Textiles
Cost-of-living crisis in major economies dashes hopes for a strong recovery
Last update – June 2023
Sector rating
SENSITIVE RISK FOR ENTERPRISES
Fragmentation
Internationalization
Capital Intensity
Profitability
Strengths & weaknesses
- Reactive, flexible and integrated supply chains
- Product segments with strong consumer appeal (luxury, sportswear)
- Capacity to reinvent business models (fast fashion, ultra fast fashion)
- Boom for personal protection equipment now over
- Sensitivity to changes in consumer sentiment and income
- Very strong pressure from a handful of large fashion retailers
- A growing fraction of consumers relying on the second-hand market
- Shift away from China for manufacturing proves challenging
- Bad ESG publicity
Sector overview
Subsectors
Contact
Aurelien Duthoit
Allianz Trade
Allianz Trade