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By Anee Steven

Anee Steven is a successful author and an online market strategist. Written many articles on various topics and this time around with article on creating websites, banner and slideshows using tools like flash creator and banner design software etc.

Using Flash Templates- The Simplest Way to Make Flash Intros

It is an agreeable fact that adding interactive features on a website helps in creating deep impression in the minds of web surfers. This fact has compelled the website designing professionals to pay heed on including flash intros on the websites. As such, it becomes easier for them to add interactive elements, such as animation, videos, promos, and much more on the flash websites. You need to be little attentive for integrating such components on the website, because the main intention of using them is to allure the masses. If you want to add flashy components on your website to provide it a fresher look, it can be done easily by using software that provides flash templates that can be modified as per your requirement.

There are manifold advantages of using software for making attractive flash banner and intros, which have become quite popular in the recent times. Some of them are as follows:

Easy availability and Convenience: It is extremely convenient to use modern day’s software, because most of them are designed from the user point of view, and carries friendly interface, which provides step by step instructions for preparing flash intros. Moreover, it is not hard to find a reputable software provider, as the Internet is filled with such websites.

Cost-Effective: You can use the software for keeping the investment on your website designing project under control. Besides this, if you are a freelance website designer, you can use this software to handle various banner designing projects single-handily, which means that you can save the expenditure on managing the human resources.

Ease of Manipulating Readymade Templates: It is easy to add elements on the flash templates, modify their properties, group/ungroup, and adjust different types of settings, so that the end product can earn honest appreciation from the spectators. You can even use the software for adding special effects on the flash website.

Time Saving: As already stated, using software helps you to become self-sufficient in designing flash intros, and get rid of the hectic job of searching a trustworthy professional who can understand your basic requirements and complete the work on time.

Helps Increasing the Aesthetic Value of The Website: Using flash templates makes it easier to add to the beauty of the website so that the visitors stays for the longer time, and gets to know about the kind of products or services being offered by you. Adding images, text, symbols and shapes helps to showcase all the necessary information in a precise yet impressive way.

The report titled "The US Apparel and Footwear Industry Outlook to 2015 – Changing Consumer Behavior and Purchasing Decisions" provides a comprehensive analysis on the market size of Apparel, Athletic Apparel, Fashion Apparel, Footwear, Athletic Footwear and Athletic Apparel, per capita expenditure, per capita expenditure as a percentage of GDP, market segmentation, competitive landscape and company profiles of major players operating in the US. The report also entails the SWOT analysis of the apparel industry and the footwear industry in the US.

The future projections are presented for the US apparel and footwear industry focusing on the segments such as men's wear, women's wear, children's wear, athletic apparel and footwear providing an insight on the prospects in the US apparel and footwear industry.

The US apparel and footwear market is a mature and saturated industry with the presence of several large scale and small scale manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers who compete globally as well as in the domestic market. The US is one of the largest importers of apparel and footwear in the world with manufacturing units majorly located outside the US. In 2010, apparels worth USD ~ million were imported from countries including China, El Salvador, Honduras, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, India and others. China contributed USD ~ million to the total US apparel and footwear Imports. In 2010, the total consumer expenditure on apparel and footwear showcased a positive growth of ~%, on account of the reviving economic conditions and increasing employment opportunities in the country.

The apparel market in the US is dominated by the women's apparel segment which contributed around ~% of the total apparel market in 2010. In 2010, the women's segment contributed USD ~ million of the total apparel market revenue of USD ~ million.

The US apparel market is predominantly driven by the non-athletic apparels which include jeans wear, casual wear, corporate wear, occasional wear, intimate wear, knits, sweaters, jackets and others. The non-athletic wear market contributed around ~% of the total apparel market in 2010.

The US apparel market is fragmented with the presence of several large scale and small scale manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers, of which the top 14 companies contributed around ~% of the total apparel market revenue in 2010.

The apparel market is expected to witness many consolidations as firms will merge to achieve operational efficiency and diversify their operations to the developing markets which has a wide consumer base and provides favorable business opportunities. The US apparel market is likely to witness a modest growth in the next 5 years as the consumer spending level increases with a rise in the employment opportunities. This market is estimated to be worth USD ~ million by 2015 accompanied by an expected surge in the purchasing activity in the women segment.

The US footwear market is a USD ~ billion industry in 2010 which has achieved several milestones during the period 2005-2007. The market revenue in 2007 grew by ~% to USD ~ million as compared to USD ~ million in 2005.

Although the footwear market in the US is led by non-athletic footwear with a share contribution of ~% in 2010, the athletic footwear market has continued to mark its presence in the footwear market with a share contribution of ~% in 2010. The Athletic footwear in the US grew by ~% to US ~ million in 2010 after a decline in period from 2008-2009. The market in 2010 registered a strong demand for walking, running, basketball, training and toning shoes.

Over the years, it has been witnessed that the women segment registered strong demand for fashion boots and office or outdoor fashion footwear. This activity in the women segment accompanied by profound preference towards fashionable and trendy lifestyle has resulted into ~% contribution to the total fashion footwear market in the US.

The US footwear market is fragmented with the presence of several players, of which NIKE contributed around ~% of the total revenue of the footwear market in 2010. This contribution has been supplemented by the active demand for Nike Air Force 1 mid and low for kids and grownups/ adults, Jordan Retro 9 and 6, Nike Shox Turbo+11 and Land shark football cleat.

The footwear market in the US is likely to recover in the next couple of years along with a cautious purchasing approach of the customers. The changing perception about fashion, restricted frequency of purchases and rising importance on product cost and attributes will likely to drive the consumer purchasing decisions in the footwear market in the US. The US footwear market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 4.0% from 2010-2015.

Key Topics Covered in the Report:

The market size of the US Apparel and Footwear industry and Per Capita Consumption and Contribution to GDP, 2005-2010 Market segmentation of the US apparel and footwear industry covering Men's wear, Women's wear and Children's wear, type of clothing stores, athletic and non-athletic apparel and footwear and fashion apparel and footwear segments, 2005-2010 SWOT analysis of apparel and footwear industry in the US Recent trends and developments in the industry Competitive landscape of the various players operating in the US apparel and footwear market and sportswear segments, 2010 Company profiles of leading players in the US apparel and footwear and in the athletic wear segments Future outlook and projections on the basis of several quantitative and qualitative factors affecting the apparel and footwear industry focusing on the segments such as athletic apparel and footwear, men's wear, women's wear and children's wear, 2011-2015 Cause and effect relationship between the dependent and the independent factors prevailing in the US apparel and footwear market.

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