Statistics of men's wear were scattered, the sales volume of men's wear was estimated to account for 20 percent of the total clothing sales.
In addition, sales volume of cashmere sweater and T-shirt was large, accounting for 7.08 percent and 4.25 percent, respectively, of the total clothing sales, up 9.58 percent and 22.19 percent, respectively, over the same time in 2005.
Children's clothing consumption accounted for 7.71 percent of the total clothing consumption, increased by 11.63 percent over the same period of previous year.
In 2006, the total income of per urban resident of China's household was 1047.54 yuan, an increase of 14.80 percent over 2005 and the per capita disposable income was 964.16 yuan, up 14.26 percent over 2005. However, the rising CPI weakened consumer's spending power on clothing.
The growth rate of sales volume of T-shirt, jeans and ladies' wear exceeded the average increase.
Fibre2fashion, News Desk - China