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The Chemical Technology of Wool Finishing
Published in Menachem Lewin, Stephen B. Sello, Handbook of Fiber Science and Technology: Chemical Processing of Fibers and Fabrics, 2018
Trevor Shaw, Max A. White, L. Benisek, M. A. Rushforth, J. R. Christoe, I. M. Russell
Shrink-resist treatments can be applied to wool in various physical forms. For a number of technical and economic reasons, however, most treatments are applied at either the (a) combed top, (b) knitted or woven piece goods, or (c) knitted garment stage.
Firm performance under the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of the U.S. textile and apparel industry
Published in The Journal of The Textile Institute, 2022
We obtained stock market data from Compustat’s Capital IQ North America Daily database and the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) database. Specifically, the stock market data for the COVID-19 analysis were obtained from Compustat, and the stock market data for the 9/11 and 2008 financial crises analyses were obtained from CRSP. We considered all common stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, and NASDAQ exchanges. We removed firms in the financial, utility, and governmental sectors, as their business structures are not comparable to those in other industries. We used standard industrial classification (SIC) codes to distinguish textile and apparel firms from the general sample. Firms with the following SIC codes were classified as textile and apparel firms: Textile Mill Products (2200–2299); Apparel and Other Textile Products (2300–2399); Cellulosic Manmade Fibers (2823); Organic Fibers (2824); Rubber and Plastics Footwear (3021); Leather and Leather Products (3100–3199); Apparel, Piece Goods and Notions (5130–5139), and Apparel and Accessory Stores (5600–5699). The final sample consisted of 2,251 unique firms, of which, 55 were identified as textile and apparel firms.