ATTRACTING YOUNG PEOPLE TO EU CLOTHING SECTOR NUMBER ONE CHALLENGE, SAY EXPERTS
June 1st, 2019
RECRUITING and retaining a skilled workforce in the European textile and clothing sector is today’s biggest challenge, speakers told the June 14 general assembly of Euratex, the European textile and clothing industry association.
In a sense, this is a positive problem with the sector experiencing positive growth. Since 2012, turnover within the European Union (EU) has increased 10% to EUR178 billion, extra-EU exports are up 23%, reaching EUR50 billion for the first time and labour productivity has risen 22%, newly-elected Euratex president Alberto Paccanelli ...
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