{"id":39,"date":"2010-02-22T16:46:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T16:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cottonroots.co.uk\/blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2010-03-10T14:48:54","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T14:48:54","slug":"39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impacttrading.co.uk\/blog-impact\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"Times Article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cottonroots.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/The-Times-Cotton1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.impacttrading.co.uk\/blog-impact\/?attachment_id=43\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.impacttrading.co.uk\/blog-impact\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/The-Times-Cotton1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"70,70\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Times Cotton Harvest\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.impacttrading.co.uk\/blog-impact\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/The-Times-Cotton1.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.impacttrading.co.uk\/blog-impact\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/The-Times-Cotton1.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43 alignleft\" title=\"The Times Cotton Harvest\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cottonroots.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/The-Times-Cotton1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a>An article in the Times today reported sales of Fairtrade goods up by 12% in the UK. The majority of this was due to an increase in Chocolate and Coffee sales (Cadbury and Starbucks). However there was not an equivalent increase in sales of Cotton.\u00a0 Other interesting snippets in the article was that now all 58 flavours of Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s ice cream are made with Fairtrade ingredients. Sainsbury&#8217;s is the worlds biggest retailer of Fairtrade goods.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/business.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/business\/industry_sectors\/retailing\/article7035597.ece\">http:\/\/business.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/business\/industry_sectors\/retailing\/article7035597.ece<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So &#8211; as Cotton Roots is in the business of Cotton, how do we make our contribution and start to increase sales in cotton?\u00a0 Our stategy is to supply good quality garments at a competitive price.\u00a0 For example offering garments which if the are labeled \u00a0&#8220;medium&#8221; actually are &#8220;medium&#8221;.\u00a0 Time after time.\u00a0 It sounds common sense but in our industry this is not always the case and we\u00a0searched\u00a0high and low\u00a0before finding\u00a0our manufacturing partner.\u00a0 They consistently makes for us top quality garments every time and it is organised\u00a0beautifully by Morses who continues to give us confidence.\u00a0 It means that when a customer comes back to us for their second and third\u00a0orders they\u00a0are confident of what they will receive.<\/p>\n<p>Price &#8211; always a sensitive issue.\u00a0 Again in our industry companies are used to being able to purchase T shirts and polo shirts at incredibly low prices.\u00a0 However we do believe &#8220;you get what you pay for&#8221; and we have customers who do want good quality garments, printed or embroidered with their logo, along with excellent quality service.\u00a0 Fairtrade T shirts do cost a little\u00a0more but not\u00a0that much more.\u00a0 We want to offer good quality at a comparable price and give a real option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article in the Times today reported sales of Fairtrade goods up by 12% in the UK. 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