Global Apparel Industry Report

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...

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Title Index:

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

List of Figures:

Figure 1: The supply chain in the apparel industry from producer to consumer

List of Tables:

Table 1: Retail value of the global apparel market by region, 2007-2016 (US$bn)
Table 2: Retail value of the global apparel market by clothing type, 2007-2016 (US$bn)
Table 3: Retail value of the global apparel market by distribution channel, 2007-2016 (US$bn)
Table 4: Wholesale value of the global apparel market by region, 2007-2016 (US$bn)
Table 5: Production value of the global apparel market by region, 2007-2016 (US$bn)
Table 6: Global apparel production and distribution by region where made, 2010 (US$bn, % share)

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