A comparison between consumer and industry perspectives on sustainable practices throughout the apparel product lifecycle

The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Hawaii 2023 Official Conference Proceedings

“…As clothing products progress through their lifecycle, they pass through various stages including design, production (raw materials, fibres, and garments), distribution, consumption (procurement, use and maintenance) and end-of-life (Lou & Cao, 2019;Gwilt, 2014;Moorhouse & Moorhouse, 2017;Wiedemann et al, 2020). Each stage of the clothing lifecycle creates environmental impacts significantly (Lou & Cao, 2019).…”

“…Based on Gwilt (2014)'s model of garment life cycle and the previous studies (Fletcher, 2014;Lou & Cao, 2019;Khan & Islam, 2015;Hiller Connell & Kozar, 2012;Allwood, Laursen, de Rodriguez & Bocken, 2006;Goworek, 2011), the lifecycle of clothing products takes place in five main phases which are design, production, distribution, consumption and end-of-life. Table 1 shows the specific sustainable practices throughout the lifecycle of clothing product under each phase.…”

Ecological consciousness and sustainable purchase behavior: the mediating role of psychological ownership

“…, 2021). Lou and Cao (2019) have suggested that services, such as home laundry and dry cleaning, create environmental pollution. Herein, chemicals used in the cleaning process are harmful to the environment; thus, the demand for ethical consumption of fashion-oriented products has increased (Kumar et al.…”

Consumers' Evaluation of Sustainable Industrial Practices in the Textiles and Apparel Industry

“…Though numerous scholars have confirmed consumers' growing willingness to support sustainable industrial practices through their purchase decisions (Rothenberg & Matthews, 2017), consumers' evaluation of sustainable industrial practices (SIPs) has rarely been studied. Only a few studies exist, yet these studies still present inconsistent findings of consumers' perceived importance of various SIPs in the apparel industry (Lou & Cao, 2019).…”

“…Among 272 respondents, 58.10% (n=158) were males and 41.50% (n=113) were females. We have adopted empirically tested measures of SIPs (23 items), EK (10 items), egoistic (4 items), altruistic (4 items), and biospheric values (4 items), PER (5 items), and PCE (4 items) from the literature (De Groot & Steg, 2008;Kim & Damhorst, 1998;Lou & Cao, 2019;Onel & Mukherjee, 2016;Roberts, 1996). A seven-point Likert-type scale was used for all continuous measures.…”