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* 1. Into which of the following categories does your business fit.

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* 2. How important do you think it is that the Schoolwear trade has a Trade Association?

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* 3. What do you consider the biggest threat to the schoolwear industry?

  1 (most important) 2 3 4 5 (least important)
Regulations, guidance and legislation from the Government
The Media
Supermarkets
Economic Climate
Other

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* 4. To what extent, in the last financial year, did your like for like schoolwear sales grow?

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* 5. Since 2006 do you think positive publicity in the newspapers has;

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* 6. How do you rate the performance of the SA so far in generating positive publicity?

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* 7. How important do you think it is for the SA to be communicating with the government in order to represent the interests of the schoolwear trade?

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* 8. How many STATE schools do you supply?

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* 9. Have you advised your schools that you are a member of the SA?

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* 10. If yes, in your opinion, has this made the school more favourable towards using your company?

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* 11. Have you signed up to the NGA Code of Practice? (www.ngauniformcode.org.uk)

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* 12. Do you support the Schoolwear Association’s endeavours to update the NGA’s Code of Practice?

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* 13. Are your schools aware of the NGA Code of Practice?

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* 14. Are your state schools still actively looking to generate revenue from uniform?

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* 15. If yes, please estimate what percentage of your state schools are looking to generate revenue from school uniform.

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* 16. To what extent do you agree with the statement “I am concerned for the future of my business during the current economic climate”?

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* 17. Do you currently, or have you previously, supplied an Academy?

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* 18. If yes, how knowledgeable do you think academies are of the timings and logistics involved in the school uniform supply process?

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* 19. If yes, in practice, how considerate do you think academies are of the timings and logistics involved in the school uniform supply process?

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* 20. In the past, what impact have academies had on your business?

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* 21. In the future, what impact do you think academies will have on your business?

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* 22. Do you think the Government's policy of introducing Free Schools will have a positive effect on the Schoolwear Market?

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* 23. To what degree is your business directly affected by unauthorised suppliers selling directly to the public?

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* 24. FairTrade. Have you supplied or been asked to supply FairTrade or ethically sourced goods by schools?

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* 25. Currently, how important do you think FairTrade and/or ethically sourced products is/are to schools when deciding school uniform policy?

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* 26. In the future, how important do you think FairTrade will be to schools when selecting their uniform?

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* 27. The government is considering telling schools that they ‘must’ include information about their school uniform in the school prospectus (is it currently voluntary). Do you support this?

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* 28. Tesco recenly trialled a school uniform embroidery service. To what extent was your business affected by the trial?

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* 29. What what extent to do agree or disagree with the following statement about Tesco announcing it intends to trial an embroidery school uniform service: ‘The trial will have a negative impact on the schoolwear market’

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* 30. What what extent to do agree or disagree with the following statement about Tesco announcing it intends to trial an embroidery school uniform service: ‘The trial will distort schools’ perspectives on topics such as price, supply, etc’

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* 31. To what extent do you agree with the following statement ‘If the Tesco venture fails it will leave the market in a worse state’?

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* 32. Please write any comments you have about the Tesco trial below:

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* 33. In the past year have you supplied any school uniform outside of the UK?

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* 34. If YES, do you see the schoolwear market increasing abroad in 2011/12?

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* 35. We are always looking for new and interesting School Uniform stories. If you have any ideas, locally or nationally, please list them here.

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* 36. Would you be interested in attending an SA meeting or a regional SA networking event?

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* 37. Would you like more support in communicating with your local media?

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* 38. Would you find promotional material from the SA useful?

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* 39. Would you like the SA to organise another promotional day like 2008’s “Untax Our Teens”?

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* 40. Do you find the regular e-mail updates useful? Would you like more or less of them?

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* 41. This Survey is anonymous but to help us spot regional variations in the results, please tell us what county your business is in.

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* 42. Have you visited the SA Facebook page, or followed the SA on Twitter?

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* 43. Will you be renewing your membership next year?

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* 44. If No, why not?

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* 45. The SA is run by members, for members. Please let us know of anything you think will help us run the Association better

Thank you for your time.

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