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Executive Summary

Market Definition

MARKET SECTORS

MARKET POSITION

MARKET TRENDS

Table 1: Consumer Expenditure on Clothing Compared to Total Consumer Expenditure at Current Prices (£m at rsp and percent), 1990-1995

Table 2: Breakdown of Output of the UK Clothing Industry by Value ( percent), 1992

Table 3: Breakdown of Turnover of the EU Clothing Production Industry by Member State ( percent), 1994

Table 4: Breakdown of Extra-EU Exports by Member State ( percent), 1994

Market Size

TOTAL CONSUMER EXPENDITURE

BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURE

RETAIL SALES

THE MARKET AT MANUFACTURERS' PRICES

PRODUCT SECTORS

OVERSEAS TRADE

Table 5: Consumer Expenditure on Clothing at Current Market Prices (£m at rsp), 1990-1995

Table 6: Consumer Expenditure on Clothing at Constant 1990 Prices (£m at rsp), 1990-1995

Table 7: Average Weekly Family Expenditure on Clothing (£ and percent), 1994/1995

Table 8: Retail Sales of Clothing in the UK (£bn), 1990-1995

Table 9: UK Manufacturers' Sales of Clothing at Current Prices (£m at msp), 1990-1995

Table 10: Apparent UK Market for Clothing in the UK at Current Prices (£bn at msp), 1990-1995

Table 11: Analysis of Average Family Spending on Ties, Belts, Hats and Gloves (£ per week and percent), 1994/1995

Table 12: Value of UK Exports and Imports of Clothing at Current Prices (£m), 1990-1995

Table 13: Sources of Imports of Clothing to the UK by Value ( percent), 1995

Table 14: Leading Non-EU Exporters of Apparel to the UK at Current Prices (£m), 1992-1995

Table 15: Destination of Exports of Clothing from the UK by Value ( percent), 1995

Table 16: Top Five Non-EU Destinations for UK Exports of Clothing by Value (£m and percent), 1995

Industry Background

RECENT HISTORY

INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION

PRODUCTION

DISTRIBUTION

OVERSEAS FACTORIES AND OUTSOURCING

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

Table 17: Number of VAT-Based Enterprises and Total Employment in the Clothing Manufacturing Industry, 1990-1995

Table 18: Size of Clothing Manufacturing Enterprises by Turnover Band (£000), 1995

Table 19: Number of Clothing Manufacturing Enterprises by Sector, 1995

Table 20: Index of Production for Clothing Manufacturers in the UK (1990=100), 1990-1995

Table 21: Index of Production for Workwear, Other Outerwear, Underwear and Other Wearing Apparel and Accessories (1990=100), 1990-1995

Competitor Analysis

MARKET LEADERS

ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION

Table 22: Six of the Leading UK Clothing Manufacturing Groups Showing World Turnover from Garment Manufacturing Operations (£m), 1995/1996

Table 23: Main Media Advertising Expenditure on Branded Clothing (£000), 1994, 1995 and 12 Months to March 1996

Table 24: Clothing Brands With Main Media Advertising Expenditure of Above £500,000, 12 Months to March 1996

Table 25: Main Media Advertising Expenditure by Clothing Retailers (£000), 1994, 1995 and 12 Months to March 1996

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

Buying Behaviour

FAMILY EXPENDITURE

WOMEN'S CLOTHING

MEN'S CLOTHING

CHILDREN'S CLOTHING

Table 26: Average Family Expenditure on Clothing in the UK by Income (£), 1994/1995

Table 27: percentage of Family Expenditure Devoted to Clothing and Footwear According to Income Group ( percent), 1994/1995

Table 28: Average Family Spending on Clothing in the UK by Age of Head of Household (£ per week), 1994

Table 29: Amount Spent Per Month on Clothing by 15 to 19 Year-Olds ( percent of those interviewed), 1994

Table 30: Average Weekly Family Expenditure on Clothing According to Geographic Region of the UK (£ per week), 1995

Table 31: Amount Spent by Women in the Last 12 Months on Women's Clothing ( percent), 1995

Table 32: Amount Spent by Men and Women in the Last 12 Months on Clothing ( percent), 1995

Table 33: Amount Spent by Women in the Last 12 Months on Children's Clothing ( percent), 1995

Outside Suppliers to the Industry

TEXTILE AND FIBRE PRODUCERS

OTHER GARMENT COMPONENTS

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

PACKAGING

Table 34: Index of Production for the UK Textile Industry (1990=100), 1990-1995

Table 35: Index of Producer Prices for Home Sales for the UK Textile Industry (1990=100), 1991-1995

Table 36: UK Textile Production by Sector (£m), 1992

Current Issues

THE MULTIFIBRE ARRANGEMENT PHASEOUT

OTHER TRADE AGREEMENTS

CORPORATE ACTIVITY

Forecasts

POPULATION PROJECTIONS

FORECAST CONSUMER EXPENDITURE

Table 37: Population Forecasts for the UK (000), 1996-2011

Table 38: Forecast Consumer Expenditure on Clothing at Constant 1995 Prices (£m at rsp), 1996-2000

Company Profiles

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Sources

ASSOCIATIONS

PERIODICALS

DIRECTORIES

GENERAL SOURCES

HBI UK INFORMATION SOURCES

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER SOURCES

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Consumers spent £21.4bn on clothing (not including shoes) in 1995. In 1996, the market is likely to reach around £22.3bn, ignoring the effect of any inflation.

This spending divides into men's and boyswear, £6.8bn in 1995, and women's, girls' and infants' wear, £14.6bn in 1995. It can also be sectorised into men's outerwear, men's underwear, women's outerwear, women's underwear, boys' outerwear, girls' outerwear, babies' outerwear, children's underwear and accessories.

The broad trend is for gradual growth in the market, although this has been subdued in 1995 by lack of strong fashion trends and unusual weather patterns. 1996 could well turn out to be a similar year in these respects.

The clothing manufacturers are suffering from rising world prices of raw materials, especially cotton, and downward pressure on prices from the powerful retail groups. A pattern of the 1990s is the rising tide of cheap imports from developing economies, where labour is much cheaper than in Britain. There is no hope of stemming this tide, especially since the Multi Fibre Arrangement (MFA) is being phased out and various other barriers to trade are being removed, and UK manufacturers are increasingly turning to outsourcing part of their production in order to remain competitive.

Export opportunities are increasing, although the UK manufacturers are needing to look beyond their traditional customers in the EU and North America, where the market conditions tend to be equally as difficult as in the UK or even more so.

The forecast for the UK market is for continued slow growth in volume over the next 5 years, helped by a temporary rise in the population of 10 to 14 year-olds and 15 to 19 year-olds.

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