Dear customer,

We would like to advise you of further price changes which will affect several of our brands.

We previously detailed price changes that came into place on Monday 6th September 2021. However, further price changes will be implemented on Monday 13th September 2021 and Monday 4th October 2021.

MONDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER 2021

Please see below the brands affected by the Monday 6th September 2021 price changes:

You can download the new price list for Monday 6th September 2021 here:

Monday 13th September 2021

The brands affected by the Monday 13th September 2021 price changes are as follows:

You can download the new price list for Monday 13th September 2021 here:

Monday 4th October 2021

The brands affected by the Monday 4th October 2021 price changes are as follows:

You can download the new price list for Monday 4th October 2021 here:

The reasons behind these price changes

Further increases in the cost of raw materials

The price of cotton has risen by almost 38% since September 2020. With polyester prices rising by 8% in the last year, they will continue to rise in line with the increase to the crude oil price.

The rise of freight and container costs

Surging demand for goods, plus a shortage of empty containers at Asian ports, have sent container shipping costs rocketing. Since November, the cost of shipping a 40-foot container from Asia to Europe has now risen sevenfold, from around $2,200 to over $14,000. That, alone, can add 10-15% to the cost of goods.

Garment production and the Delta variant

Garment production prices are starting to rise, due to a number of factors. COVID-19 lockdowns being imposed in manufacturing countries such as Bangladesh and China, due to the spread of the Delta variant, are causing slowdowns and even stoppages in production and deliveries in these regions. Many factories in Myanmar (Burma) have also been closed down since the military coup in February, leading to higher demands from factories in Bangladesh and China. 

General inflation in the UK economy

The UK Office for National Statistics published in August that the Retail Price Index (RPI) shows that prices in the UK had risen by 3.9% in the last year.

If you have any further questions about these price changes, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Kind regards,