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.
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