Sports apparel is a multibillion industry, not only in the U.S. but around the globe. For 2005 alone, the sports apparel and athletic footwear industries gained more than $55 billion from the U.S. market. This figure was not surprising since sports apparel and footwear are the dynamic duo in U.S. sports industry. The combined earnings of the two industries have never been below the $50 billion dollar mark in the past four years.
Moreover, the U.S. sporting equipment sales amount to around $43 billion annually, bringing the total earnings of the U.S. sports market to an amount not less than $375 billion a year.
Sports apparels stores are making a killing. From basketball jerseys to golfing tees, sports clothing shops are enjoying the gains that sports have played in the past years especially now when fashion designers are tapping into the sports apparel industry to showcase their designs. Fashion designers are now cashing in on the lucrative sports apparel industry. Sports clothes are no longer seen as boring pieces of clothing.
Designers are now trying to make sports apparel as fashionable as possible. A lot of thought are being put on sports clothing...