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Plus Size Demographics

10.9 percent of women wear a size 14
10.8 percent wear a size 12
9.2 percent wear a size 16

Add that up, 30.9 percent of women in this country wear between a size 12 and 16!

In total, over 48 percent of women wear a size 12 or larger.

Only 12.8 percent of women are sizes 0-6

(all the above facts given by NPD fashion group in 2 articles in WWD in 2003 by Valerie Seckler : 9/13/2003 - "Failing to Rise to Women's Size" and 10/8/2003 "Fashion Missing Sizeable Segment")


	U.S. retail sales of women's plus-size apparel approached $32 billion in year 2000. This is a 33 % rate of growth since 1996. (September 2001 report from MarketResearch.com)


	Plus size U.S. apparel sales are expected to reach $47 billion by 2005, representing a 49% increase over year 2000 sales. (Packaged Facts, a division of MarketResearch.com)


	"Expenditures on apparel by plus-size consumers grew 8% from 1998 to 2001 but Expenditures by other women grew only 3% during the same period. "An Expanding Market - Plus Sizes" (Cotton Inc, vol 26, summer 2002 report)

BeautyPlusPower.com is the best place on the web for plus size shopping. Our plus size shopping directory has over 700 stores listed and reviewed that sell clothing for women sizes 12 and up. No matter what kind of plus size clothing you are looking for, you can find the store for it here! We feature sites that sell everything from plus size dresses to wide calf boots, plus size swimsuits to plus size costumes, plus size lingerie to plus size coats and so much more! Also check out our plus size fashion blog, and visit our sister site, FashionFitsMe.com, the internet�s first designer plus size shopping portal.

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