The challenge of textile prints in the contemporary Ghanaian market

The textile industry in Ghana which was once a booming industry has not received the needed patronage in recent times. This challenge has caused many people to lose their job and many others hanging. This present dissertation researched Challenges in the promotion of the made in Ghana Textile Prints in the Contemporary Ghanaian Market. The objectives of the study were to find out challenges associated with the promotion of made-in-Ghana textile prints to identify promotional strategies for the textile prints on the contemporary Ghanaian markett and to search for more effective promotional strategies for the textile prints on the Ghanaian market. The study focused on the Ghanaian textile industry which produced the made in Ghana textile prints. However the specific focus was on traders in the Kumasi Central market who dealt with textile prints. The sampling technique employed in this study was industry the price competitiveness of foreign textiles high imports vis-à-vis low export of the industry the price competitiveness of foreign prints as against the local prints and absence of policy document on textile production in Ghana were discovered.