Apparel Sales Projection

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=F.8d4bfa3a-6184-4a0a-878a-a6c0cd1d4987&hl=en:
World Apparel Market Retail Value Projection of 2010: 81,742,733.6
U.S.'s sales projection (2.01% of World's): 1663811.401
Compare to 2006, the growth is 51%



http://www.blogher.com/handbag-market-sales-declining-prices-slashing-some-turn-renting-it-hell-handbag:

The Handbag market: Sales Declining, Prices Slashing, Some Turn to Renting. Is it Hell In A Handbag?

........Coach Leather recently announced they were expecting a drop in sales this year--officially signaling the end to the handbags reign as the fashion industry's fastest growing product........

As the dollar continues its free fall and European designer clothes and accessories become more expensive for American shoppers,-it would seem that more of the Netflix models(rent a bag) would be popping up in lots of categories.



http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/09/bloomberg/bxlux.php?page=1:

Years of record growth for handbag sales could be over