| A | B |
|---|
| four groups approach | Primary, secondary, retail and auxilary groups |
| Soft goods chain | also know as the textile apparel pipeline |
| Channel of distribution | route that products take from the original source, through all middle people to the end user |
| Primary group | this group provides the raw marterials from whcih fashion products are made |
| Secondary group | this is the manufacturing segment which makes finished farments from the textiles; product product |
| Retail group | consists of stores, mail order catalogs, TV home shopping channels, Internet reatils sties; all these sell the finished goods |
| Auxiliary group | this group includes market researches and forecasters who product information about trends |
| Vertical integration | the combining of two or more steps of the pipeline within one company and under one management |
| Trade associations | nonprofit, voluntary organizations made up of businessess that have common interest; attempt to improve the industry |
