[HECOL441] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (73 pages long)

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Human Ecology
• Course: HECOL441
• Professor: Lori Moran

Document Summary

Apparel is one of the oldest and largest export industries in the world and is still expanding. Apparel industry is a springboard for national development and employs tens of millions of workers. Global expansion of the apparel industry is driven by trade and policy this has implications for production, sales and consumption in the developed world. Apparel & textile sector hugely a ected by globalization- complicit relationships are constantly evolving. China has the world"s dominant position in the apparel, household textiles and shoe manufacturing industries. While asia, particularly china, has enjoyed a dominant position in shoes, apparel and household textiles manufacturing for several years, makers of these items in developed nations (u. s. & canada) have su ered a long period of decline. For example, over 98% of the shoes sold in america each year are imports, and the majority of these imports come from asia.