Spurred in part by labor laws, much of the apparel manufacturing has moved offshore.

The city even added jobs in what has been one of its historically most important, but chronically weak industries: apparel manufacturing.

Indeed, all across the developing world, poor countries are increasingly starting to make a play for more high-end textile and apparel manufacturing.

The other is apparel manufacturing, for which North Korea's low wages are a big factor.

The group contains the company's men's apparel manufacturing and marketing subsidiaries.

Tex's business group also has interests in apparel manufacturing and renewable energy.

One exception, she said, was health care, which, unlike apparel manufacturing, cannot be shipped out of the country.

Not everyone is convinced that the apparel manufacturing will continue to shrink.

This is one place in apparel manufacturing where teamwork has been quite successful.

For instance, to offset the loss of 100 jobs in apparel manufacturing, 158 new retail jobs are needed.