Clothing Boutique Statistics

60% of consumers say they buy apparel online [1]

45% of consumers plan to shop online for holiday gifts in early November [2]

49% of consumers have abandoned a purchase because the shipping cost was too high [3]

43% of consumers are buying fewer non-essential items because of inflation [4]

46% of consumers buy clothing online at least monthly [5]

25% of online fashion returns are because the item looked different from the pictures [6]

46% of Gen Z consumers have purchased clothing through social media platforms [7]

58% of US Gen Z shoppers say they discover fashion brands most often on social media [8]

40% of consumers spend more than planned when their shopping experience is highly personalized [9]

51% of consumers think the most memorable brands respond to customers on social media [10]

Resale is expected to grow 9 times faster than the broader retail clothing sector by 2028 [11]

The global apparel market was valued at $1.79 trillion in 2024 [12]

The average revenue per capita in the US apparel market was projected at $1,053 in 2024 [13]

Revenue in the global women’s apparel market was projected at $936.3 billion in 2024 [14]

Revenue in the global men’s apparel market was projected at $587.1 billion in 2024 [15]

Revenue in the global children’s apparel market was projected at $270.5 billion in 2024 [16]

The global luxury apparel market was projected at $111.5 billion in 2024 [17]

The global online fashion market was valued at $781.5 billion in 2024 [18]

The US online fashion market revenue was projected at $161.4 billion in 2024 [19]

The UK online fashion market revenue was projected at $42.3 billion in 2024 [20]

The fast fashion market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.7% from 2024 to 2030 [21]

The US fashion e-commerce market size was estimated at $144.9 billion in 2023 [22]

The global boutique hotels market was valued at $25.3 billion in 2023 [23]

The fashion accessories market was valued at $1.55 trillion in 2023 [24]

The sustainable fashion market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 23.1% from 2024 to 2030 [25]

The global custom t-shirt printing market size was valued at $5.16 billion in 2023 [26]

The online clothing rental market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 8.5% from 2024 to 2030 [27]

20% of fashion buyers are willing to wait three to five days for delivery [28]

84% of retailers reported that they had experienced an increase in fraudulent returns and claims over the last year [29]

Mobile accounts for 59.6% of global online fashion revenue in 2024 [30]

Desktop accounts for 40.4% of global online fashion revenue in 2024 [31]

Cart abandonment in fashion e-commerce averaged 84.4% in 2023 [32]

The average fashion e-commerce mobile traffic share was 72.9% in 2023 [33]

43% of all clothing sold in the UK in 2023 was discounted [34]

US clothing store sales were $21.40 billion in September 2021 [35]

Average UK womenswear store inflation was 5.2% in August 2023 [36]

Less than 1% of used clothing is recycled into new garments [37]

Less than 1% of material used to produce clothing is recycled into new clothing [38]

Nearly 85% of all textiles go to dumps each year [39]

Only 1% of used clothes are recycled into new clothes in the EU [40]

Around 4% of the European Environment Agency assessed life-cycle environmental and climate impacts linked to EU consumption came from textiles in 2022 [41]

2.5 million tons of textiles were recycled in the United States in 2018 [42]

2.3% of total retail sales in 2018 were clothing and footwear (as % of retail trade turnover), measured as the share of retail trade turnover by clothing and footwear in 2018 [43]