Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of adultwear.
Hand Joined Infantswear […] Hand Joined Adultswear
1936 March, O. W. Rosenzweig, NRA and Industrial Homework (Work Materials No. 45), page 2E3 more examples
DESIGNER LABELS / POPULAR HIGH STREET LABELS / BABYWEAR, CHILDRENSWEAR, ADULTSWEAR / UNBELIEVABLE UNREPEATABLE PRICES
1991 April 12, Lothian Courier, page 24We decided to concentrate on product areas where we could develop a market leading position – toys, entertainment, childrenswear and household products. As a result, adultswear and food were dropped from the range, as these were areas where we felt that as a general merchandise operator, we would never have been able to establish a market leading position.
2004, Richard Bell, “Creating a global retail brand: Interview with Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy, former group chief executive, Kingfisher plc”, in Jonathan Reynolds, Christine Cuthbertson, editors, Retail Strategy: The View from the Bridge, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, page 277His childrenswear range is supported by his hugely successful adultswear range and profitability is again, not at stake here.
2006, Environment and Planning, page 16
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