Can fast fashion save the US apparel industry?

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 353-377

  Doeringer, Peter ^a   Crean, Sarah ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b Garment Industry Development Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting networks; Markets and hierarchies; New York garment district

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748798857     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwl014     Document Type: Article

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