Trends and drivers of change in the European textiles and clothing sector: Four scenarios

The objective of this study is to present a scenario analysis that may be used as a vehicle to develop long-term visions of possible opportunities, barriers and threats for the European textiles and clothing sector and the sustainable development of its workforce. The objective is pursued as a task divided into the following two subgoals: to develop exploratory scenarios for the macro drivers which influence the development of the textiles and clothing sector; and to present plausible implications of each scenario for the textiles and clothing sector in terms of business strategies, localisation choices, innovation, employment and skills demands.