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1. Today the garment district in NYC is primarily used for fashion publishing, buying, and retailing centers.
2. In the US which city contained the first major general merchandise mart: Chicago
3. The equivalent of American ready to wear is the French word prêt-a-porter.
4. Which of the following is not true of the American fashion industry?
5. To offset the decline in sales of haute couture apparel, couturiers have opted to do which of the following? Expand to ready-to-wear collections and the establishment of boutiques and licensing arrangements
6. Which of the following is not true of the Japanese designers? Avante garde designers, retro pop cultural influences (hippie beads and t-shirts and 1970s punk), technically ingenious designs
7. Which of the following sectors of the fashion industry is the primary importer of foreign goods? India
8. Within the US fashion industry, which group is most likely to support protectionism? UNITE
9. This was a prototype of a modern-day retail business, where fur trading companies established posts over a wide area of the undeveloped US where trappers exchanged furs for foodstuffs and other goods: trading post 10.Which of the following is not a characteristic of discount stores? (high level of customer service, high volume of sales, centralized checkout counters, low overhead, goods priced at less than retail) 11.What kind of store highly emphasizes fashion coordination? (specialty, department, department and specialty store chains, discount, variety) 12.Department stores that were able to compete successfully with chain organizations did which of the following? Sell high-quality, mid-priced goods, or be a specialty merchandiser selling exclusive designs at high prices 13.This type of retailer operates at a fixed point-of-sale location that is designed to attract a high volume of walk-in customers (non-store retailer, fixed retailer, store retailer, none of the above) 14.Which of the following statements is true of department stores? 15.This retail operation deals with either 1 category of merchandise or specializes in related categories of merchandise (store ownership group, specialty store, retail chain, department store) 16.Which of the following statements is uncharacteristic of a boutique? (carry highly individualized and specialized merch, typically small shops, merchandise is not expressed in a creative manner, concept is similar to that of Parisian couture houses that sold perfumes, accessories, and gifts) 17.Which of the following statements is not true of discount retail stores? Discounter - retail establishment that regularly sells its merchandise lower than retail prices, concentrating mainly on national brands; keep overhead low and service minimal 18.This retail operation is completely dedicated to fashion in the rise and peak stages, and their assortments are both broad and deep in the upper-middle to

higher-price ranges (large departmentalized specialty stores; boutiques; apparel chain stores; none of the above)

19. Essentially, the retailer is the manufacturer when goods are produced exclusively for one retailer with brand name … 20.Which of the following describes the production package method of offshore production 21.Which of the following is an illegal method for and offshore manufacturer to get around US quotas T/F When products state “made in AMERICA that only means the materials are products of, manufactured in, and sold in America. The international women’s show in Dusseldorf is called IGEDO True Mexico is the largest textile and apparel supplier to the US market False NAFTA permits free trade with New Zealand and Australia False A foreign manufacturer can enter into India with direct ownership The Father of Haute Couture is Eli Whitney False Both French and Italian ready-to-wear industries only show collections once a year, in February. False Globalization implies that one would have a closed-mind toward their neighbors in other countries and keeping in mind that the American way is the other acceptable way of doing business in other countries False Emilio Pucci is a current 08-09 member of the Chambre Syndicale de la couture Parisienne False A Wal-Mart store in South Korea would be successful because the American store format translates well in the S Korean culture Createurs are the ready-to wear equivalent to …