2015 年1～5 月，纺织行业经济运行整体处于平稳状态，重点产品产量保持小幅增长，投资信心有所好转，行业绩效指标稳健。

2015 年上半年，我国纺织行业经济运行处于缓中趋稳态势，具体表现：质效指标稳健，行业投资信心持续恢复，产业结构调整继续推进。

2015 年1～4 月，纺织行业经济运行整体处于平稳状态，生产有所企稳，投资信心有所好转，行业绩效指标稳健。4 月，由于国内宏观经济下行压力较大，纺织内销市场增长依然较为乏力。

2015 年1 季度，纺织行业在经过两年多去库存调整后，生产有所企稳，纱、布、服装、化学纤维等重点产品产量呈小幅增长态势。3 月，纺织行业内销市场在上年低基数基础上有所反弹。

Hosiery products include socks, tights, and pantyhose and nylons. Quality, durability, fit, style, and color are the major determinants for the sale of hosiery products. The hosiery market in the US is likely to grow at a CAGR of 2.25% during the forecast period. Factors such as the rise in demand for hosiery from plus-size consumers contribute to the growth of the market. More than one-third of the total population in the US is obese, which has led to an increase in the sale of plus-size clothing, including hosiery. Growing interest, of both men and women, in personal grooming also contributes to the growth of the market.

Wallets are for both men and women, and are designed to carry personal belongings such as cash, cards (business cards, credit and debit cards, identification cards, and gift cards), other identification documents, and photographs. They are among the most desirable and popular fashion products for men and women. Wallets are not only comfortable and convenient to carry but have become a fashion statement. Modern day wallets are also seen as a status symbol that signify power and wealth. Consequently, luxury and premium wallets are gaining popularity and are being seen as an individualistic identity and fashion statement. Wallets have become the most desirable fashion accessory after footwear and jewelry. Various wallet companies are adopting innovative strategies in accordance with changing consumer demographics and preferences such as rising demand for eco-friendly wallets. Also, the launch of designer wallets exclusively for men is gaining attention in the market.

The project focus on developing biscrolled carbon nanotube yarns and textiles for supercapacitor/battery and fuel cell electrode applications was chosen because of the urgent need for improved technologies for electrical energy storage and fuel-cell-based electrical energy generation. Project provided advances are in electrode electrochemical performance, mechanical robustness, and mechanical flexibility that can enable (1) giant power and energy densities; (2) multifunctional applicability where electrode strength and flexibility is utilized, like for energy storage in structural vehicle panels and electronic textiles; (2) deployability for both ultra-large and very small devices; (3) elimination of noble metal catalysts from fuel cell electrodes; and (4) the ability to harvest and store electrical energy in the human body. Woven textiles that are high performance biofuel cells and redox supercapacitors resulted from program work. While project focus was on fuel cell and energy storage electrodes based on biscrolled yarns, collaborative US- Korea project research has also provided advances in fabrication, process upscale, and in experimental and theoretical understanding of structure and properties that are important for all applications of biscrolled yarns. Major project advances in the energy area have also been made on artificial muscles and associated textiles that can be electrically, chemically, or photonically driven, as well as super-tough yarns that can absorb about 6 times higher energy before rupture than spider silk. Some of these artificial muscles can harvest energy from the environment to provide powerful large-stroke actuation. These project advances could not have been made without the realized highly effective partnership of the laboratories of the US and Korea PI's.