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The New Frontier of the Intimate Apparel – The Sports Bra Part 2
Part 2 of our earlier article on what’s new in the world of intimate apparel. IAJ once again enlists the help of a fitness enthusiast to review a variety of…
The New Frontier of Intimate Apparel: The Sports Bra, Part 1
IAJ enlists the help of a fitness enthusiast to review a variety of brands of sports bras in an effort to find the most comfortable. Levels of control, fit, comfort…
The New Frontier of Intimate Apparel – Women’s Sports Pants, Part 1
As with our reviews of sports bras in previous articles, IAJ enlists the help of a fitness enthusiast to review a variety of brands of women’s sports pants in an…
Profile on Roslyn Harte
Roslyn Harte is a giant in the intimate apparel industry. IAJ takes an in-depth look into her life, her career and her influence, from Vogue Magazine and Maidenform to her…
Swimwear – Exploring Prints, Patterns & Embellishments
Check out the swimwear trends for SS’15. Bold exciting prints with an element of luxe. Heavy embellishment and striking prints adorn intricate swimwear garments, featuring complex pattern shapes and explorative…
Market Intelligence in the US
Read them in one place! IAJ has compiled the entire series of articles by Terri Fisher exploring what’s out there in the world of intimate apparel retail. See what’s hot…
Company Profile – Tianhai Lace Co., Ltd
Internationally recognized Tianhai Lace is the subject of this informative article that takes us from its beginnings in 1988 to the company becoming the largest lace supplier in China.
Company Profile – HanesBrands, Inc (HBI)
The one and only. Playtex? Check. Maidenform? Check. The American-based, international clothing company that employs 50,000 people around the globe owns some of the most popular and well-known brands in…
Country Report – Vietnam
Publisher Andrew Sia profiles Vietnam as part of his ongoing series that provides detailed information on South and Southeast Asian countries, including geography, population, and economics as they pertain to…
Rent a Bra
Hans Buhr explores an innovative, sustainable concept that involves “sharing” or “renting” garments, thereby lengthening their lifecycle and reducing waste.
Manufacturing and Sustainability Never The Twain Shall Meet?
Hans Buehr explores the situation and challenges of sustainability from a garment manufacturer’s or textile producer’s point of view. Find out if automation is the answer.
2015 March Issue
Purchase our entire March 2015 issue featuring articles on Colombia, The 2015 Femmy Awards, Sports Bras, and the keys to Sustainability at home and at the office. IAJ writers include…
生產基地的介紹 – 坦桑尼亞
沿著印度洋沿岸,我們現在來到坦桑尼亞,它是東非的一個國家。 這個名字來自坦噶尼喀和桑給巴爾兩個州,它們創造了坦桑尼亞的名稱。 “坦噶尼喀”來自斯瓦希里語,“Tanga”的意思是“帆”,“nyika”的意思是“原野”,將兩者結合在一起,我們就有“在原野中航行”。 “Zanzibar”來自“Zenji”,當地人的名字,意為“黑色”,阿拉伯語“barr”意為海岸或者岸邊。 1963年10月29日,該國被命名為坦桑尼亞聯合共和國,其中“Tan”來自坦噶尼喀,“Zan”來自桑給巴爾。 像許多其他非洲國家一樣,坦桑尼亞擁有豐富的早期文明歷史,當你閱讀時,你會感覺到非常吸引。
非洲大陸地區的透視 – 第四章
介紹 在本期中,我們將使用非洲的各種地圖向你介紹這個大陸,我們相信一張圖片勝過千言萬語,沒有什麼更可以比使用地圖為你提供更多信息和更好的方式來描述非洲。 我們想按以下的次序來開始介紹:
巴黎氣候協議進展報告與各類能源和再生能源研究 – 第四部
聯合國氣候會議在波蘭卡托維茲舉行 簽署巴黎氣候協議的近200個國家加入了波蘭南部城市卡托維茲的談話,首腦會議於12月3日開始,拖延了很長時間,以至於只能在12月16日結束,為期兩週的談判,包括四次通宵談判會議,代表們帶著他們的睡袋,就一套管理該協定執行情況的規則達成了具有里程碑意義的協議。 巴黎氣候協議是一項雄心勃勃的協議,於2015年簽署。這次討論內容正在流傳,尋找更強大的規則,並達到零下2攝氏度以限制全球變暖。
運動服業務的演變 – 第二部
服裝市場是全球零售業中最重要的非食品消費市場,網上購物的市場增長以及主要服裝連鎖店的持續擴張給不斷增長的市場帶來了價格上的壓力。 2017年全球服裝總銷售額達到1.475萬億美元,比2016年增長4.4%。2017年的銷量達到1540億件,增長率為2.3%。 2017年至2021年銷量的複合年增長率(CAGR)預測再次為4.4%。
Country Report: Tanzania
Along the coast of the Indian Ocean, we come to Tanzania, a country in eastern Africa. The name is a combination of two states, Tanganyika and Zanzibar. “Tanganyika” comes from…
Insight into Africa – Part 4
Introduction In this issue, we’re going to use various maps of Africa to illustrate the continent. We believe a picture is worth a thousand words, and there is no better…
Global Exhibition Calendar – April to December 2019
For our April issue, we’re publishing the exhibition calendar for the rest of the year. We’ve filled in a lot of dates that were not available in the last issue.…
A Study of Alternative and Renewable Energy
Since the early stages of civilization, 790,000 years ago, humans began burning wood and biomass. It was until deforestation became a threat that people began to move to burning fossil…
Progress Report on the Paris Climate Agreement and Study of Alternative and Renewable Energy – Part 4
Close to 200 countries that signed the Paris Climate Accord joined the talks in Katowice, Poland. The summit, which began on 3 December, dragged on for almost two weeks and…
Brexit – The Last Rites
Since the British voted for the referendum three years ago, 52% to 48%, it has been fatal. In our January issue, we reported on the 20 months of negotiations between…
The Latest Trade Negotiation Between the U.S. and China
The latest trade summit involving the U.S. and China will take place at the Mar-a-Lago resort the last week of March. The meeting arrives after the failure of the Trump-Kim…
Alternative and Renewable Energy in Germany
Germany is recognized as the largest economic power, as well as a role model in the European Union. In 2000, the country was set to be the leader in wind…
American Awareness of Climate Change
In November and December 2018, a series of surveys were carried out by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University for Climate Change Communication. The…
Industry 4.0
Industry 4.0, considered the fourth industrial revolution, is the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. It consists of the Internet of things (IoT), cloud computing, cyber-physical…
The Mayor of Madison Avenue – An Interview with Walter Costello
I have interviewed many individuals for the INTIMATE APPAREL JOURNAL, but I must say this was one of the most difficult, just because I knew at the time that I…
The Evolution of the Activewear – Part 2
The apparel market is the most important non-food consumer market within the worldwide retail sector. The market increase in online shopping and the continuing expansion of major clothing chains put…
Technology Dominates at Shoptalk 2019
I have just returned from another mind-blowing four days of ALL RETAIL, ALL OF THE TIME in Las Vegas at Shoptalk’s 4thannual Shoptalk conference and it certainly did not disappoint.…
2015 January Issue
Purchase our entire January 2015 issue featuring articles on Costing Intimate Apparel, Denim Swimwear, Victor Vega, and the 2014 HUG Awards. IAJ writers include Camille Block, Natasha Chung, Terri Fisher,…