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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Key Note estimates that the apparent UK market for sales of clothing in the UK reached £10.35bn in 1997, compared with £8.24bn in 1993. This represents a total increase of 25.6 percent over the 5-year period.

Retail sales, at market prices, increased during the same period from £17.49bn in 1993 to £22.05bn in 1997, which represents a total increase of 26.1 percent. Domestic market demand continued to expand the share held by UK manufacturers in 1997, accounting for 64.7 percent of apparent UK demand compared with 70.9 percent in 1993, due to the steep increase in both the value and volume of imports, with only a moderate increase in exports.

Many of the biggest clothing manufacturers in the UK have decided to reduce both the number and capacity of their factories in the UK in favour of cheaper production locations overseas. The transfer of mainstream production to countries such as Morocco, Tunisia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Malaysia, China, etc., is expected to continue, as the cost advantages in these countries are considered to be irreversible. This phenomenon is not unique to the UK. Germany has transferred most of its clothing manufacturing plant into neighbouring countries, in central and eastern Europe, and French manufacturers have a similar outsourcing policy, with new production facilities in Morocco and Tunisia.

There will always be a market for bespoke tailoring, high-quality clothing and specialist clothing which requires domestic manufacture. However, over the short, medium and long term, it is clearly evident from existing trends that the manufacture of mass-produced clothing in Britain will continue to fall. The manufacturing base will become much smaller and more compact with production units concentrated on fewer sites.

Total retail sales are expected to increase from £23.08bn at 1998 retail selling price (rsp) to £27.39bn between 1998 and the year 2002. The apparent UK market at 1998 manufacturers' selling price (msp) is expected to grow from £10.50bn to £11.09bn over the same period. UK manufacturers' sales are expected to fall by around 20.3 percent from an estimated £6.36bn in 1998 to £5.07bn in 2002, as most British companies who intend to close UK plants will have completed operational plans to transfer production to their overseas plants.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Market Definition

MARKET SECTORS

MARKET POSITION

NATURAL FIBRES

MAN-MADE FIBRES

CONSUMERS' EXPENDITURE

MARKET TRENDS

Table 1: Gross Domestic Product, Consumers' Expenditure and Expenditure on Clothing and Footwear (£m)Å, 1993-1997

Table 2: percentage Growth in Gross Domestic Product, Consumers' Expenditure and Expenditure on Clothing and Footwear, 1994-1997

Table 3: The UK Population (000), 1993-1996

Market Size

RETAIL SALES

MANUFACTURERS' SALES

APPARENT UK MARKET FOR CLOTHING

IMPORT PENETRATION

AVERAGE WEEKLY EXPENDITURE

WEEKLY EXPENDITURE BY RETAIL OUTLET

Table 4: Retail Sales of Clothing (£m at rsp), 1990-1997

Table 5: Retail Sales of Clothing by percentage Change, 1991-1997

Table 6: Total UK Manufacturers' Sales of Apparel by Industry Category (£m at msp), 1993-1997

Table 7: Apparent UK Market for Clothing (£m at msp), 1993-1997

Table 8: Import Penetration of Wearing Apparel and Textiles ( percent of home demand), 1996 and 1997

Table 9: Average Weekly Expenditure on Clothing by Households by Age Group (£m), 1996/1997

Table 10: Average Weekly Expenditure on Clothing by Households by Type of Retail Outlet (£), 1996/1997

Industry Background

RECENT HISTORY

UK MANUFACTURE

EMPLOYMENT

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

Table 11: Number of Value-Added Tax-Based Enterprises in Clothing Manufacture by Turnover Sizeband, 1997

Table 12: Number of Value-Added Tax- Based Enterprises in Clothing Manufacture by Employment Size, 1997

Table 13: Employment in Clothing and Textiles Production in the UK (000), 1997 and 1998

Competitor Analysis

MARKET LEADERS

ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION

Table 14: Leading Clothing Manufacturers in the UK, 1996/1998

Table 15: Main Media Advertising Expenditure on Branded Clothing (£000), 12 Months to MarchÅ 1996-1998

Table 16: Main Media Advertising ExpenditureÅ on Clothing Brands (£000), 12 Months to March 1998

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

Buying Behaviour

MENSWEAR

WOMENSWEAR

CHILDRENSWEAR

SPORTS AND LEISURE APPAREL

CORPORATEWEAR

Table 17: Amount Spent by Men and Women in the Last 12 Months on Clothing ( percent), 1998

Table 18: Amount Spent by Women in the Last 12 Months on Women's Clothing ( percent of women), 1998

Table 19: Amount Spent by Women in the Last 12 Months on Children's Clothing ( percent of women), 1998

Outside Suppliers to the Industry

NATURAL FIBRES

WOOL

COTTON

MAN-MADE FIBRES

OTHER SUPPLIERS

Current Issues

OVERSEAS MANUFACTURE

RESTRUCTURE OF UK CLOTHING MANUFACTURE

CHANGES IN CONSUMER PREFERENCES

MARKS & SPENCER

Forecasts

RETAIL SALES

MANUFACTURERS' SALES

Table 20: Forecast of Retail Sales of Clothing for Large and Small Businesses (£m)Å, 1998-2002

Table 21: Forecast of the Apparent UK Market (£m at 1998 msp), 1998-2002

Company Profiles

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Sources

ASSOCIATIONS

PERIODICALS

DIRECTORIES

GENERAL SOURCES

HBI UK INFORMATION SOURCES

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER SOURCES

Text © 1998 Key Note

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