there are a lot of newer businesses popping up that sell similar stuff or nicer for example I get my baby these hand made romper things that you put a long sleeve vest under and they’re in literally any print you want, animals, sea creatures etc and I pay like £9.99 a pair and they also resale well. And are made in someone’s front room locally and she sells them on Facebook so no expensive fees passed on. Also blade and rose you can get leggings a top and socks for a tenner when they have sales.
This is why small businesses are going under - the fabric and the labour for sewing those bloody rompers is more than £9.99 but some random in her living room who doesn't actually need the money and has absolutely no concept about pricing properly will undercut and undercut, sell all over Facebook, make the decent small businesses look expensive when they're actually just paying their suppliers a fair wage and make very little on each item, and then everyone moans when they go out of business and all you can buy is identikit boring clothes made in China or wherever.
And no, I have no skin in this specific game, can't thread a sewing machine to save my life, but I'm a photographer, mostly for small businesses and also sell my own art prints and I am so fucking tired of seeing my lovely clients in all kinds of industries massively undercut by total amateurs with no insurance, who are often using patterns or stamps or designs that infringe copyright, and selling everything for a ridiculous price which makes everyone expect quality handmade work for practically nothing.
Argh!!