2021 article
A retrospect on the US apparel industry: expert predictions and reality data
Kincade, D. H., & Annett-Hitchcock, K. E. (2021, May 18). RESEARCH JOURNAL OF TEXTILE AND APPAREL.
author keywords: Apparel industry; Fashion industry; Apparel imports; KSA; Innovation; Technology; Employment; Training; Fashion management; Clothing; Manufacturing; Fashion; Apparel; Cut and sew; Retrospective
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Purpose In 1978, the once powerful US apparel industry was on the cusp of change, and the consulting firm KSA conducted a Delphi survey of apparel executives’ predictions into the 2000s. The purpose of this paper is to compare actual changes over the subsequent decades with these 1978 expert predictions and explore the accuracy/inaccuracy of these “educated guesses” (KSA, 1978, p. 1).