.

When this is conjoined with the pressure of fast fashion retailing and technological advances in the supply chain, it becomes both tempting and plausible to believe in an apparel industry that supplies small quantities locally very quickly.

So, why is this not the norm in today’s apparel manufacturing industry? Why are there still very large, small component based factories producing very large orders in very large batches of standardised product? This report addresses these issues. It also forecasts the trends in the apparel industry and discusses the issues that will shape it.

Chapter 2 Forecast methodology discusses how just-style arrived at the report's forecast (and historic) numbers for Market-, Product-, Distribution-, Industry- and Production-trends.

Chapters 3 through to Chapter 8 contain trend forecasts for the above sectors of the apparel industry. Each chapter contains market value from 2007 to 2016, together with scenario forecasts with commentary and analysis of the data.

Chapter 9 Tomorrow’s apparel industry: the arguments

Here, the author sums up key points as to where the apparel industry may be heading, based on the analysis of the report's data findings.

Chapter 10 Political and government influences

Issues discussed include the multi-fibre agreement, DR-CAFTA, the US textile industry versus China, the EU directive on clothing recycling, and Australian federal funding for TCF.

Chapter 11 Ethics, Fairtrade and corporate social responsibility

The purpose of this chapter is to look at the actual effects of these three business practices on the current and future structure of the apparel industry.

Chapter 12 Technology and systems

If neither government interventions nor corporate social responsibility are to be the drivers of change in the apparel industry, a third contender is technology. This chapter looks at where the new manufacturing technologies are.

Chapter 13 Blue skies thinking: likely and unlikely future scenarios for the apparel industry

Fitting for a report looking to the future, this chapter suggests areas that may (or may not) significantly influence and affect the apparel industry in the near future. Topics include: personalisation, rejection of the throw-away society, smart clothes, electronics and textiles, individual deliveries and the decline of shops, local manufacturing, changes caused by government legislation, and totally new fibres and fabrics.

Table Of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction and hypothesis

Demassification

Fully automated clothing production

The second Toyota system

Hypothesis

Chapter 2 Forecast methodology

Caution

Definition of apparel

Methodology for market forecasts

Methodology for the other forecasts

Chapter 3 The market before and during the current downturn

The market in the recent past

The market in the current downturn

The market: likely future scenarios

Chapter 4 Recent merchandise trends and product changes

The product mix in the recent past

The product mix in the current downturn

The product mix: likely future scenarios

Chapter 5 Marketing and distribution evolution, before and during the current downturn

Distribution in the recent past

Distribution in the current downturn

Distribution: likely future scenarios

Chapter 6 The supply chain in the apparel industry

Consumers

Retailers

Brands and wholesalers

Branded and external manufacturers

Fabric and other material suppliers

Value added in the supply chain

Chapter 7 The industry before and during the current downturn

Wholesale values

The industry in the recent past

The industry in the current downturn

The industry: likely future scenarios

Chapter 8 Sourcing and production before and during the current downturn

Sourcing and production in the recent past

Sourcing and production in the current downturn

The industry: likely future scenarios

Chapter 9 Tomorrow’s apparel industry: the arguments

The status of the apparel industry worldwide in numbers

Chapter 10 Political and government influences

The multi-fibre agreement

Other government interventions

DR-CAFTA

US textile industry versus China

EU directive on clothing recycling

Australian federal funding for TCF

Chapter 11 Ethics, Fairtrade and corporate social responsibility

The case for and against

Low wages in Sri Lanka

Dumping chemical waste in Africa

Educating the consumer in environmental issues

Primark goes ethical

Conclusion on its impact

Chapter 12 Technology and systems

Information exchange (EDI)

Factory layout

The progressive bundle unit

Team working

CAD/CAM technology

Product lifecycle management (PLM)

Supply chain management

Chapter 13 Blue skies thinking: likely and unlikely future scenarios for the apparel industry

Personalisation

Rejection of the throw-away society

Smart clothes

Electronics and textiles

Individual deliveries and the decline of shops

Local manufacturing

Changes caused by government legislation

Totally new fibres and fabrics

Blue-sky conclusion

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