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posted on 2012-10-12, 12:33 authored by Richard Barnes, Russell MarshallRussell MarshallShape GB is the first phase of a major national research project to measure
children, seven years since the last DTI funded National Sizing Survey measured
men and women as part of Size UK.
This phase of the research is funded by major clothing retailers including Next,
Monsoon, George at ASDA, Shop Direct, and supported by the University of
Hertfordshire, Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Hull and
Loughborough University. The research was coordinated and managed by
Select Research, specialists in in this type of large scale data collection. A key
element of the research approach is the use of 3D body scanning technology to
successfully capture the data in place of more traditional methods, measuring
over 2,500 boys and girls aged 4-17. It is the first large scale survey for the retail
clothing industry on children since 1978.
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BARNES, R. and MARSHALL, R., 2011. 3D measurement of children and implications for industry. The Ergonomist, 495 (1), pp. 16 - 18Publisher
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This article was published in the journal The Ergonomist [© Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors].ISSN
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