The UK clothing industry is worth around $50bn a year.
The government must act now to save thousands of jobs and tens of billions in lost revenue!
All over the country, youths are going clothes shopping. Shockingly, before buying anything, they’re trying the clothes on. That’s right, wearing the clothes – for free!
Often, they try on clothes that they don’t buy. Sometimes, they wear clothes that they were never intending to purchase, just to see how they look!
I know, horrific isn’t it. Immoral and wrong. It’s tantamount to theft. They don’t own them, haven’t paid for them. And yet there they are, taunting the whole industry!
All those poor tailors, seamstresses, dyers, cutters – their jobs are in peril due to this blatant.. well.. fabric piracy!
Forget this digital britain nonsense – the real ‘lost money’ in our economy is in folks trying on clothes. Ban changing rooms now!
Last time I went shopping – let’s face it we’re all guilty in this – I tried on three pairs of trousers and bought one. If I’m in any way typical – well at 3:1 worn/bought ratio that’s $100bn of lost revenue right there!
I'm Ben Griffiths: an escapee of web 1.0 and web 2.0 start-ups; a programmer; developer; architect; sometime consultant; team leader; agile exponent.
