To what extant globalization is beneficial to fashion industry.
The most charged issue of the day is globalization, which is a process of interaction and integration of different people from different places which started hundreds of years ago. Due to less interactions and communications between countries, the fashion cycle was very slow that it changes yearly in early Victorian era (1837-1860) (Pauline, W, T. 2008). Surprisingly, if we turn to now, fashion cycle is changing weekly as generally people would have doubt that where it can be produced such effectively (Anke, j, 2008). According to the development of interaction andcommunication by globalization in recent years, fre trade resulted successful business to smart business man and it speeded up the process of fashion. Therefore, the fashion industry is unprecedentedly prosperous and also produces wondrous comfort and convenience to people's life. How ever, are there benefits shared by everyone under the global effects of this world? This eassy will address the question of 'Is globalization is beneficial to fashion industry?' by analyzing how the process of fashion is done and how the benefit is taken by MEDCs (moe economically developed countries).
Great share of wealth is throughout the world after globalization. It provides cheaper materials from LEDCs(lower economically developed country) to companies and leads to have petter qualities on clothing though the communications between companies.
Even higher employment is created for people in LEDCs. However, People in LEDCs wor long hours for low wages.
However, because of relocation of multinational companies in LEDCs if the labor cost gets high, less choice is provided for LEDCs to increase their income.
Not only LEDCs have negative impact on fashion industry but also in MEDC, such as many closed clothing factories appears due to the competition with cheaper imports from LEDCs.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
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To what extent globalization is beneficial to fashion industry!
Hundreads years ago, there were not much interactions and integrations among different nations and governments. Aside of this, the wave of lifestyle-change was slower than nowadays which have a prompt process on entertainment, busisness and politics. these process have assisted fashion industry to become unprecedentedly prosperous. it is generally agreed that globalization have brought significant changes to fashion industry, such as comfortable clothing, trendy stuling, and reasonable prices. How ever , it has also been controversial along with its changes, which has rising dispute about widened gap between poor and rich countries turnover of fashion manufactures and lost original cultures of clothing. This essay will address the question of is globalization beneficial to fashion industry by analyzing the impact of global environment to fashion industry and discus how fashion business and tread are made for rich countries.
MEDC: More economically developed countries
Hundreads years ago, there were not much interactions and integrations among different nations and governments. Aside of this, the wave of lifestyle-change was slower than nowadays which have a prompt process on entertainment, busisness and politics. these process have assisted fashion industry to become unprecedentedly prosperous. it is generally agreed that globalization have brought significant changes to fashion industry, such as comfortable clothing, trendy stuling, and reasonable prices. How ever , it has also been controversial along with its changes, which has rising dispute about widened gap between poor and rich countries turnover of fashion manufactures and lost original cultures of clothing. This essay will address the question of is globalization beneficial to fashion industry by analyzing the impact of global environment to fashion industry and discus how fashion business and tread are made for rich countries.
- People in LEDs work long hours for low wages
- Employment is created for people in LEDs
- There is a greater share of wealth throughout the world
- MEDCs can buy cheap raw materials from LEDs
- Multinational companies relocate their factories if labour costs get too high
- Many clothes factories in MEDCs have closed down due to comptition with cheaper improtant form LEDCs
- Actions and events in MEDCs can affect lives in LEDCs
MEDC: More economically developed countries
Useful information
Tehran’s fashion week began in 2006 and features modestly dressed women in brightly colored and print hijabs, jilbabs, abayas, and other traditional Islamic outfits. 1 Sixty designers were featured in India’s 2006 New Delhi Fashion Week, attracting 160 buyers (of which 70 were international) and bringing in $50 million dollars in revenue.2 Fashion Weeks offer opportunities to highlight national and international designers and to attract media attention and tourist dollars. The proliferation(a rapid increase in number) of fashion weeks around the world is only one aspect of the globalization of fashion.
The fashion industry faces many of the same challenges as other industries, such as outsourcing, intellectual property and piracy, environmental challenges, and the loss of local styles/goods.
The fashion industry faces many of the same challenges as other industries, such as outsourcing, intellectual property and piracy, environmental challenges, and the loss of local styles/goods.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
The globalization of English language
Good Expressions: 1, New Englishes are mushrooming the globe over, ranging from "Englog," the Tagalog-infused English spoken in the Philippines, to "Japlish," the cryptic English poetry beloved of Japanese copywriters
2, English has become the common linguistic denominator
3, It's also a great reminder to communicators - especially those who work in organizations doing business internationally - that when communicating in English, it's becoming more likely, if not probable, that a significant and increasing proportion of your audience will speak a different English than you do. People who no longer can patronizingly be described as "non-native English speakers" - they are creating their own versions of English.
Useful information:
there could be a tri-English world, one in which you could speak a local English-based dialect at home, a national variety at work or school, and international Standard English to talk to foreigners.
The article says "non-native English-speakers" worldwide now outnumber native ones 3 to 1. In Asia alone, Newsweek says, the number of English users has topped 350 million - roughly the combined populations of the United States, the UK and Canada. There are more Chinese children studying English - about 100 million - than there are Britons (that's nearly twice as many).(New weeks article)
Technology also plays a huge role in English's global triumph. Eighty percent of the electronically stored information in the world is in English; 66 percent of the world's scientists read in it, according to the British Council. "It's very important to learn English because [computer] books are only in English," says Umberto Duirte, an Uruguayan IT student learning English in London. New technologies are helping people pick up the language, too: Chinese and Japanese students can get English-usage tips on their mobile phones. English-language teachers point to the rise of Microsoft English, where computer users are drafting letters advised by the Windows spell check and pop-up style guides.
Vocabulary:
genuinely
1,in accordance with truth or fact or reality
synonym：truly, really
2,genuinely; with authority
synonym：authentically
2, English has become the common linguistic denominator
3, It's also a great reminder to communicators - especially those who work in organizations doing business internationally - that when communicating in English, it's becoming more likely, if not probable, that a significant and increasing proportion of your audience will speak a different English than you do. People who no longer can patronizingly be described as "non-native English speakers" - they are creating their own versions of English.
Useful information:
there could be a tri-English world, one in which you could speak a local English-based dialect at home, a national variety at work or school, and international Standard English to talk to foreigners.
The article says "non-native English-speakers" worldwide now outnumber native ones 3 to 1. In Asia alone, Newsweek says, the number of English users has topped 350 million - roughly the combined populations of the United States, the UK and Canada. There are more Chinese children studying English - about 100 million - than there are Britons (that's nearly twice as many).(New weeks article)
Technology also plays a huge role in English's global triumph. Eighty percent of the electronically stored information in the world is in English; 66 percent of the world's scientists read in it, according to the British Council. "It's very important to learn English because [computer] books are only in English," says Umberto Duirte, an Uruguayan IT student learning English in London. New technologies are helping people pick up the language, too: Chinese and Japanese students can get English-usage tips on their mobile phones. English-language teachers point to the rise of Microsoft English, where computer users are drafting letters advised by the Windows spell check and pop-up style guides.
Vocabulary:
genuinely
1,in accordance with truth or fact or reality
synonym：truly, really
2,genuinely; with authority
synonym：authentically
patronizing,
(adj):(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
(v):assume sponsorship of
synonym：sponsor, patronize, patronise
do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
synonym：patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor
treat condescendingly
synonym：patronize, patronise, condescend
be a regular customer or client of
synonym：patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep going
denominator (分母）
eg :The success of the film demonstrates the denominator（平均水平） of public taste
unprecedented：（adj) having no precedent; novel
eg: That is a situation unprecedented in the history of the school
absorb(吸收）:take up mentally
outnumber：eg:Payments by cheque easily outnumber cash transactions
We were completely outnumbered(数量上超过） by the enemy
evolve：undergo development or evolution
eg: Many Victorians were shocked by the notion that Man had evolved from lower forms of life
He has evolved a new theory after many years of research
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