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UK fashion industry ‘hugely important’

17/09/2010

A new research report has found that the direct value of the fashion industry, including leathergoods and footwear, to the UK economy, is nearly £21 billion a year. On top of this, fashion’s wider contribution to the economy (known as the indirect, induced and ‘spillover’ effects) in influencing spending in other industries, ranging from IT to...

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