This paper explores the liquidity (solvency) position of ten prominent high street retailers using both the traditional measures of Current Asset Ratio and Quick Asset Ratio and the a more innovative measure the Defensive Interval. The paper sets out to establish, using the available accounting...

Purpose – This paper introduces the reader to the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and seeks to identify those companies listed that would be in the broad apparel sector. Design/methodology/approach – The paper gives a numerical value of the stability/success of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and map trends in the Canadian apparel industry (in a global context) and, through the application of Porter's models, establish strategies that could be employed by Canadian small and medium enterprizes (SMEs) in response to the move toward...

Purpose – Earlier attempts to develop a strategy for the apparel industry in Canada to counter the adverse effects of trade liberalisation on Canadian apparel suppliers have been based on the concept of clustering. However, despite the support from government-supported industry bodies,...