Clothing industry (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
rag trade
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">clothing industry</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for rag trade that I've seen before include "Fashion industry (informal)" , "The fashion business" , "newsagent's business?" , "Informal description of clothing industry" , "Clothing business (colloq.)" .)