The 5 states that spend the most on clothes — and the 5 that spend the least

The 5 states that spend the most on clothes — and the 5 that spend the least

If you feel like clothes prices are rising rapidly or that quality is declining, you aren’t alone. Apparel prices have risen 6% since 2019 and many retailers have decreased quality during that same amount of time to keep costs low. The result: You have to spend more to get the same quality you used to.Read more...

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Europeans buy and dispose of more clothing, footwear and other textile products than ever before. According to a report by the European Environment Agency (EEA), published on Wednesday, each citizen of the European Union (EU) acquired in 2022 — the last year with available data — an average of 19 kilos of clothing, two more than in 2019. In addition, the EU Member States generated during the same year about 6.94 million tons of textile waste “wh…

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States Where People Spend the Most & Least on Clothes

Clothing prices have experienced a sharp increase over the past few years, just like nearly all other consumer goods. Clothing straddles a fine line between a necessity and a luxury in people’s budgets – you need to have clothes, but you don’t necessarily need a wardrobe full of designer apparel. Clothing is easier to afford in some states than others, though. To determine where consumers spend the most and least relative to their earnings, Wall…

EU requires ‘systemic shift’ for its Textiles Strategy to tackle

The clothing, footwear, and household fabrics industries are the fifth largest consumer of raw materials, water and land, and produced over 159 million tonnes of CO2 in 2022. Beth Jones Beth Jones - Materials Textiles Government Europe Resource Use Recycling Reduction Breadcrumb Section Textiles Main Magazine Feature 0 Remove Mag Cover bottom Date (Materbi) Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Keywords Textiles consumption, circular econom…