Ultra fine, soft, luxurious fibers possessing the same desirable qualities as expensive natural fibers but costing less and requiring less special care
What is Microfibers
100
A design copied from a more expensive garment
What is Knockoff
100
The direction of movement of public acceptance of color, texture, and silhouette in fashion
What is Fashion trend
100
Obtaining the money needed to cover the costs of operating a business
What is Financing
100
Small department stores with limited assortments of apparel, housewares, gifts and household textiles
What is Junior department stores
200
The part of the fashion industry that includes selling merchandise directly to consumers
What is Retail segment
200
An area of a city devoted to wholesaling of fashion goods
What is Market Center
200
The amount of goods producers are willing to produce and sell at a given price
What is Supply
200
Retail establishments in which a firm or an individual buys the right to use a famous or established name or trademark in a specified trading area
What is Franchise stores
300
The part of the fashion industry that produces finished garments and accesories
What is Apparel manufacturing segment
300
The relationship between the values of a country's import and exports
What is Balance of Trade
300
Product codes with dark bars and white spaces of varying widths used on merchandise tags for electronic identification and collection of product data
What is Bar code
300
A rivalry between 2 or more businesses to gain as much of the total market sales or customer acceptance as possible
What is Competition
300
Discount stores that sell brand name or designer merchandise at lower-than-normal prices
What is Off-price discounters
400
Ongoing change in what is considered fashionable
What is Fashion movement
400
Short-lived fashion
What is Fad
400
Fashion and textile industry professionals who meet twice a year to pool their knowledge of color cycles and preferences and to project color trends for the future
What is Color services
400
Typically contains aggregations of data records or files, such as sales transactions, product catalogs and inventories, and customer profiles
What is Computer database
400
Discount stores that are manufacturer owned and operated
What is Factory outlets
500
Animal fibers
What is wool and silk
500
Design and making of high fashion, original and very expensive garments
What is Couture
500
Computer systems that displays behavior that would be regarded as intelligent if it were observed in humans
What is Artificial Intelligence
500
A distribution channel in which goods or services are sold indirectly to the consumer through one or more intermediaries
What is Indirect distribution
500
Small retail stores owned and operated by a parent store