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If you
are searching for the inside scoop on the fashion industry,
you can hear from the insiders by asking questions at the
Fashion Industry Network. We may not tell you
trade secrets, but maybe you can learn something about how
fashion companies are truly performing ...
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The apparel
industry is not only about clothing and fabrics. The apparel
industry is a multi billion dollar industry with many powerful
companies and organizations. If you are interested in learning
a few of the financial aspects of the fashion industry, this is a
good place to begin your search. Clearly we are not a Forbes,
Wall Street Journal, or Bloomberg, but we will try to provide you
access to some helpful information. You can find fashion
stocks (publicly traded companies that are fashion industry relevant
- fashion companies listed on the stock market...). From this
fashion industry financial guide, you will also find information
about factoring and a few other important issues relevant to
clothing companies.
Let's face it, we are NOT a financial
institution and we most certainly can NOT offer any valuable
financial advise. We are simply garmentos trying to provide
you with a little bit of help ... If you have suggestions on
ways we can improve this financial section, we would be happy to
hear from you.
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Publicly Traded Clothing
Retailers
:
Abercrombie &
Fitch , Aeropostale ,
American Eagle
Outfitter ,
Ann Taylor
Stores ,
Avon
Products , Baby
Universe , Bakers Footwear Group ,
Bebe ,
Benneton Group ,
Big Lots Inc. ,
Blair Corp
, Bluefly
,
Bon-Ton
Stores ,
The Buckle ,
Burlington Coat
Factory ,
Cache ,
Carter's ,
Casual Male
Retail Group ,
CATO
,
Charlotte Russe ,
Charming
Shoppes ,
Chicos FAS
Inc. ,
Children's Place Retail Stores ,
Christopher
Banks ,
Citi Trends Inc.
Claires
Stores ,
Coldwater
Creek ,
Deb Shops ,
dELiA's Inc.
, Dillard ,
Dollar General
,
Dover Saddlery ,
Dress Barn ,
DSW Inc. ,
Duckwall-Alco
, Family Dollar
Stores ,
Federated
Department Stores ,
Finish Line ,
Foot Locker ,
Fossil ,
GAP ,
Genesco Inc.
,
Gottschalks ,
Gymboree
, Hanover Direct ,
Harold's
Stores ,
Hibbett
Sporting Goods ,
Hot Topic ,
J.Crew ,
JC Penney ,
J.Jill Group
, Jos. A. Bank
, Khols
, K-mart
,
Limited Brands
,
Luluemon
Athletica ,
Men's Warehouse
Inc. ,
Mothers Work Inc. ,
New York & Company
, Nordstrom ,
Pacific Sunwear of CA ,
Payless ShoeSource
,
Quiksilver
, Retail Ventures ,
Ross Stores
,
Sears Holdings
Corporation ,
Shoe Carnival ,
Shoe Pavilion ,
Stages Stores ,
S&K Famous
Brands ,
Shopko Stores ,
Saks Inc. ,
Stein Mart ,
Syms
, Talbots ,
Target Corp. ,
TJX Companies ,
Too Inc.
, United Retail Group
,
Urban
Outfitters ,
Wal-mart
, Wet Seal
, Wilsons Leather ,
Zumiez
Publicly Traded Clothing Wholesalers :
Alpha ProTech
,
Ashworth Inc.
, Big Dog Holdings
, Brown Shoe
Company , Carters Inc. ,
Cherokee Group ,
Coach ,
Columbia
Sportswear ,
Crocs Inc. ,
Cutter and Buck
Inc. ,
Deckers Outdoor Corp.
,
Delta Apparel
,
Delta Galil
Industries ,
Ennis
Inc. , Everlast
Worldwide Inc. ,
Gildan
Activewear ,
Fossil Inc.
,
GIII Apparel
Group ,
G&K Services ,
Guess ,
Haggar Corp. ,
Hartmarx Corporation
, Iconix Brand
Group , Innovo Group
, Jaclyn Inc.
, Jones Apparel
, K2 Inc. ,
Kellwood Company ,
Kenneth Cole Productions
, K-swiss
, LaCrosse
Footwear Inc. ,
Lakeland
Industries Inc. ,
Liz Claiborne
,
Maidenform Brands ,
Movie Star Inc.
,
Nike ,
Nitches
Incorporated ,
Oakley Inc. ,
Orange 21 Inc. ,
Oxford Industries ,
Pacific
Sunwear ,
Perry Ellis ,
Phillips-Van Heusen
,
Phoenix Footwear Group ,
Polo Ralph Lauren ,
PUMA
,
Quicksilver ,
Reebok International Ltd. ,
R.G Barry
Corporation ,
Rocky Shoes &
Boots Inc. ,
Russell Corp.
,
Sara Lee Corp. ,
Sketchers Inc. ,
Sport-Haley Inc. ,
Steven Madden Ltd.
,
Superior Uniform Group Inc. ,
Stride Rite Corp.
,
Tandy Brand
Accessories ,
Tefron Ltd. ,
The Timberland Company ,
Tommy Hilfiger ,
True Religion ,
Under Armour Inc. ,
UniFirst Corporation ,
VF Corp. ,
Volcom Inc.
,
Wacoal Holdings
Corp. ,
Weyco Group ,
Wolverine World Wide ,
Xerium
Technologies Inc.
Publicly Traded
Apparel Manufacturers :
Tarrant
Apparel Group
Publicly Traded Textile Mills :
Delta Woodside Industries
, Fab Industries
, The Hallwood Group
Incorporated ,
Quaker Fabric
,
Ruddick
Corporation ,
Tandy Leather
Factory , Unifi Inc.
, Wellman Inc.
Publicly Traded Component Suppliers
(Labels, Tags,
etc.) :
Avery
Dennison ,
Paxar
, Tag-It Pacific
Inc. ,
Velcro
Publicly Traded Fashion Technology
Companies :
Gerber
Scientific ,
GSI
Commerce
Another way to
research the fashion industry before making a financial investment,
you may wish to read up on garment companies, sourcing methods,
retailers etc., from the
fashion book store.
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Stock prices, PE
Ratios, and tracking charts are only a few of the tools that you
should be utilizing to master an understanding of the apparel
industry. If you really want to wrap your fingers around our
industry, we suggest you read fashion news.
Financial news as well as style news can be investigated by reading
fashion
newspapers, fashion
articles as well as fashion
blogs. If you wish to read online, you can utilize the
online fashion magazine
resources. If you prefer to read hard copies in a paper
format, you can check out the
Apparel Magazine
website to order subscriptions.
If you wish to get the low down on the
industry, we also suggest you investigate the professionally written
research reports from apparel
and textile industry research companies (Textile
Intelligence ,
Global Sources,
The Apparel Strategist) |
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