Google Trends Primary Quantitative Research – Analysis

Worldwide: It was taken in consideration that not all Google users are english speaking.

Searches analyzed:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=sustainable%20clothing%20stores,eco%20friendly%20clothing,eco%20friendly%20clothing%20stores,eco%20friendly%20fabric,eco%20friendly%20clothing%20uk&hl=ru

blue – sustainable clothing stores; red – eco friendly clothing; yellow – eco friendly clothing stores; green – eco friendly fabric; purple – eco friendly clothing uk (last 5 y.)

Brands & search: second hand analyzed:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=%2Fm%2F0g152j,Vinted,%2Fg%2F11bzx62_s0,%2Fm%2F044_xs,%2Fm%2F03xwkf&hl=ru

blue – Patagonia; red – Vinted; yellow – Depop; green – Zara; purple – Second Hand (last 5 y.)

Eco labeling companies for clothing compared to open end searches:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=%2Fg%2F120zv7qd,%2Fm%2F0x0jsbq,%2Fg%2F1hb_f15tk,%2Fm%2F052myt,eco%20friendly%20clothing&hl=ru

blue – EU Ecolabel ; red – B corporation; yellow – Global Organic Textile Standard; green – eco label ; purple – eco friendly clothing ( last 5 y.)

Discussion:

UK:

Same searches for UK

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=GB&q=sustainable%20clothing%20stores,eco%20friendly%20clothing,eco%20friendly%20clothing%20stores,eco%20friendly%20fabric,eco%20friendly%20clothing%20uk&hl=ru

blue – sustainable clothing stores; red – eco friendly clothing; yellow – eco friendly clothing stores; green – eco friendly fabric; purple – eco friendly clothing uk (last 5 y.)
dark blue – sustainable clothing stores; orange – eco friendly clothing; grey – eco friendly clothing stores; yellow – eco friendly fabric; light blue – eco friendly clothing uk (last 5 y.)

If to analyze the trending line (UK), it is noticeable, that the interest towards eco friendly clothing for many searches has peaked 2020-2021 and has been decreasing. Therefore, it can be concluded that time and interest in these topics are not correlated.

search: eco friendly clothing, blue – UK, orange – US

The same tendency can be seen in another group – USA residents. And even though US market seemed richer in interest in the last 5 years, at the moment the rate of searches towards eco friendly clothing of both countries is at the same level, given the fact that USA has a greater population.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=GB&q=%2Fm%2F0g152j,Vinted,%2Fg%2F11bzx62_s0,%2Fm%2F044_xs,%2Fm%2F03xwkf&hl=ru

blue – Patagonia; red – Vinted; yellow – Depop; green – Zara; purple – Second Hand (last 5 y.)

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=GB&q=%2Fg%2F120zv7qd,%2Fm%2F0x0jsbq,%2Fg%2F1hb_f15tk,%2Fm%2F052myt,eco%20friendly%20clothing&hl=ru

blue – EU Ecolabel ; red – B corporation; yellow – Global Organic Textile Standard; green – eco label ; purple – eco friendly clothing ( last 5 y.)
  • when it comes to eco friendly approach to fashion UK residents are seen as one of the top interested groups (for searches like : eco friendly clothing, sustainable clothing stores, eco friendly clothing stores, eco friendly fabric).
  • In comparison search: eco friendly clothing uk > search: eco friendly clothing stores (worldwide).
  • Many of the eco- related searches have peaked during covid and have been decreasing ever since.
  • In comparison: people are more likely to look for/learn about businesses that solve the problem rather that learn about the issues themselves.
  • When looking for eco friendly clothes people are simultaneously looking for other resons to buy some clothing piece, so the popularity of certain brand can also play a role.

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