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Retail
Retail - the selling of goods to consumers combines many different levels from conglomerate high street retailers to independent boutiques. Here you can find news, views, advice and information relating to the current retail market.
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Manufacturing
Essential manufacturing information, news, views and advice.
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Design
Design – the field of design incorporates trends, forecasting, illustration, line drawings, market research (including comparative and directional shopping) and a host of other fields. There are a wide cross section of clothing and textile events to aid in the design process such as Premiere Vision and Moda plus there are a plethora of Business Support Organisations that provide help and support within the design process for fashion.
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Auxiliary Services
Auxiliary Services – the traditional term for support services to the fashion industry. The development of technology, globalised production and the market for fashion itself has led to an array of new services with particular demand for patterns, grading, processing, logistics, sourcing. This section relates to any other field of business that lies outside the traditional design, retail and technology function.
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Technology
Technology – there are constantly new developments in technology throughout the Fashion Universe which revolutionises the workings of the fashion industry, for example, the introduction of CAD/CAM (computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing) now allows for designs to be converted on to computer that can then be translated into patterns and grades. There are some leading industrial machine manufacturers that offer constant upgrades to the industry improving output and competitiveness and hence technology is a vital part of modern fashion industry of today.
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