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1 The market size estimate of the apparel and footwear industry (excluding home textiles, accessories, and jewelry) is based on analysis of data from Euromonitor International (2018 retail apparel and footwear sales and 2018 consumer expenditure in clothing and footwear), Oxford Economics (2018 consumer expenditures in clothing and footwear), and Statista (2012–2025 global apparel market/industry size)

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29 Creating Fashion without the Creation of Fabric Waste.
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30 Evolving IT Trends for Mass Customization in Apparel Industry.
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31 Does Mass Customization Enable Sustainability in the Fashion Industry?
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34 Automation to affect employment rate in Indian textile industry.
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35 The impact of Swedish clothing consumption.
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37 Fashion rental catching up pace.
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38 The Future of Circular Fashion.
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39 Fashion rental catching up pace.
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49 The Hundred People Behind Your Favorite Pair of Jeans.
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50 A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning Fashion’s Future.
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53 Fashion for Good launches a pilot to produce a Circular Polybag.
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54 How Much Do Our Wardrobes Cost to the Environment?
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55 How Much Do Our Wardrobes Cost to the Environment?
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57 A Ground-Breaking Innovation In Wastewater Treatment.
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58 Transparency and Traceability for Sustainable Value Chains.
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59 Oecd Due Diligence Guidance For Responsible Supply Chains In The Garment And Footwear Sector.
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60 Transparency and Traceability for Sustainable Value Chains.
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61 Fashion for Good Organic Cotton Traceability Pilot.
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62 Hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials and their applications.
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64 What Is Supercritical Carbon Dioxide?
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65 Cationic Polymerization.
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66 Eutrophication.
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67 Function of Salt in the Textile Wet Processing.
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68 Industry 4.0: the fourth industrial revolution – guide to Industrie 4.0.
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69 Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET).
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70 Single Use Plastics 101.
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71 The Difference Between Biobased & Biodegradable Plastics.
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