1.   Clothing companies employ a few dozen women.

2.   One airline, for example, offered its passengers discount cards that could be used to purchase coats at greatly reduced prices from a well-known clothing company.

3.   An advertising poster for the clothing company Benetton which features a burning car has been put up close to a housing estate notorious for joyriders.

4.   Sixty workers at a clothing company could face redundancy because the firm is relocating.

5.   A dramatic increase in the crime over the last eighteen months has hit clothing companies hard.

6.   Also, Cheyenne Outfitters and Cattle Kate, mail-order western clothing companies based in Wyoming, are experiencing a boom in wedding business.

7.   Among them were a property developer and a clothing company, which operated in two sectors that have been particularly affected by the economic downturn.

8.   And Diesel, the trendy clothing company, has a deejay spinning records at its Lexington Avenue store, which can resemble a rave with clothing racks.

9.   An owner of several clothing companies, Rounick was the son of a Lithuanian immigrant who peddled socks on the streets of Philadelphia.

10.   As more workers dress down at the office, clothing companies are fighting to put the casual threads on their back.