UK: E-Commerce Boosts Technical Textile Firms – Survey
Britain's technical textiles industry is leading the way worldwide when it comes to adopting the latest e-commerce and Internet-based technologies, a government-backed report revealed on Tuesday. The Department of Trade and Industry survey - which follows interviews with more than 100 companies manufacturing or purchasing technical textiles - says the industry is worth around £1.5 billion and that 92 per cent of companies have a website.