There is more choice than ever before in the UK’s clothing mass-market. But the retail landscape is about to change as the deflation of the last decade comes to an abrupt end. Raw material prices, freight and labour costs (particularly in the Far East) are rising and, coupled with the impending VAT increase and unfavourable foreign exchange movements, clothing prices on like-for-like items are expected to rise by at ...
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The Consumer – How They Shop For Clothing
The Consumer – Clothing Shopping Attitudes
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Alexon Group Plc
Arcadia Group
Aurora Fashions
Benetton (UK) Ltd
Gap (Europe)
Grupo Inditex
H&M Hennes & Mauritz
Mango Group
Marks & Spencer (M&S)
Matalan Ltd
Monsoon
New Look Retail Group Ltd
Next Group
Peacock Group
Primark/Penneys
River Island Clothing Co Ltd
TK Maxx
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Appendix – Clothing Shopping Attitudes
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28th January 2011
“Clothing retailers are under pressure to raise prices or margins will be squeezed. But with rock bottom prices deeply entrenched at the value end of the market these operators may have less room for manoeuvre than the added value providers.” 
28th January 2011
“Value retailers have been a driving force behind clothing deflation in past years so sharp price increases pose a threat to their low-value/high-volume model.”
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More than one in three people (39%) have been spending less on clothes this year than last equating to around 20 million adults. However, one reason people may feel they are spending less this year is because deflation has eased which could mean they've bought fewer items but spent about the same amount of money.
