United Kingdom (UK) Womenswear Market Size and Trend Analysis by Category, Segments, Region, Key Brands, and Forecast, 2022-2026 report offers comprehensive insight and analysis of the UK womenswear market, the major players, the key trends, and consumer attitudes. It provides detailed analysis of the key trends shaping the market, market sizes and forecasts, and the performance of key retailers. The report also includes consumer data from 2022.
The UK womenswear market is forecast to reach £22.9bn in 2022, benefitting from a surge in demand for occasionswear and holidaywear as socialisation returned. However, it is now threatened by spiralling inflation, with just 21.2% of UK consumers expecting their clothing & footwear shopping habits to remain the same in the wake of higher prices.
The UK womenswear market is forecast to reach £22.9bn in 2022, benefitting from a surge in demand for occasionswear and holidaywear as socialisation returned. However, it is now threatened by spiralling inflation, with just 21.2% of UK consumers expecting their clothing & footwear shopping habits to remain the same in the wake of higher prices.
Scope
- The UK womenswear market has been steadily growing since the pandemic, boosted by a surge in demand for holidaywear and occasionwear, and will recover its pandemic losses by 2024
- The acceleration of the online channel since the outbreak of the pandemic has driven retailers with superior digital propositions to outperform, including Next, which has seen its UK womenswear market share rise by 1.50ppts to 8.01% between 2019 and 2022
- Womenswear's mix of total clothing in the UK is set to fall 0.9ppts to 58.7% in the ten years between 2016 and 2026 as growing concerns surrounding sustainability will encourage more women to buy long-lasting clothing
- 36.8% of UK shoppers in July 2022 said that they are planning to buy fewer clothing & footwear products overall, showing that inflation will hit volumes
Reasons to Buy
- Learn how spiralling inflation will impact the UK Womenswear market, and which players are most at threat from changing consumer habits
- Identify the key approaches retailers are taking to stand out in the UK Womenswear market, and how you can adapt these to fit your own business
- Understand where the demand lies within the UK womenswear market across various price positionings, types of apparel (e.g., casualwear, formalwear) and retailers
Table of Contents
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- KEY TRENDS IN THE UK WOMENSWEAR MARKET
- UK Womenswear Market Drivers
- UK Womenswear Market Inhibitors
- Key Trends
- Inclusivity has grown beyond just sizing
- Persisting demand for sportswear allows smaller UK players to shine
- Exit of key players provides growth opportunities
- Shift towards slow fashion gives grounds for retailers to be innovative
- Traditional UK retailers are growing their marketplace models
- Strategies for Success in the UK Womenswear Market
- THE UK WOMENSWEAR MARKET: UK MARKET SIZE AND FORECASTS 2016-2026
- UK Womenswear Market, 2016-2026
- UK Womenswear Market Values, 2016-2026
- UK Clothing Market by Subsector, 2016, 2021 & 2026
- UK Womenswear Growth vs Other Clothing Subsectors, 2016-2026
- THE UK WOMENSWEAR MARKET: CHANNEL PERFORMANCE AND FORECASTS 2016-2026
- UK Womenswear Online Market, 2016-2026
- UK Womenswear Channel Growth, 2016-2026
- UK CONSUMER SURVEYS
- Consumer Survey Findings
- UK Consumer Survey Data: Types of Products Purchased
- UK Consumer Survey Data: Purchase Frequency
- UK Consumer Survey Data: Retailers Purchased From
- UK Consumer Survey Data: Impacts of Inflation
- COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE: TOP UK WOMENSWEAR RETAILERS
- Competitive Landscape Findings
- UK Womenswear Market by Channel, 2016, 2021 and 2026
- Top 15 UK Womenswear Retailers
- Retailers in Focus
- Marks & Spencer
- boohoo group
- Zara
- New Look
- ASDA
- Retailers to Watch
- METHODOLOGY, DEFINITIONS AND CONTACTS
- How frequently women buy clothing, footwear and/ or accessories for themselves
- Five Year Market Shares (%) of the Top 15 UK Womenswear Retailers 2017-2022(f)
- UK Womenswear Market Value 2016, 2021, 2026 (£ bn) with five-year CAGR (%)
- UK Womenswear Market Value (£ bn), 2016-2026, and Annual Growth (%)
- UK Clothing Market by Subsector, 2016, 2021 & 2026
- UK Womenswear Value Growth vs Other Clothing Subsectors %, 2016-2026
- UK Womenswear Online Market Size (£ bn) and Online Penetration (%), 2016-2026
- UK Womenswear Online vs Offline Annual Growth %, 2016-2026
- Percentage of apparel shoppers that have purchased womenswear in the last 12 months
- When purchasing womenswear, did you buy any of the following types of items?
- When purchasing womenswear, did you buy any of the following categories?
- Which types of brands did you buy clothing, footwear and/or accessories from in the last year?
- Which of these retailers did you purchase from over the last 12 months for clothing?
- How UK consumers intend to change their clothing & footwear shopping habits due to rising prices
- UK Womenswear % channel share, 2016, 2021 and 2026
- Market Shares (%) of the Top 15 UK Womenswear Retailers 2020-2022(f)
- Marks & Spencer’s 2017-2022 UK womenswear market share (%)
- boohoo group’s 2017-2022 UK womenswear market share (%)
- Zara’s 2017-2022 UK womenswear market share (%)
- New Look’s 2017-2022 UK womenswear market share (%)
- ASDA’s 2017-2022 UK womenswear market share (%)
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- ABOUT YOU
- Adanola
- Adidas
- Albaray
- Amazon
- Arcadia Group
- ASDA
- ASOS
- Aurora Fashions
- boohoo group
- boohoo.com
- Boux Avenue
- Burberry
- Childsplay Clothing
- Coast
- Dai
- DAY 6
- Debenhams
- Depop
- eBay
- END.
- Gap
- H&M
- Harrods
- Hirestreet
- Hobbs
- Hurr
- I Saw It First
- In The Style
- Inditex
- Jaeger
- JD Sports
- John Lewis & Partners
- Laura Ashley
- Little Mistress
- Mango
- Marks & Spencer
- Matalan
- Miss Selfridge
- Missguided
- Mølby The Label
- New Look
- Next
- Nike
- Nobody's Child
- Oasis
- Pangaia
- Preloved Vintage Warehouse
- PrettyLittleThing
- Primark
- Reiss
- River Island
- Sainsbury's
- Selfridges
- SHEIN
- Sosandar
- Sports Direct
- TALA
- Tesco
- TK Maxx
- Topshop
- Vestiaire Collective
- Victoria's Secret
- Vinted
- Warehouse
- Zara
