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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Taking humanization to the extreme, one of the biggest ways cats have been impacting apparel markets is via human clothing. We've  covered cats clothed in various ways in the past. High-end designers such as Gucci, Marc Jacobs and Jonathan Anderson have incorporated cats into their recent collections.

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MARCH 1, 2018

Other interesting findings include: 92 percent of millennial pet owners purchase gifts for their pets, such as toys, clothing and treats, with more than half (51%) purchasing a gift for their pet at least once a month. On average, millennials who buy their pets gifts on a monthly basis do so four times a month.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

We also found this quote interesting (the picture is from the article): Millennials were also twice as likely than Baby Boomers to buy clothing for their pets, a phenomenon Richter chalks up to the prevalence of social media.   “It’s increasingly about getting a digital stamp of approval.”.

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MARCH 17, 2016

Only only 44 percent of teens said they always bought clothes designed for their own gender, versus 54 percent of millennials. I won't bother looking up the data for baby boomers, I'm confident that generation is mostly buying gender specific clothes. JWT, for example, is studying it because of its impact on shopping.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Millennials are also most likely to dress their pets in clothing. While Gen Xers own the most pets, Millennials are the most likely to buy birthday presents for their pets: 54% of Millennials give birthday gifts, compared with 40% Gen X, 42% Baby Boomers and 27% Matures (69+). No doubt the embarrassed cat below is owned by a millennial.

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JULY 17, 2014

Other examples include Stella & Dot (jewelry and accessories), Ruby Ribbon (clothing). Think Tupperware parties going digital. They are one of many companies creating social commerce platforms targeted at women. The business model of these firms is straight forward.

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JUNE 6, 2013

These are trucks that sell clothing, accessories and other fashion items. We're seeing a noticeable increase in the number of fashion trucks.   As we've pointed out in the past , entrepreneurs across a wide range of industries are recognizing the economic and business model advantages of truck-based commerce.

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DECEMBER 4, 2014

Entrepreneurs in a wide range of other product and service categories, such as clothing, personal services and even business to business goods and servicesare recognizing the economic advantages of food trucks and applying this approach. Emergent

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AUGUST 19, 2013

A good example is BeGood Clothing in San Francisco. In response to this disaster - and broader fashion industry environmental and human rights problems - a number of new retailers and fashion labels that focus on social and environmental responsibility are springing up.

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AUGUST 3, 2012

ABC's Haute Wheel: Fashion Takes a Cue from Food Trucks covers several mobile clothing and accessory trucks. As the article points out, the trends that make food trucks attractive also work for other kinds of retail:  - trucks are a quicker, cheaper way to get started than a traditional brick and mortar store.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Interesting quote on some of things the workers suggested: The croppers suggested taxing cloth to make a fund for those unemployed by machines. But they wanted the profits from the improvements in productivity shared with the workers and not just kept by the factory owners and merchants.

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

The material is made from thin filaments of carbon woven into a cloth. This gives many nano materials unique and useful physical, chemical, mechanical or optical characteristics (see How Nanotechnology Works for a fairly simple explanation). A good example is the composite material carbon fiber.

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JUNE 20, 2011

These people are hungry to "move up the consumption curve" be it in the form of better food, clothes, phones, a car or a house, Poole says. The article has brief descriptions of why each country will likely prosper in the coming years.    It also mentions my favorite stock exchange, the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange. 

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