10 industries that are dying

According to an April report from IBISWorld, these industries are losing ground as outsourcing, global competition and technological innovation render them less useful or necessary.

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10. Women's and girls apparel manufacturing

IBISWorld says revenue in this industry is less than half what it was in 2002. The report attributes declines in this field to "offshoring and outsourcing." Many of the jobs lost stateside in this field have moved to Asia. Here, workers sew clothing at a garment factory in Beijing.

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9. Costume and team uniform manufacturing

IBISWorld's report says that this industry's worth has plunged by more than $1 billion in the last 10 years. Here, Gilmer Vandiver pulls at tufts of cotton in an abandoned Russell Corp. plant in Habersham, Ga. Russell, maker of Russell Athletic sportswear, shut the plant down in 1998.

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8. Shoe and footwear manufacturing

IBISWorld's report says, "Import competition has been particularly dramatic for the Shoe and Footwear Manufacturing industry, which must contend with low-cost imports that make up a massive 95.0% of domestic consumption." Many of the jobs have moved to plants like the one seen here in Hanoi.

Chitose Suzuki / AP

7. Hardware manufacturing

IBISWorld reports that "Imports currently account for more than half of all metal hinges, handles, keys and locks hardware sold in the United States, compared with just 29.3% in 2002."

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6. Recordable media manufacturing

This industry's struggle stems from consumers' increasing preference for streaming and downloading media.

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5. Money market and other banking

According to IBISWorld's report, this sector was devastated by the 2008 financial crisis.

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4. DVD, game and video rental

Another casualty of the transition to streaming and downloading media, this industry has "seen revenue fall at an average rate of 6.6% per year to an expected $5.9 billion in 2012," IBISWorld says.

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3. Appliance repair

According to IBISWorld, this industry's woes stem from "a rising tendency among consumers to purchase new household appliances rather than repair them."

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2. Newspaper publishing

With news being delivered on the Web, on mobile devices, via e-mail and on social networks, the print newspaper is increasingly falling out of fashion. Revenue in this field has fallen at an average yearly rate of 6.4 percent in the past decade, IBISWorld reports.

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1. Photofinishing

In the era where many smartphones come equipped with a camera, photofinishing has struggled immensely. IBISWorld says, "Consumers have and will continue to print far fewer images as the proliferation of digital devices and online photosharing platforms allow consumers to view, manipulate, store and share images more quickly and cheaply than printing them."

Daniel Acker / Bloomberg News

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