... occupy professional positions within banking, medicine and computers. The garment industry is one of the major international industries, with most countries in the world involved in it at some level, because of the incredibly cheap production costs in many of these countries apparel production is shifting from the developed to the developing countries. Consequently, the United States, which houses a vast garment industry, ... believe that the near three-fold increase in garment factories and workshops in Los Angeles, from 2,332 in 1970 to 6,364 in 1996, occurred mainly as a result of its ...

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