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Research Projects

Blond women using measuring tape to tailor clothing

SizeUK - The first-ever national sizing survey using 3D technology

In 2001, Select Research was commissioned to manage the first-ever national sizing survey to use 3D scanning technology ...

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Newspaper clipping showing the Sizing Campaign ran by Select Research and Marks and Spencers

Sizing Standards for M&S

Between 1997, and 2001, Select Research managed four large sizing projects for M&S, at the time the largest clothing retailer in the UK ...

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The Body Volume Index (BVI) 2007 - 2023

The development of the Body Volume Index, or BVI, commenced in 2007 as a new alternative obesity measurement to the Body Mass Index (BMI) ...

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ShapeGB children's shape data

The First Ever National Childrenswear Survey in 3D

Between 2008 and 2010, Select Research Ltd set up and managed the first-ever children’s survey using 3D technology...

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