Due to COVID 19 Lockdown there was a gradual decline in the fashion and apparel industry affecting the migrants including embroidery workers and tailors
1. Impact of Covid 19 on fashion industry
Intro
Covid 19 has totally crushed or trampled all the
economies of the world
Even the biggest economies of the world like USA and
Russia were drastically
Affected by this disease and though Many Industries
were also affected like hotel industry
, fashion industry and other food processing industries .
Fashion Industry had been one of the booming industries
and covid 19 had severely damaged it’s existence though
with a complete lockdown and even the online fashion
industry saw a sudden downfall in sales .
2. Effects on Weavers and Tailors
1.Lack of Migrant Workers or No manpower for menial
jobs
2. Postponement of Big Events or Gatherings like
Weddings , Birthday parties or any other occasion where
fashion Industy is benefitted.
3. Lack Of Raw Materials due to closure of manufacturing
sectors.
3. Effects on Retail Industry
1. Due to Covid 19 , the malls and stores were closed and
it effected the fashion industry offline .
2. Shifting of customers from offline to online shopping
store gave a surviving breath to the fashion Industry.
3. Internal shifts in countries central to fashion’s supply
chain like China and Italy (both gutted by COVID-19 in
its early days) will have an impact on the global fashion
industry.
4. Effects on the Global Apparel industry
1. Due to rapid increase in case of Covid , there is a
downfall demand for the indian apparel exporters and
their are concerns regarding their working capital
because of the postponement.
2. Labour right group urge the textile mill owners to
minimize the spread of covid 19 among the mill workers .
3. Textile firms and US coalition apparel have made a supply
chain to fastrack the manufacturing of masks and other
healthcare equipments
5. Effects on Sale of Apparel
1..According to CMAI there is a drastic drop of 84% in the sales of
apparel in the month of may 2020.
2. There is a big shift in making healthcare and PPE products which
apparently led to a drastic decline in the sale of apparel
3. Due to closure of retail industry there was a great shortage of
fresh new orders
4.CMAI Survery indicates that only 22% of garment and apparel
manufacturing industries started their operations by the end of may
.