Fashion Industry Statistics

FASHION INDUSTRY STATISTICS FashionForth.com Most of the today' shoppers are trying to keep up with the latest trends in fashion due to rising income levels. As a result, there is a lot of increase in the fashion and textile trade and the global clothing and textile industry reached approximately $2,560 trillion in 2010. Major drivers of the industry include clothing, accessories, footwear etc. Listed here are some of the statistics of the fashion industry. Different fashion markets and their expected growth in coming years World children's wear market is likely to reach World bridal wear market is expected to Menswear industry worldwide is likely to $186 billion in 2014. A 15 % increase in five years. reach almost $57 billion by 2015. exceed $402 billion in 2014. Fashion industry facts 1 In 2010, the global market for textiles made from organically grown cotton was over $5 billion. 1 Duchess of Cambridge Catherine has spent more than £35,000 ($54,000) on clothes since the beginning of 2012. World women's wear industry is expected to go beyond $621 1 In UK, consumers have an estimated £30 billion ($46.7 billion) worth of unworn clothes lingering in their closets. billion in 2014. U.S. fashion industry figures 1 On average, American households spent $1,/00 on apparel, footwear, and related products and services in the year 2010. 1 Manhattanites spend the most on apparel at $362 per month. * Shoppers in Tuscon, Arizona spend the least on apparel at $131 per month. 1 Over the past two decades, the employment in the U.S. apparel manufacturing industry has declined by more than 80 %. 1 For the same period, jobs in the fashion industry declined from about 900,000 to 150,000 jobs. I People attending New York Fashion Week per year 232,000. That is 116,000 per each fashion week. 1 $20 million is funneled into the New York City economy during fashion week. Overview and statistics of China textile and apparel industry I China's textile industry processed 41.3 million tons of fiber in 2010. That is 52-54 percent of the world's total production. * Chinese textile industry creates about 3 billion tons of soot each year. 1 Millions of tons of unused fabric at Chinese mills go to waste each year as they are dyed with wrong color. * In China, a single mill can use 200 tons of water for each ton of fabric it dyes. Textile industry and pollution in China 1 In China, many rivers run with the colors of the season as untreated toxic dyes wash off from mills. At 2.5 billion tons of wastewater per year, the textile industry ranked third for overall in Chinese industry for wastewater discharge amount in 201U. The textile industry discharges about 300,600 tons of COD and contributes to 8.2 percent of COD pollution in China. * There are bU00 records of textile factories violating environmental regulations in China as of 2012. Most common types of the violations O Discharging wastewater from hidden pipes O Discharging untreated pollutants O Improper use of wastewater treatment facilities O Exceeding total pollutant discharge allowed O Using production facilities shut down by the authorities Brought to you by: FashionForth.com Source: http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-fashion/25-shocking-fashion-industry-statistics.html