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Article: Intimate apparel. (the imports issue)
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- WWD
- Article date:
- June 17, 1985
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NEW YORK -- While imports are a growing threat to domestic intimate apparel manufacturing, executives feel that, at least so far, their market segment has been affected less than others such as sportswear and ready-to-wear.
Imports are generally considered to be playing the greatest role in labor-intensive foundations and panties -- through both retailers' private label and individual manufacturers' efforts; in intricately sewn and embroidered daywear and sleepwear, which manufacturers choose to make overseas for the quality of handwork and advantageous pricing; and in basic-styled loungewear and sleepwear, which is frequently produced overseas under stores' ...