chapter 5

• The fashion industry makes profitable revenue by selling clothing to consumers.
• Stores are a form of tertiary industry which retail the output of factories.
• Before manufacturing begins, the raw material inputs required to make clothing comes from primary industry.
• The manufacturing process itself can range from hand labour to high technology.
• Finished garments may be imported from off-shore companies.
• However importing, and the outsourcing of accounting and computer services can reduce the multiplier effect of the industry in the local community.