The Garment Economy
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This book introduces the reader to the business of clothes, with flashbacks into the past, business models of today, and ideas for a sustainable future. Historical perspectives discuss the cotton industry in India, Bangladesh, Greece, and Central Asia, which help trace the evolution of the clothing industry during the 20th century. Chapters also discuss fashion marketing, greenwashing, blockchain in the fashion supply chain, social media, sustainability issues, and sensory models. Several business models are explained; topics covered include blue ocean strategy, the unstitched market, the…mehr

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This book introduces the reader to the business of clothes, with flashbacks into the past, business models of today, and ideas for a sustainable future. Historical perspectives discuss the cotton industry in India, Bangladesh, Greece, and Central Asia, which help trace the evolution of the clothing industry during the 20th century. Chapters also discuss fashion marketing, greenwashing, blockchain in the fashion supply chain, social media, sustainability issues, and sensory models. Several business models are explained; topics covered include blue ocean strategy, the unstitched market, the luxury sector, access-based consumption, and ethics. Among other topics explored are the future retail experience, consumer value creation, technology, and the impact of virtual atmospheres. The book also includes helpful case studies in understanding the country and culture-specific nuances of the clothing business.

Autorenporträt
Michelle Brandstrup studied at Kingston University and obtained her post-graduate education at the Designskolen Kolding, Denmark. With a diploma in tailoring, and also degrees in fashion design, she has been employed in Berlin, Paris and at Christianshavn, in Copenhagen. She is currently a fashion designer at Kabooki, where she has been heading the launch of a new brand. She was nominated for the Scandinavian Designers Nest award. Léo-Paul Dana is a professor at ICD Business School, and affiliated with LUT School of Business and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland as well as with Sorbonne Business School, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. A graduate of the Faculty of Management at McGill University and of HEC-Montreal, he has served as Marie Curie Fellow at Princeton University and visiting professor at INSEAD. He has published extensively in a variety of journals and is the author of several books. Daniella Ryding(Ph.D.) is a Senior Lecturer in Fashion Marketing, and is both editor and author of several fashion business text books for the Palgrave Series in Luxury Fashion Retailing and Palgrave Springer Nature. The author has published over 50 peer reviewed papers in leading business journals within the field of marketing, including, but not limited to the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, the European Business Review, the International Journal of Consumer Studies, and the Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management. The author enjoys collaborating with a network of international academics to develop contemporary marketing thought. Daniella has a passion for researching consumers in their locations and environments within the areas of digital marketing and the circular economy. Gianpaolo Vignali is Senior Lecturer in Fashion Business at the University of Manchester (UK). With a first degree in Mathematics, and then a Master's in Strategic Management, his career stages involvedManchester Metropolitan University and Leeds Metropolitan University. He then became the Programme Leader for Fashion Buying & Merchandising at Manchester Metropolitan University until he achieved his Ph.D. and moved to Manchester University working in the School of Materials where he delivers on both undergraduate and post-graduate programs. He has written over 40 papers and books in the field of Marketing and Management and presented at numerous international conferences. His current research focuses on the case study technique in the service sector. Myriam Caratù, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Marketing & Management at the Faculty of Economics of UNINT - Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma (Italy). Dr. Caratú is teacher of the courses "Green Management" and "Digital Marketing & E-Commerce" and co-teacher of the course "Marketing for Made in Italy". She holds a Bachelor's degree in Italian Studies and two Master's degrees (one in Italian Philology and one in Marketing and Communication), as well as a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Dr. Caratú also holds a Ph.D. in Sociology of Communication and has been a Visiting Professor at City University of New York (USA) and University of Mons (Belgium), as well as a Research Fellow at Sapienza University of Rome and University of Perugia. Among her research interests there are fashion and digital strategies, about which she wrote several peer-reviewed papers.