Only By Constantly Strengthening Competitiveness Can We Promote The Revival Of The British Garment Industry.

Following the acceleration of the US manufacturing industry's return, the British government has also taken action. Recently, a conference on "new dawn - reconstruction of the British textile manufacturing industry" was held in the UK. The guests were not only government officials, university professors, research specialists, but also designers and retailers from the industry. In the backdrop of the persistent employment situation in Britain, the government hopes that the textile industry will be rebuilt, but whether the industry can get rid of the dependence on imported products and whether the lack of professional training can be improved, these factors may drag on for a long time. British textile industry The pace of recovery.

　　 Employment stimulating vision brings about a revival plan.

In the past few decades, Britain and France and Germany have lost their main manufacturing capability as well. At first, British purchasers purchased products from textile and clothing clusters in northern Romania and Western Poland, then transferred to European countries such as Turkey and Balkans. Today, its procurement network is located in Southeast Asian countries, and the pace of expansion is much faster than that of US retailers. The sales volume of the British textile and apparel industry reached 8 billion 100 million pounds, accounting for 91% of exports, or about 7 billion 100 million pounds. From the point of view of imports, British clothing imports amounted to 17 billion pounds in 2011, of which more than 75% came from countries outside the EU. In the British clothing sales market, only 4.8% of the products are produced by local enterprises.

　　 Local purchasing advantages or inexhaustible driving force

In fact, the driving force for the return of the British textile industry is not only because of the government's employment expectation, but also from the change of retailer's purchasing ideas. Support Textile industry recovery According to the participants, it is very difficult to make accurate purchasing forecasts for garments at this stage. Therefore, the most important thing is to make quick response according to the prediction correction. And 70% of the Asian market procurement plan is not conducive to timely correction, even if the increase in the procurement of neighboring countries, it is also difficult to alleviate such problems, the most effective way is to increase domestic procurement.

Almost all the clothes in the British market come from abroad. Compared with domestic procurement, buyers need to face a series of problems such as longer delivery time, lagging response period and more complex inventory systems. An example of Accenture consulting shows that multinational procurement requires two times more time and effort than domestic procurement to build channels. "In the apparel retailing industry, every quarter purchasers will make predictions on the consumption demand of the market. Once the forecast is biased, it is obvious that transnational procurement will cost more than domestic procurement to make up for the losses caused by the wrong prediction. "The company's investigators explained.

　　 Lack of talent cultivation restricts industrial return

Participants believe that the constraints on the revival of the British textile industry are not from low-cost competition in other countries, not in the depressed market demand, but in how to attract employment, train professionals and secure employment. Insiders pointed out that the upstream enterprises of the British textile industry will probably take the lead in revitalize their vitality, and the British textile enterprises have the ability to continuously expand in the market with potential growth, and the British government is also willing to provide support for this.

In fact, the British textile industry has always had its unique potential for development. In the past decades, Britain has trained a group of designers with innovative thinking. Paul Smith, a British designer who was knighted by the queen of England, pointed out that Britain has the ability to create good things, just like other countries. He thinks that finding differentiation is the key to helping the growth of the British textile industry. " British clothing enterprises We need to know what advantages the competitors in other countries do not have. Only by constantly strengthening our competitiveness can we promote the revival of the industry. "Smith said.