This article analyses size-based differences in export intensity (X/Y) and technological capabilities in Sri Lankan manufacturing firms. Consistent with evolutionary arguments, the results show that size-based differences in X/Y and technological capabilities vary across industries. After controlling for age, the results show that large firms were more export intensive than SMEs in the clothing...

Occupational population-based epidemiological data relating to occupational contact allergies in the Chinese clothing industry are limited. To investigate the prevalence of occupational allergic contact dermatitis (OACD) and to identify the causative allergens among clothing employees in China, a cross-sectional study was conducted in 529 clothing employees at 12 clothing factories in Beijing. ...

The manufacture of clothing, along with the closely associated activities of fibre and textile production, continues to be one of the driving forces of industrialisation throughout the developing world. At the same time, the clothing industries of many developed consumer countries are fighting to maintain their share of the total value (as opposed to volume) which is created throughout the enti...

Little is known about the epidemiology of contact dermatitis (CD) in the Chinese clothing industry. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and some risk factors of contact dermatitis among clothing manufacturing employees in Beijing.This cross-sectional study was conducted by interview using self-administered questionnaires and skin examination between May and August in 2016. Five-hundr...

With the prevalence of e-commence websites and the ease of online shopping, consumers are embracing huge amounts of various options in products. Undeniably, shopping is one of the most essential activities in our society and studying consumer’s shopping behavior is important for the industry as well as sociology and psychology. Indisputable, one of the most popular e-commerce categories is clot...

today, using counterfeits is remarkably common in clothing industry. on this basis, present paper is conducted in clothing industry at tehran due to the impact of counterfeit on brand equity of original products’. it is a descriptive research. to achieve research aims, a sample consisting of 384 consumers in tehran who bought counterfeits deliberately were selected. to analyze data and to test ...

With the popularization of network and the development of information technology, as a new mode of marketing, network marketing has been accepted by the majority of consumers, and applied rapidly to the field of clothing marketing. This paper describes the present situation of China clothing industry network marketing at first. Then it points out the advantages and disadvantages of network mark...

The textile industry is one of the most important consumer goods industries worldwide. Its mostly small and medium-sized enterprises produce textiles for various uses such as clothing, home textiles (such as bed and table linen, kitchen towels and cleaning rags), household textiles (such as curtains, furniture fabrics, textile floor coverings) and technical textiles (such as protective clothing...