garment industry
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgarmentandindustry
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garment
noun[C]
uk/ˈɡɑː.mənt/us/ˈɡɑːr.mənt/
a piece ...
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industry
noun
uk/ˈɪn.də.stri/us/ˈɪn.də.stri/
the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or ...
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(Definition ofgarmentandindustryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Many women in thegarmentindustryare marrying later, have lower fertility rates, and attain higher levels of education, then women employed elsewhere.
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It has been heavily featured in the company's advertisements for nearly a decade and become a common term in thegarmentindustry.
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The localgarmentindustrynow concentrates on quick production in small volumes and piece work, which is generally done at the worker's home.
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By 1940, nearly one-fifth of the city's workforce was employed in thegarmentindustry.
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The establishment of the rural garment factories is a typical example of the ' low road to competition ' strategy prevalent in thegarmentindustry.
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The growth of the localgarmentindustryhas taken place within an environment of rapid and extensive urbanisation and industrial growth.
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In terms of employment creation however, thegarmentindustryis the most important sector in the whole region.
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In 1881 there were 370 women for every 100 men in the textile industry and 206 for every 100 in thegarmentindustry.
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They were begun by small enterprises in thegarmentindustrythat emerged after the highly integrated textile companies failed because of high wages and labor disputes in the 1960s.
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Thus, a new connection between the rural area of the region and the urban node appears to be created as growth of thegarmentindustryspreads over the rural area.
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The grant given to thegarmentindustrywill be helpful; but that is in a separate category from the pressures that now exist.
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We shall see whether we can apply high technology in the furniture industry as we have in thegarmentindustry.
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When skirt hems dropped dramatically, thegarmentindustrywas lumbered with millions of coats, dresses and slips, all of which were then unacceptably short.
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In thegarmentindustryin particular there is no incentive for restructuring the way in which it conducts its business.
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We know about the scandal of the outworkers in thegarmentindustry.
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She mentioned thegarmentindustry.
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We are concerned about thegarmentindustry.
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The city'sgarmentindustryalso began to prosper.
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The women most frequently worked as seamstresses in thegarmentindustryor in their homes.
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