The purpose of this study was to explore the dimensions of apparel manufacturing strategy (i.e. cost, quality, flexibility, delivery time) and their relationship to style and sewing systems. U.S. apparel producers are seeking strategies that will make their production competitive to production in low wage countries. Two style types were defined: new styles and standardized styles. Results indicated that the production of new styles of apparel is related to the manufacturing dimensions of quality and delivery. The standardized style is related to the dimension of cost. Significant associations were also found between the multiple‐sewing systems used by plants and dimensions of manufacturing strategy (cost, delivery, and flexibility).
This discussion paper summarizes recent literature and concepts concerning the career development of women, relates this material to careers in merchandising, examines somepreliminary data provided by 115 graduates of a four-year baccalaureate program in fashion merchandising, and raises some issues that require further investigation by educators and researchers in the discipline. The author concludes that fashion merchandising appears to provide a viable basis for a career in retailing but emphasized the need for comparative and longitudinal research designs to track the career development of women in this field. Educators are encouraged to emphasize the increasing need for career preparation for women, to teach transferable skills, to investigate the role of continuing study in meeting the labor market needs of retailers, and to prepare women to compete for upper and middle management positions in retailing.
The purpose of the study was to identify demographic and psychographic profiles of customers and non-customers of a retail specialty store. Objectives were to determine (1) the characteristics of the customers and (2) the combination of characteristics that could be used to discriminate customers from non-customers. A revised version of an instrument prepared by Walter K. Levy Associates was employed. Questionnaires were mailed to a randomly selected sample of 600 customers and 600 non-customers. Of the 760 questionnaires returned, 459 were usable—273 from customers and 186 from non-customers. Stepwise discriminant analysis was used to analyze the data. A set of 24 variables described the characteristics of the customers and non-customers. One variable was concerned with shopper viewpoint, 13 with store image, 6 with shopper behavior, 1 with media preference and usage, and 3 with demographic characteristics. The discriminant function was highly accurate in predicting which respondents were customers and which were non-customers. In the pseudo-jackknifed classification procedure, the 24 variables successfully classified 85 percent of the 459 respondents.
Acknowlengments: The authors wish to thank the AARP Andrus Foundation for funding the project and Dr. Ronald Polland for his assistance with the statistical design and analysis of the research.Hypothermia can be a serious threat to the elderly, even in the relatively warm climates found in the southeastern part of the United States. The objectives of this paper were to report initial efforts to examine the use of clothing and bedding items by the elderly, to relate usage to selected demographic variables, and to provide a baseline for future research. Data were collected by interviewing 381 subjects, sixty-five years of age and older, who were participants in home-delivered and congregate meal site programs across north Florida. Data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics and by chi square and cluster analyses. Respondents reported using a wide variety of textile items to keep warm inside their homes in the winter. Six variables (sex, race, education, income, age, and type of meal program) were significantly related to selected patterns of textile use; all but education were related to the perceived textile needs of the respondents. Even though few subjects understood the dangers of hypothermia, those at the lowest income and educational levels appeared to have more characteristics that might make them susceptible to hypothermia than other groups. Additional research, improved educational programs, increased clothing use, and continuation of public service programs could help prevent the occurrence of accidental hypothermia among the elderly.can be related to the natural aging process or to infections, specific types of diseases, malnutrition, alcoholism, medications, and/or visual and mental impairment (Collins,
The major purpose of the study was to identify some of the factors associated with the curriculum choices of adult women. The sample of 84 liberal arts and 48 home economics students was ran domly selected from the 1000 women enrolled in the University of Rhode Island's Adult Daytime Degree Program. The grouping variable was curriculum choice. The predictor variables included situational factors: age, marital and socioeconomic status, parents' educational level, and the work experiences of the mother and the respondent, and developmental factors such as personal values, work values and attitudes toward women's liberation. The hypotheses stated (1) that some of these variables could be used to predict curriculum choice and (2) that the developmental variables would be more effective than the situational variables in predicting curriculum choice. Data were collected from three standardized tests and a questionnaire. Statistical analyses included analysis of vari ance, stepwise multiple discriminant analyses, and pseudo jackknifed classification procedures. The first hypothesis was accepted. The overall “hit” rate of 70.5 percent showed a moderately accurate level of classification for both curricular groups. The second hypothesis was partially accepted as the developmental variables were more effective than the situational variables only in predicting membership in the home economics curriculum.
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