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It provided great flexibility in coping with fluctuations in style, season, and economic conditions; at the same time, jobbers did not take on the substantial costs of plant, equipment, or employees that “inside shop” manufacturers did.
From the nineteenth century on, enterprises in the apparel industry have taken one of three general forms: the manufacturer with an inside shop; the jobber; and the contractor with an outside shop, which can supply either manufacturers or jobbers.
By building comparable purchasing organizations they could buy directly from manufacturers and develop a higher stock-turn than the jobbers.
Companies like Liz Claiborne and MAST Industries are essentially current versions, although their operations are much larger than those of jobbers in the past.
After this introduction, Chapter 2 (“The Past as Prologue”) offers a brief history of recent technological and human resource developments in retailing, apparel production—including the role of jobbers, contractors, and manufacturers—and textile enterprises.