Zmiany w polskim sektorze tekstylno-odzieżowym w warunkach pandemii COVID-19 w świetle polityk EU i jego perspektywy na przyszłość
Changes in the Polish Textile-Clothing Sector in the Conditions of Covid-19 Pandemic in the Light of EU Policies and its Prospects for the Future

Author(s): Tomasz Czajkowski
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Textile–clothing sector; EU policies; prospects; Poland; COVID-19 pandemic; changes
Summary/Abstract: Innovations and high technologies are basis for rapid economic development both at the macro- and microeconomic level. However, sometimes the market situation, not only local, but also global, forces more dynamic pace of implementing innovations to the economic activity. That is exactly what happened, inter alia, in the Polish textile-clothing sector as a result of a worldwide event, which was impossible to predict – the COVID-19 pandemic. In its result the companies were forced to change its business models and to implement many digital solutions to their economic activity. The reasons for that were, inter alia, the so-called lockdowns introduced in many countries, new regulations concerning remote work, necessity of saving by the consumers because of uncertain future, or due to changing trends that influence the whole market significantly. In the chapter the most recent available market data for the textile-clothing sector in Poland and the EU are presented and analysed, as well as the prospects for its development in the light of COVID-19 pandemic influence and current EU policies, that concern circular economy, digitalisation or more broadly industry 4.0. An attempt of determining a very initial influence of the Russia-Ukraine war on the textile-clothing sector is also undertaken.

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