# Cotton and Wholesale and retail trade

Wholesale and retail trade depends on cotton.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/cotton-and-wholesale-and-retail-trade/

[Cotton](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cotton/) (commodity) and [Wholesale and retail trade](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/wholesale_retail/) (industry): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Cotton → Wholesale and retail trade*

3 of the enterprise types in Wholesale and retail trade depend on cotton; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

- **3** enterprise types depend on it
- **3 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Branded consumer-goods manufacturers: apparel (criticality 3 of 5)
- Sourcing agents, importers and private-label contract buyers: own-label apparel and home textiles (criticality 2 of 5)
- Specialty fashion and electronics chains: apparel (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.