Retail practices are also quickly adapting to the evolving markets, and e-commerce is becoming a serious contender in the trade of these goods. As a result, textile manufacturers will need to become much more reactive to market demands, increasingly responding to specifications from the sewn goods contractors and end consumers. Again digital communication and e-solutions are the keys to the rapid, flexible service tomorrow's customers will expect. Clark Lane - Network Systems , Greensboro, NC Smaller firms with a good product lines are being acquired. More firms are looking off-shore.
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Renewed focus on manufacturing vs. technology. Richard Garret - Stoll America Knitting Machinery, Inc., Port Washington, NY Business in our market has started very late in the year and prices are down. The market is undergoing a shake out in the manufacturing area. Eddie Kreinik - Showbran Graphics , NY, NY Market trends are always difficult to forcast. Overall we have seen a shrinking market.