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Originally Posted by Carth

A massive and alarming list indeed . . and not finished yet.

Regarding clothing (fashion) I think the impact of 'value' shops like Primark have had a massive influence. The large supermarket chains also do an increasing range of clothing - not top quality stuff, but who cares when you can buy a suit for £50 and throw it away after a few months.
Casual wear, shoes, jeans, tops etc are now cheap as chips (which is a silly saying considering the price of a bag of sliced fried potato), and it's the price general consumers are looking at instead of quality.

With electronics, anything you buy today is probably superseded by a 'fantastic upgraded bells & whistles must have' version by next week, buy it online now for £££££ cheaper than instore

Personally I think we import far too much dross from abroad, in all areas not just clothing, but while people are willing to buy it nothing will change.

This country used to be a true world manufacturing great a long long time ago but sadly l don't think those days will ever return Carth.