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The Macroenvironmental Factors Affecting the Clothing Industry. British Fashion Council - Value of Fashion. Value of Fashion 15 September 2010 The ‘Value of the UK Fashion Industry’ report, commissioned by the British Fashion Council,defines the industry and analyses the true breadth and economic value of the UK fashion industry for the first time. The industry’s direct economic contribution to UK GDP was collated by analysing the industry’s profits and wages (known as gross value added (GVA)) across a wide range of fashion products and items – including womenswear and menswear through to handbags and shoes – plus the contribution of fashion education, fashion marketing and fashion media.

The report also highlights the pivotal role of cutting edge British design, and showcasing events such as London Fashion Week, in driving innovation and growth within the industry itself, as well as attracting millions of visitors from across the globe to the UK every year. Download and print the report Or read it here... Open publication. The impact of the fashion industry on the UK economy. The impact of the fashion industry on the UK economy November 27, 2012Fashion2 Comment Tuesday 27th November sees the return of British Fashion Awards, held at the Savoy Theatre London.

As the LadyM Presents Team will be in attendance we thought this weeks topic for BBC Radio Kent’s fashion slot was rather timely. The impact of the British fashion industry on the UK economy. The impact of the fashion industry on the UK economy In 2010 the value of the British fashion industry was £21bn a year to the UK economy. In September of 2010, “The Value of the UK Fashion Industry” report was commissioned by the British Fashion Council to seek, for the first time, an opportunity to quantify the true economic and social impact of the UK fashion industry.

The report, by economic consultants Oxford Economics, said the UK fashion industry is the largest employer of all the creative industries, directly employing 816,000 people. Media Designer Labels UK Manufacturing Some Interesting Numbers Recommended. Fashion industry growth outstrips that of wider UK economy. How the next royal baby will boost the fashion industry and British economy – The Upcoming. How the next royal baby will boost the fashion industry and British economy With the second royal baby to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge due any day now, speculation is reaching a fever pitch, not more so than whether the new addition will be a boy or girl, or how he or she will be dressed. Bookies have given favourable odds for a baby girl, with Alice, Charlotte and Elizabeth as popular name guesses. Descended from a long line of stylish, iconic women, the arrival of a little girl to the family has been suggested as being worth up to £1 billion across her lifetime, particularly benefiting fashion and retail industries.

Since the arrival of Prince George in 2013, retailers have been inundated with demand from parents keen to replicate the young royal’s look, which is invariably an extension of his mother’s style and tastes. Within the childrenswear retail sector, infantwear (newborns and under 5s) has seen the most consistent and best performing trends in sales in recent years. The Impact of Fashion on the Economy. What role can sustainable fashion play in the green economy? | Green Economy Coalition.

The Green Economy Coalition (GEC) strives to promote a green economy through collaborating with industry, in order to encourage the greening of high impact sectors. One high impact sector which has far reach and attracts lots of attention is the fashion industry. The industry has become encompassed by consumerism, manifested through ‘fast fashion’, and is rife in most high street fashion brands. Fast fashion organisations base their business models on small batches of clothes, quickly made and transported, designed based on luxury brands and catwalk styles.

These organisations update their lines on a constant basis as trends evolve overnight and consumers demand the latest look at a cheap price. Fast fashion has led to an endless cycle of discard with clothes only being worn a few times and then thrown away, resulting in unnecessary environmental and social damage. However change is under way. 1. Jocelyn: Ethical and sustainable fashion is coming from within the industry. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Troubled Economy Is a Test for Fashion Industry. How the sharing economy became the height of fashion. With so much inventory moving through the closet-sharing economy, at Poshmark we recently partnered with the United States Postal Service to create the industry’s first-ever fashion-specific shipping label that makes shipping fashion as simple as possible. As American shopping behaviour continues to change, traditional marketplaces will keep trying to innovate to keep up with the rise of the closet-sharing economy. E-commerce companies, like eBay and Amazon, have attempted to replicate the unique connection seen in this type of social environment by trying to create a community and discovery engine - and this will be the biggest challenge for these companies as consumers look for that connection because it was not initially built into the core of their business.

-This is a guest blog and may not represent the views of Virgin.com. Please see virgin.com/terms for more details. Economy effect on fashion. Economy effect on fashion How the economy is effecting the way people shop By Sina Mamkegh, Fashion Columnist Published January 7, 2012 Style David Bowie Despite the parachute pants, Bowie nearly always refuses to comment on his financial affairs. In 1997, a British business magazine named him the world's richest musician, with an estimated worth of $900 million dollars.

As America is adapting to risqué, glamorous, and new trends, the U.S. economy is going downill Fashion has come a long way throughout the years. Although the big name brand companies are almost guaranteed sales because of their highly known reputation, more and more shoppers everyday are choosing discounted stores over the big name brands. Talent flow reverses as luxury groups get serious about digital. Can the world get richer for ever? - BBC News. 13 March 2015Last updated at 18:00 ET By Theo Leggett Business correspondent, BBC News Many in the world are getting richer, yet there are still billions of people living in poverty Since the dawn of the industrial age, the world has steadily been getting wealthier, despite setbacks such as the Great Depression and the more recent global financial crisis.

We make more, sell more and consume more than ever before. Yet, according to the United Nations, nearly three billion people still live on less than $2.50 (£1.70) per day. So, how can we raise living standards for those who still live in poverty? Growth is seen as a panacea for a great many ills. Journalists are complicit in this. 'Boiling the oceans' Yet there's a problem here. Continued growth could cause long-term damage to the planet So does this matter? These physical constraints, Prof Murphy says, will start to have an impact - for example, by creating cycles of boom and bust - and will make long-term growth impossible. The right growth. How discount retailer Primark has evaded e-commerce. Affordable U.K. retailer Primark opened a new 77,000-square-foot department store last week in Boston, introducing the U.S. to its extremely low-cost apparel, accessories and home goods for the first time.

It’s also introducing the U.S. to its unique approach to digital: Primark’s products are so deeply discounted, the company refuses to sell them online. John Bason, the chief financial officer of Primark’s parent company, Associated British Foods, has said that e-commerce is “not a profitable avenue.” A rep confirmed that Primark has no plans to begin selling online; its current website displays recent product for men, women and kids, but not for purchase.

Advertisement Any company opting out of the digital shopping experience in 2015 risks appearing clueless. “Primark has historically steered clear of e-commerce,” said Lucie Greene, worldwide director of the innovation group at J. A product page on Primark.com. Via L2 and RichRelevance. Why is the fashion industry ignoring the plus-size market? Small designers don't need big retailers to find a market - Fortune. In January 2015, San Francisco-based custom clothing company JAKE debuted its capsule, ready-to-wear collection ROYGBIV, not in a boutique or in Bloomingdale’s, but on crowdfunding site Indiegogo. Backers could preorder from 10 essential clothing pieces, and production began after the campaign closed, beginning with the company reaching out to each backer for sizing and color preferences as well as demographic and psychographic data. Although JAKE had already had some success—it was chosen to work with Macy’s Fashion Incubator San Francisco (FiSF)—the crowdfunding campaign helped the small designer to generate demand, avoiding the need for costly guesswork in sourcing the high-end textiles, and also to build relationships and a better understanding of its customers.

JAKE’s story is a great example of how new digital platforms are reshaping the retail industry: Suddenly, makers and manufacturers don’t necessarily need bricks and mortar in order to have a market. Why do these models work? How much do top fashion brands really depend on China? When, in July 2011, LinkedIn hired Dan Roth, everyone in the media industry thought the “professional” social network was up to something big. Roth came with an impressive résumé: Forbes, Condé Nast Portfolio (a great but ill-fated glossy), Wired, then Fortune, where he served as managing editor before being poached by LinkedIn. Four years later, Roth snatched Caroline Fairchild, a young, talented writer and editor from Fortune. Again, many thought this was the moment. The trade press, always prompt to draw doomsday scenarios, came up with sensational headlines such as “How Dan Roth became the most powerful editor in business publishing” (Digiday), or “Media frenemy LinkedIn raids Fortune, Wall Street Journal for editors” (AdAge).

Worrisome indeed. Everyone (yours truly included) was wrong about LinkedIn editorial potential; it didn’t became a significant business media player—and most likely never will. Why? Dan Roth takes the defense of his platform’s transparency to an extreme. The fashion business - BBC News. Image copyright AFP We know that clothing is big business, but it may be surprising just how big. The fashion industry's contribution to the British economy is an estimated £26bn - that's twice the size of the car industry's and nearly as big as the contribution from housing, according to the British Fashion Council.

It is not just dresses and handbags, but also design and manufacturing that make the sector the largest part of the so-called creative industries, which include marketing, etc. It's an important part of the services sector that makes up around four-fifths of the economy. And services has powered the economic recovery, which I have written about before. I wrote then that it was a tougher sector to picture than say manufacturing cars which is tangible. But a couple of times a year during London Fashion Week, it is visible as models wear dresses that embody design as they sashay down the catwalk. It's also an industry that has taken to social media to reach that market.

Fashionomics: a study in the state of our economy and dress. UK retail sales volumes dip in June - BBC News. UK retail sales volumes fell unexpectedly by 0.2% in June, after consumers bought fewer household goods, and less food and petrol. The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also showed the annual rate of sales growth slowed to 4.0% last month from 4.7% in May. That was the slowest annual growth rate since September 2014, and was below analysts' forecasts. However, the ONS said the annual growth rate was still "strong". Sales volumes in the April-to-June quarter were up 0.7% from the previous quarter.

The value of online sales in June increased by 1.4% compared with May and accounted for 12.4% of all retail sales. Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist for IHS Global Insight, said June's sales data was "a little disappointing" but added that the figures were "not a body blow to improved second quarter growth hopes". Many analysts have been expecting retail sales to do well, with recent statistics showing wage increases are picking up while inflation remains near zero. UK retail sales volumes dip in June - BBC News.