...apparel grew by almost 60 percent. During the same timeframe, employment in textile mills in the United Stated dropped from 478,000 to 239,000 employment in apparel plummeted from 858,000 to 296,000 while exports of apparel from Mexico to the United States surged from $1.26 billion to $3.84 billon. Such data seem to indicate that the job losses have been due to apparel production migrating from the United States to Mexico. There is anecdotal evidence to support this assertion. For example, in 1995, Fruit of the Loom Inc., the largest manufacturer of underwear in the United States, said it would close six of its domestic plants and cut back operations at two others, laying off about 3,200 workers, or 12 percent of its U.S. workforce. The company announced that the closures were part of its drive to move its operation to cheaper plants abroad, particularly in Mexico. Before the closures, less than 30 percent of its sewing was done outside the United States, but Fruit of the Loom planned to move the majority of that work to Mexico. For textile manufacturers, the advantages of locating in Mexico include cheap labor and inputs. Labor rates in Mexico average between $10 and $20...
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...8/29/2015 Scholarship Opportunity Home | Contact | TShirts On Sale | Tracking | Cart | Site Map | Search Search Cart Summary Search Shop By... All TShirts Basic TShirts Sweatshirts Hoodies Polo/Golf Shirts Ladies Apparel Athletic Apparel Athletic Shorts Youth Apparel Hats Accessories Recently Added On Sale Now! Scholarship opportunity for students looking to love their careers! Make plans now to love your career. Scott Jones, founder of JonesTshirts.com is a firm believer in the importance of loving your career. It affects every aspect of your life. Your family can see a difference when they know that you don't dread going into work everyday. You're happier and those around you are happier. It's important to start thinking about this concept early, especially while in college. Items: Subtotal: 0 $0.00 Recently Viewed Items Email Updates Click here to sign up for email updates and discount codes. Who Can Apply? Any student who will be enrolled in a college or University at the time of the next deadline (see dates below). This scholarship is limited to students attending school in the 50 U.S. states. Upcoming Deadlines Monday September 7, 2015 Please follow these steps EXACTLY as outlined below to qualify for review. (Essays that ignore these simple requirements will be ignored) 1) Essay Outline Requirements Write a 500 to 1000 word essay outlining at least 3 steps that you plan to take in the next year ...
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...Service given by its own employees. Each year Timberland gives its employees 40 paid hours to volunteer in their community and sponsors events associated with Earth Day and Serve-a-palooza. Timberland also assists its manufacturing partners in improving the land, water, and air near their plants and tanneries, resulting in the planting of more than one million trees in the last ten years, including 300,000 fruit trees in Haiti. Problem solving: Timberland is no stranger to offshore factories. With more than 300 factories in 38 different countries, Timberland exposes itself to a fair amount of environmental uncertainty. However, by spreading their resources in so many developing countries leaves them in a less risky position, as each country possesses its own political, environmental, and financial risk position. Also, Timberland is spreading the risk of pollution and erosion by producing in more than one country. Further research: VF Corporation is an American clothing corporation that sells jean wear, underwear, and work wear. VF Corporation owns Wrangler Jeans, Fruit of Loom, North Face, and 25 more clothing brands that produced over $11 Billion in revenue in 2013. They also own 28 different companies from...
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...NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL Enhancing Competitiveness of Indian Manufacturing Industry: Assistance in Policy Making Final Report March, 2009 Enhancing Competitiveness of Indian Manufacturing Industry: Assistance in Policy Making DISCLAIMER CRISIL Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Limited (CRIS), a subsidiary of CRISIL Limited, has taken due care and caution in preparation of this Report. This Report is based on the information obtained by CRIS from sources, which it considers reliable. CRIS does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of any information contained in this Report and is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of such information. This Report should be used in its entirety only and shall not be reproduced in any form without prior permission from CRIS. CRIS and any of its directors, representatives or employees do not accept any liability for any direct, consequential or perceived loss arising from the use of this Report or its contents. CRIS specifically states that it has no financial liability whatsoever to the users of this Report. Final Report Enhancing Competitiveness of Indian Manufacturing Industry: Assistance in Policy Making TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES...................................................................................................................................i LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS..........................................
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...Market Growth Wal-Mart, Target, and Kohls are the company's largest customers, accounting for 24%, 17%, and 5% of 2014 sales, respectively. Mass merchandise stores are vital to the company's performance, accounting for about half of Hanesbrands' total sales. Hanesbrands also allies with mid-tier stores, including J. C. Penney, Macy's, and Kohls, which are adding its lower-priced labels. It's L'eggs and Hanes brand underwear are also sold in food, drug, and variety stores. Hanesbrands also sell apparel to the US military for sale to soldiers and through discount chains, including Dollar General and Family Dollar Stores. Looking to grow abroad in 2014, Hanesbrands acquired DBApparel Group of France, a maker of intimate apparel in Europe, from investment firm Sun Capital Partners. DBApparel holds the license to manufacture and sell apparel under the Wonderbra and Playtex trademarks in the European Union, as well as several other nations in Europe and South Africa ("Hanes Brands Inc.", n.d). Hanesbrands hopes to identify and capitalize on the long-term megatrends related to their top product lines over the next five to 10 years. To this end, in early 2015, the company purchased Knights Apparel to expand its sports licensed collegiate apparel business with a goal of appealing to college students as that market grows over the next years and decades. In 2012, after success with its Tagless undershirts, Hanesbrands brought its Tagless platform to its male underwear bottom products...
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...Melissa Kuhns Jacob Craig ENC 1145 26 September 2013 Women and their Portrayal in Society The portrayal of women in society is an issue that has started to create problems among people in our society. We have given women so many stereotypes to live up to it making it almost impossible to be truly accepted by society. With ads starting to target younger generations through social sites and television, much of what you see now targets certain demographics. These demographics are women of all ages. They are using sex, the historical ideas of women, and Wall Street to abuse the images of women. Companies use the looks of women to sell their products and it is harming the lives of everyone in today’s society. We are so influenced today by the thought of what people think that we will listen to anyone and anything telling us what to do and how to look, no matter what the cost is. The media uses women in order to sell objects because they can attract both men and women by portraying a woman a certain way. They use women as sex objects in more than one way because “sex sells”. The way they attract men is by making a woman look sexually appealing. Ad companies throughout all of the media do this because they believe that all men will be drawn to an ad with a sexual woman on it. The way they pose her and the clothes she wears are all strategic moves for the companies; it helps them sell. However, this method is creating a negative view of all women in society. They draw in women...
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...also sought to create job growth in the province of Quebec and to support companies with good working conditions, positive relations with local communities, and a commitment to environmental responsibility. The goal of QFL was to extend access to manage retirement account for its members and to instill job growth. Another focus of the QFL was to support socially responsible companies that carried out their due diligence process successfully and paid special attention to employee working conditions. The controversy stemmed from the fact the Gildan Active wear and Montreal based textile and Garment that started in 1984 managed and operated three factories. Gildan owned and operated three factories and in effort to compete with Hanes and Fruit of the Loom, Gildan began to expand in 1995, Gildan contacted the Solidarity Fund for help in financing its expansion. Gildan grew drastically and even expanded some production to Honduras. Gildan believed that Honduras was the reason for its success as 80% of the jobs were held by women between the ages of 18 and 25. In 2002, the basic minimum hourly wage was 63 cents. An employee in Montreal earned more in one hour than a Honduran did in one day. The Solidarity Fund's conducted an audit on Gildan and discovered that there were many issues with the factories in Hunduras. Some of the issues were dilapidated facilities, substandard working conditions like illegal firings, poor conditions and a high level of cotton dust. One of the main criteria’s...
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...Statistics in Business Created By: Fredrick Jay Harder Created On: March 21st, 2016 Inspired By: Qnt 275 Taught By: Merry Gallo If a business has access to reliable data then they can make decisions that will positively impact the business much easier. Without reliable data a business can not thrive because all businesses need data they can rely on to make progress in their prospective field. Luckily, there are statistics that will help to get reliable data to make such important decisions. After all, decisions are not well founded without data or the language thereof. Obtaining that data or language thereof on one's own makes resources spread further as well. Statistics is known as the language of data. This language is about gathering data, delivering the data, and understanding the data. Statistics and mathematics are very closely related as statistics is the mathematical way to analyze data and observe data. Statistics also equips those who use it with tools to foresee based on the data gathered and is useful in not only business but is also useful in science, health, and government. (Stine &Foster, 2014) After all, science, health, and government need data on a regular basis in order to make informed decisions. This is why being fluent in statistics is very recommended for almost any profession in existence. Using statistics cuts out the “gray area” or guesswork of life's information in large proportions. With statistics, it is similar to an opinionated conversation...
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...The brand Victoria Secret was founded on July 12, 1977 by a man named Roy Raymond and his with Gaye in San Francisco, California. During the 1970 and some of 1980’s women typically sported less revealing undergarments such as Fruit of the Loom or Hanes that they got from their closest department store. The only time a woman splurged on a more scandalous pair of underwear or bra were special instances like their honeymoon. When these times came around, a man was not to step foot in the women’s lingerie section of a store and if he did he was eyed and looked down on. This idea bothered Raymond so he studied women’s undergarments and their market for nearly eight years when he decided to open his own store. He meant for this store to be a place...
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...Introduction Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is a holding company worth $358.2 billion. Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC (BNSF), McLane Company, Service and retailing and financial products are some of the segments the company insures. They provide businesses with insurance and protection of property and casualty risk. Some of the important acquisitions Berkshire Hathaway has had in the 21st century include The Pampered Chef, Fruit of the Loom, and Larson-Juhl in 2002; Clayton Homes and McLane Company in 2003; Business Wire, Forest River, Medical Protective Company, Applied Underwriters, and PacifiCorp in 2005; TTI, ISCAR, Russell Corporation, and Equitas in 2006; shares of Wrigley and GE in 2008; Burlington Northern...
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...The Silky Strategy of Victoria’s Secret Chelsea Chi Chang Alice Lin Charlene Mak BEM 106: Strategy Professor McAfee 28 May 2004 1 Victoria's Secret is a retail brand of lingerie and beauty products, owned and run by the Limited Brands company. Victoria’s Secret generates more than $4 billion in sales a year. It is the fastest growing subsidiary of Limited Brands and contributes 42% of corporate profits. More than 1000 Victoria's Secret retail stores are open in the United States. Products are also available through the catalogue and online business, Victoria's Secret Direct, with sales of approximately $870 million. Victoria’s Secret was established by Roy Raymond in the San Francisco area during the 1970s. Raymond saw an opportunity in taking “underwear” of the time and turning it into fashion. Products stood apart from the traditional white cotton pieces, which department stores offered, with colors, patterns and style that gave them more allure and sexiness. They combined European elegance and luxury. Even the name Victoria’s Secret was meant to conjure up images of 19th-century England. The store went so far as to list a fake London address for the company headquarters. Like Starbucks, Victoria’s Secret markets self-indulgence at an affordable price. By 1982, Raymond had opened six stores and launched a modest catalog operation. He then sold Victoria’s Secret to Limited Brands, which took Victoria’s and sprinted away. Today, Victoria’s Secret enjoys nearly a monopoly...
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...to provide customer high-quality T-shirts and fleece garments with a very low price. After expanding to Honduras, where labor was cheap, the manufacturing cost of Gildan had a significant decrease. So the company was able to hire more workers to involve in manufacturing. In 2001, Gildan produced 168 million T-shirt. The inexpensive manufacturing cost and high productivity allowed Gildan to maintain their competitive advantage and set up very low selling price to their customer so that they can increase sales. The annual sale of Gildan in 1998 was $200 million. And 3 years later, in 2001, their sale rose to $500 million. Also the high quality and low cost garments enable Gildan to earn more market share. It surpassed its competitor, Fruit of the loom, to become the leader of the industry in 2001. For Honduras The globalization of Gildan also benefits Honduras. The foreign investment is helpful for Honduras GDP growth. The company also created a lot of job opportunities for local people. Starting in 2001, Gildan built massive textile facilities and employed more than 5,000 people as their sewers. In addition, Gildan transferred lots of skills and technology to Honduras. It provided training for workers. And all of these above are beneficial for Honduras development. For the Fund For The Solidarity Fund, the benefit of Gildan’s globalization is they could get large return from their investment. Until 2003, The Fund got 1,000 percent return from the investment of Gildan based...
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...There is also a sequence of codes underneath. There is a reference to the size on the side of the label where it has three m’s, emphasizing that the shirt is a size medium. The brand, Fruit of the Loom is also presented with an illustration of an apple surrounded by grapes. Also there are four symbols that correspond with instructions on how to wash and care for the t-shirt. Originally the t-shirt was white. It has been transformed through the tie dye process. The color chosen was orange. It was tie dyed and then splattered with the same orange dye creating a different pattern. The dye was spread in a relatively horizontal pattern, that somewhat resembles a skeletal pattern. There are three main swaths of dense orange color, segmenting the t-shirt into three quadrants. There is also dense orange color on the bottom of the top. Over several cycles in the washing machine, the dye has turned the exposed parts of the t-...
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...the Solidarity Fund, a sophisticated retiriement fund operated by the Qubec Federation of Labor. The goal of QFL was to extend access to managed retirement account for its members and to instill job growth in the Qubec region. Another focus of the QFL was to support socially responsible companies that carried out their due delligence process sucuessfully and paid special attention to employee working conditions. The controversy stemmed from the fact the Gildan Activewear and Montreal based textile and Garment that started in 1984 managed and operated three factories. Gildan Activewear is a Montreal-based textile and garment company that started in 1984. Gildan ownd and operated three factories and in effort to compete with Hanes and Fruit of the Loom, Gildan began to expand in 1995, Gildan contacted the Solidarity Fund for help in financing its expansion Gildan grew drastically and even expanded some production to Honduras Gildan believed that Honduras was the reason for its success as80% of the jobs were held by women between the ages of 18 and 25.In 2002, the basic minimun hourly wage was 63 cents. An employee in Montreal earned more in one hour than an Honduran did in one day.The Solidarity Fund's conducted an audit on Gildan and discovered that there were many issues with factories In Hunduras. Some of the issues were dilapadated facilities, substandard working conditions like illegal firings, poor procution conditions and a high level of cotton dust. On ef the main criteras...
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...Textile This article is about the type of fabric. Textile is also a jargon term used by naturists or nudists to describe a person who wears clothes, and also the property that nudity is not allowed, e.g. in "textilebeach", "textile campsite", etc. A textile is any kind of woven, knitted, knotted (as in macrame) or tufted cloth, or a non-wovenfibers that have been bonded into a fabric, e.g. felt). fabric (a cloth made of Textile also refers to the yarns, threads and wools that can be spun, woven, tufted, tied and otherwise used to manufacture cloth. The production of textiles is an ancient art, whose speed and scale of production has been altered almost beyond recognition by mass-production and the introduction of modern manufacturing techniques. An ancient Roman weaver would have no problem recognizing a plain weave, twill or satin. Many textiles have been in use for millennium, while others use artificial fibers and are recent inventions. The range of fibers has increased in the last 100 years. The first synthetics were made in the 1920s and 1930s. Sources and types Textiles can be made from a variety of materials. The following is a partial list of the materials that can be used to make textiles. Animal origin • Alpaca • Angora rabbit hair • Camel hair • Cashmere • Mohair • Silk • Vicuña hair • Wool: divided into woollen and worsted Vegetable • Bark cloth has various uses, and is used in sheets. • Coir: the fibre from coconuts. • Cotton • Grass, rush and...
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