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Household Textile & Soft Furnishing Manufacturing in the UK: Market Research Report

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Household Textile & Soft Furnishing Manufacturing Market Research Report | SIC C13.920 | Sep 2011

Low-cost comfort: Intense import competition means hard times for local manufacturers

IBISWorld’s Household Textile & Soft Furnishing Manufacturing market research report provides the latest industry statistics and industry trends, allowing you to identify the products and customers driving revenue growth and profitability. The industry report identifies the leading companies and offers strategic industry analysis of the key factors influencing the market.

Report Snapshot
Market Share of Companies
Comfy Quilts Ltd Comfy Quilts Ltd market share
Fogarty Holdings Ltd Fogarty Holdings Ltd market share
Montgomery Tomlinson Ltd Montgomery Tomlinson Ltd market share
Welspun Home Textiles UK Limited Welspun Home Textiles UK Limited market share
Industry Statistics & Market Size
Revenue
£2bn
 Annual Growth 07-12
-7.4%
 Annual Growth 12-17
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Profit
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 Employment
21,100
 Businesses
2,003
Industry Analysis & Industry Trends

Increased import competition over the past decade has driven industry declines in the five years through 2011-12. With competing imports estimated to account for over 55% of domestic demand in 2011-12, up from just over 40% in 2006-07, the industry has seen significant revenue and employment declines in these years, as well as a moderate level of facility closures. These trends are also forecast to continue in future years, making industry operating conditions even more difficult for remaining companies.

Some growth in demand for high-end and high-quality products has limited average industry falls in recent years... purchase to read more

Industry Report - Starting a New Business Chapter

Entry barriers to the industry are low and have remained steady in recent years. There are few government regulations that firms need to abide by to operate in the industry, which allows firms to operate without additional costs or conditions imposed on them. Also, there are no licensing requirements for firms to operate in the industry, which also keeps barriers to entry at a low level.

Capital costs required to enter the industry are also relatively low. Many manufacturing stages can be carried out manually or with basic, low-cost manufacturing equipment. Further, limited worker skill levels are required to carry out a large proportion of the industry's processes, which also reduces or limits costs for new firms... purchase to read more

 


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What is the Household Textile & Soft Furnishing Manufacturing Industry?

Firms in this industry manufacture a wide range of household textiles, soft furnishings and canvas goods. Household textile products are made from any textile material and include blankets, bed linen, table linen, quilts, valance, bedspreads, dust cloths and dish cloths. Soft furnishing products include cushions, pillows, curtains, furniture covers and blinds. Canvas goods include tarpaulins, tents, sails, sacks, blinds, machine covers, car covers, flags, banners and life jackets.

Industry Products
Soft furnishings - curtains and textile blindsSoft furnishings - pillows, cushions and related itemsHousehold textiles - blankets, quilts and beddingHousehold textiles - table linen and other itemsCanvas goods
 
Industry Activities
blankets, including travelling rugs, and the textile part of electric blanketsbed, table, toilet and kitchen linenquilts, eiderdowns, sleeping bags and similar articlesvalances, bedspreads and similar itemsdust cloths, dishcloths and similar articlescushions, pouffes, pillows, curtains, furniture covers and blinds (Festoon, Austrian and Roman)tarpaulins, tents, camping goods, sails, sacks, blinds and sun blindscar covers, machine covers and loose coversflags, banners, pennants and similar goodslife jackets, parachutes and other textile products


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