With the retail industry supporting 1 in 4 American jobs (per the NRF 2013 Annual Report), it stands to reason that the color and size codes enjoy widespread use across the country and are a vital tool for retailers and suppliers of all sizes.
heirloom noun [C] uk / ËeÉluËm / us âº a valuable object that has been given by older members of a family to younger members of the same family over many years:
tr.v. loomed, loomÂ·ing, looms. To weave (a tapestry, for example) on a loom. [Middle English lome, from Old English gelÅma, tool: ge-, collective pref.; see yclept + -lÅma, tool (as in handlÅman, tools).] loom (luËm) n. 1. (Crafts) an apparatus, worked by hand (hand loom) or mechanically (power loom), for weaving yarn into a textile. 2.