• Apparel, Textile & Fashions Study - Industry-specific trends, statistics and market research from Plunkett Research, Ltd., a leading provider of business, Internet and industry information to the corporate, library, academic and government markets.
• 2002 Census Bureau Final Reports, Industry Series - Numerous industry reports from the U.S. Census Department. (Requires Adobe Acrobat.)
• Embroidery Business News -
Has a free searchable archive online. Also allows you to get a list of companies that manufacture a particular product.
• Fabric Marketing -
Data on 12,000 apparel companies. Officers, phone, address, year established, sales, products.
• Virtual Garment Center -
The database of companies has a large number of Apparel companies (some international), with contact information, specialty and brief description. There are hundreds of apparel companies in this database.
Current News
• Yahoo News: Textiles-Apparel Clothing - Most recent news from companies in the industry and for the industry. From Yahoo news: offers Reuters, Business Wire and PR Newswire.
Footwear
• Footwear News - Provides news of the footware industry and links to related websites.
• Yahoo News: Textiles-Apparel Footware - Most recent news from companies in the industry and for the industry. From Yahoo news: offers Reuters, Business Wire and PR Newswire.
Textiles
• Home Textiles Today -
This magazine has a searchable archive, and also various lists of the top producers and suppliers.
Industry Overview
• Bureau of Labor Statistics: Apparel Workers -
Find out how many apparel workers there are in the US, and what type of jobs they do. From the US Government's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Cotton, Inc. - Find out all about the "fabric of our lives." Has crop quality reports, annual report, etc.
• Fibersource -
All about the Fiber Industry, courtesy of the American Fiber Manufacturers' Association.
• Office of Textiles and Apparel -
Statistics on textile trade from the US Department of Commerce.
• Sporting Goods Intelligence - Book. Publishes various market studies on athletic footwear and apparel.
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