Sustainability in the Apparel Industry: The Role of Consumers’ Fashion Consciousness

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo De Angelis ◽  
Cesare Amatulli ◽  
Giulia Pinato
Keyword(s):  
Apparel Industry ◽  
Fashion Consciousness

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Young Consumers’ Purchase Intention of Counterfeit Fashion Brands

2015 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 58-66
Author(s):  
Zernigah Irshad Kiani ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Twin Cities ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽  
Value Consciousness ◽  
Young Consumers ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Fashion Consciousness ◽  
The Relationship

Counterfeiting has become a major problem in the market place. Though manufacturers of original products worldwide are trying to combat this unethical practice, still they are not able to fully overcome it as it has penetrated deep down into the markets all around the globe. This study aimed at analyzing the factors that influence young consumers purchase intention of counterfeit fashion brands. The data were gathered from 160 respondents from the twin cities of Pakistan: Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Correlation and regression analysis were used to find out the relationship between dependent variable, i.e., purchase intention of counterfeit fashion brands, and the independent variables which were fashion consciousness, status consumption and value consciousness, and the moderating role of consumers’ ethics was analyzed. The study findings did not find support for any of the hypotheses, however, consumer ethics moderated the relationship between fashion consciousness, value consciousness and consumers purchase intention of counterfeit fashion brands. Some managerial implications for designers were also discussed.

Patriarchy and (Un)Doing Factory of Women's Collective Identity in Sri Lanka's Localised Global Apparel Industry

2018 ◽  
pp. 19-36
Author(s):  
Dhammika Jayawardena
Keyword(s):  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Apparel Industry ◽  
Global South ◽  
Ceiling Effect ◽  
Women's Career Advancement ◽  
Systemic Manifestations ◽  
Universal Structure

Systemic manifestations of women's subordination, such as the glass ceiling, are still a reality in organisations. Yet, the glass ceiling effect in the Global South is often conceptualised vis-à-vis (white) women's experience in ‘gendered organisations' and women's domestic role in the Southern societies. In this context, this chapter, based on a fieldwork research conducted in Sri Lanka's apparel industry, critically examines the glass ceiling effect of glass ceiling on women's career advancement in the Global South. Alongside the notion of ‘universal' patriarchy, it problematises the ‘universal' structure of the glass ceiling. And it shows that (un)doing factory women's collective identity—as lamai (little ones)—and the glass ceiling intermingle in the process of women's subordination in the apparel industry. The chapter concludes that, in the apparel industry, the role of managerial women —as well as of men in (un)doing factory women's collective identity—is crucial in keeping the glass ceiling in place.

Sensing and seizing in the apparel industry: the role of dynamic capabilities in fostering sustainable strategic orientations

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Chevrollier ◽  
Fons Kuijf
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Apparel Industry ◽  
Strategic Orientation ◽  
Incremental Innovation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategic Orientations ◽  
Inductive Research

Purpose This paper aims to explore how the dynamic capabilities sensing and seizing could support a sustainable (either instrumental or stewardship) strategic orientation in the apparel industry. Design/methodology/approach Through qualitative and inductive research design, ten companies from the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, specifically focusing on brands, were researched. Employees in strategic positions were interviewed. Subsequently, thematic analysis was realized to extract findings from both instrumental and stewardship organizations. Findings Instrumental organizations focus on increasing their brand, mainly by following market demands. They sense opportunities via a hierarchical organizational structure that allows for incremental innovation based on internal competition. Stewardship organizations believe in a collective approach toward conducting business effectively. While building a “sustainable case for business”, a stewardship-oriented company senses by involving their stakeholders and seeks unorthodox opportunities using a long-term internal compass as a beacon for decision-making. Originality/value Key capabilities are revealed that allow businesses and managers to reach higher levels of sustainability in a specific sector: the apparel industry. Especially the capabilities of stewardship-oriented companies and its ambidexterity provide a fertile base for future research at the nexus of organization development and sustainability.

scholarly journals Modelling the environmental impact of omni-channel purchasing in the apparel industry: the role of logistics

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Giuffrida ◽  
Riccardo Mangiaracina ◽  
Giovanni Miragliotta ◽  
Sara Perotti ◽  
Angela Tumino
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Apparel Industry

scholarly journals FDI Spill‑Overs, Absorptive Capacity and Domestic Firms’ Technical Efficiency in Vietnamese Wearing Apparel Industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 1075-1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoang Duong Vu ◽  
Van Hung Le
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Apparel Industry ◽  
Stochastic Production Frontier ◽  
Production Frontier ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Domestic Firms ◽  
Stochastic Production

This study empirically examines relationship between FDI spill-overs and technical efficiency of domestic firms and role of the absorptive capacity of domestic firms. Data on Vietnamese Annual Enterprises Survey are exploited to build a firm-level panel data on the Vietnamese wearing apparel industry from 2009 to 2013. By applying stochastic production frontier model, this paper shows that there are positive vertical spill-over effects but no horizontal effects. Moreover, this study finds the negative impact of the absorptive capacity of domestic firms on benefits reaped from FDI externalities.

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