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SA Annual Membership Survey 2010
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1.
Into which of the following categories does your business fit.
(Required.)
Agent
Direct-to-School
Embroiderer/Printer
Fabric Supplier
Manufacturer/Supplier
Retailer - Single Branch
Retailer - Multi-Branch
Other
Other (please specify)
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2.
How important do you think it is that the Schoolwear trade has a Trade Association?
(Required.)
Very Important
Quite Important
Not Important
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3.
What do you consider the biggest threat to the schoolwear industry?
(Required.)
1 (most important)
2
3
4
5 (least important)
Regulations, guidance and legislation from the Government
The Media
Supermarkets
Economic Climate
Other
Other (please specify)
4.
To what extent, in the last financial year, did your like for like schoolwear sales grow?
No growth (-)
Static (+/- 1%)
Small (2%+)
Good (5%+)
Strong (10%)
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5.
Since 2006 do you think positive publicity in the newspapers has;
(Required.)
Strongly increased
Slightly increased
Stayed the same
Slightly Decreased
Strongly Decreased
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6.
How do you rate the performance of the SA so far in generating positive publicity?
(Required.)
Very Good
Good
Average
Poor
Very poor
Don’t Know
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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?
(Required.)
Very important
Quite important
Not important
8.
How many STATE schools do you supply?
Primary
Secondary
Not Applicable
9.
Have you advised your schools that you are a member of the SA?
Yes
Some
No
Not applicable
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10.
If yes, in your opinion, has this made the school more favourable towards using your company?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Don’t know
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11.
Have you signed up to the NGA Code of Practice? (www.ngauniformcode.org.uk)
(Required.)
Yes
No
I will
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12.
Do you support the Schoolwear Association’s endeavours to update the NGA’s Code of Practice?
(Required.)
YES
NO
Don't Know
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13.
Are your schools aware of the NGA Code of Practice?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Some
Don’t know
Not applicable
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14.
Are your state schools still actively looking to generate revenue from uniform?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Reducing
Don’t know
Not applicable
15.
If yes, please estimate what percentage of your state schools are looking to generate revenue from school uniform.
0-25%
26-50%
51-75%
76-100%
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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”?
(Required.)
Strongly agree
Slightly agree
No opinion
Slightly disagree
Strongly disagree
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17.
Do you currently, or have you previously, supplied an Academy?
(Required.)
Not applicable
Yes
No
18.
If yes, how knowledgeable do you think academies are of the timings and logistics involved in the school uniform supply process?
No knowledge
Very little knowledge
Little knowledge
Slight knowledge
Fair knowledge
Good knowledge
Other (please specify)
19.
If yes, in practice, how considerate do you think academies are of the timings and logistics involved in the school uniform supply process?
No consideration
Very little consideration
Little consideration
Slight consideration
Fair consideration
Good consideration
Please expand
20.
In the past, what impact have academies had on your business?
Very negative impact
Slightly negative impact
No impact
Slightly positive impact
Very positive impact
21.
In the future, what impact do you think academies will have on your business?
Very negative impact
Slightly negative impact
No impact
Slightly positive impact
Very positive impact
22.
Do you think the Government's policy of introducing Free Schools will have a positive effect on the Schoolwear Market?
YES
NO
Why?
23.
To what degree is your business directly affected by unauthorised suppliers selling directly to the public?
Not Affected
Slightly Affected
Significantly Affected
Not applicable
Please expand
24.
FairTrade. Have you supplied or been asked to supply FairTrade or ethically sourced goods by schools?
YES
NO
Not applicable
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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?
(Required.)
Not Important
Quite Important
Very Important
Don't Know
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26.
In the future, how important do you think FairTrade will be to schools when selecting their uniform?
(Required.)
Not Important
Quite Important
Very Important
Don't Know
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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?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Don’t know
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28.
Tesco recenly trialled a school uniform embroidery service. To what extent was your business affected by the trial?
(Required.)
Significantly Affected
Slightly Affected
Not Affected
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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’
(Required.)
Don't know
Strongly agree
Slightly agree
Neutral
Slightly disagree
Strongly disagree
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’
Don't know
Strongly agree
Slightly agree
Neutral
Slightly disagree
Strongly disagree
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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’?
(Required.)
Strongly agree
Slightly agree
Neutral
Slightly disagree
Strongly disagree
Don't know
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?
(Required.)
YES
NO
Not applicable
34.
If YES, do you see the schoolwear market increasing abroad in 2011/12?
Yes, but slowly
Yes, Significantly
Yes
No
No, and diminshing
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?
(Required.)
Yes
No
More Info Required
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37.
Would you like more support in communicating with your local media?
(Required.)
Yes
No
I have enough
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38.
Would you find promotional material from the SA useful?
(Required.)
Yes
No
If Yes, what kind of material
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39.
Would you like the SA to organise another promotional day like 2008’s “Untax Our Teens”?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Not Sure
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40.
Do you find the regular e-mail updates useful? Would you like more or less of them?
(Required.)
Yes
No
More
Less
About right
What e-mail updates? (e-mail “add me” to membership@schoolwearassociation.co.uk)
41.
This Survey is anonymous but to help us spot regional variations in the results, please tell us what county your business is in.
42.
Have you visited the SA Facebook page, or followed the SA on Twitter?
YES Facebook
YES Twitter
NO
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43.
Will you be renewing your membership next year?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Don't Know
44.
If No, why not?
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.
