The U.S. apparel manufacturing industry includes many reputable firms, but is also believed to include many sweatshop operations. Sweatshop workers often work under sub-minimum wages, excessively long hours, and abusive management. Sweatshop establishments in the United States typically violate...

The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of business type upon the adoption process for quick response (QR) technologies in the apparel industry. Using Rogers’ (1983) innovation decision process model as our conceptual basis, we empirically investigated three stages of that process...

1U.S. Aggregate Demand for Clothing and Shoes, 1929-1994:Effects of Changes in Price, Nondurables Expenditures, and DemographicsbyKisung KimDr. Marjorie J. T. Norton, ChairClothing and Textiles(ABSTRACT)The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the changes in...