Slow fashion movement: Understanding consumer perceptions—An exploratory study

Pookulangara, Sanjukta; Shephard, Arlesa

doi:10.1016/j.jretconser.2012.12.002

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“…Academically, the empirical testing of slow fashion will enrich the body of knowledge of slow fashion studies considering that the majority of the existing literature on slow fashion is exploratory and conceptual [16,19,22,46]. Moreover, current studies mainly focus on environmental and social sustainability in slow fashion, lacking economic sustainability investigation.…”

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Sustainable Development of Slow Fashion Businesses: Customer Value Approach

2016

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Abstract:As an alternative to the prevalent fast fashion model, slow fashion has emerged as a way of enhancing sustainability in the fashion industry, yet how slow fashion can enhance profitability is still largely unknown. Based on a customer value creation framework, this study empirically tested a structural model that specified the slow fashion attributes that contribute to creating perceived customer value, which subsequently increases a consumer's intention to buy and pay a price premium for slow fashion products. An analysis of 221 U.S. consumer data revealed that delivering exclusive product value is significantly critical in creating customer value for slow fashion, and customer value, in turn, positively affects consumers' purchase intentions. Further analysis also revealed that different slow fashion attributes distinctively affect customer value. This provides potential strategies on which slow fashion businesses can focus to secure an economically sustainable business model, thereby continuously improving environmental and social sustainability with the slow fashion ideal.

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Sustainable Development of Slow Fashion Businesses: Customer Value Approach

2016

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“…In simplified terms, with its global reach, apparel supply chains appear to be is increasingly complex, globally dispersed and highly dynamic [3,4,17,21,51]. Hence, lack of transparency within the apparel supply chain is a consequence [41,52,53]. Therefore, being aware and implementing sustainable practices to their supply chains become inevitable practices for apparel companies, especially when considering the unfavorable publicity and lasting damage to the apparel brand [5,[54][55][56].…”

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Social Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Textile and Apparel Industry—A Literature Review

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So far, a vast amount of studies on sustainability in supply chain management have been conducted by academics over the last decade. Nevertheless, socially related aspects are still neglected in the related discussion. The primary motivation of the present literature review has arisen from this shortcoming, thus the key purpose of this study is to enrich the discussion by providing a state-of-the-art, focusing exclusively on social issues in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) by considering the textile/apparel sector as the field of application. The authors conduct a literature review, including content analysis which covers 45 articles published in English peer-reviewed journals, and proposes a comprehensive map which integrates the latest findings on socially related practices in the textile/apparel industry with the dominant conceptualization in order to reveal potential research areas in the field. The results show an ongoing lack of investigation regarding the social dimension of the triple bottom line in SSCM. Findings indicate that a company's internal orientation is the main assisting factor in sustainable supply chain management practices. Further, supplier collaboration and assessment can be interpreted as an offer for suppliers deriving from stakeholders and a focal company's management of social risk. Nevertheless, suppliers do also face or even create huge barriers in improving their social performance. This calls for more empirical research and qualitative or quantitative survey methods, especially at the supplier level located in developing countries.

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“…Barnes and Lea-Greenwood, 2006;Barnes and Lea-Greenwood, 2010;Pookulangara and Shephard, 2013), and designed to ascertain respondents' understanding of the term 'country of origin', whether country of origin was considered important, which dimensions of country of origin were considered most relevant to the respondent's specific situation, and any particular issues associated with the use of 'country of origin'. All interviews were held in respondents' offices, and lasted from 30 to 60 minutes.…”

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Management perspectives on country of origin

Rashid

Barnes

Warnaby

2016

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to provide a new perspective by conceptualising country of origin (COO) from a management perspective, identifying the impact different COO constructs have in the context of fashion retailer and manufacturer businesses.Design/methodology/approach -This qualitative study comprises a series of in-depth interviews with key informants from large-scale fashion retailers and manufacturers in the UK. Findings -The major findings of this research demonstrate that COO is considered a strategic business imperative but manifests in a variety of ways depending on brand positioning, long-term strategic plans, expertise, and brand values etc. Originality/value -This research presents a new perspective on the COO construct, addressing it from a management rather than consumer perspective. It argues that COO can be considered as a strategic dimension, which is manifested in a variety of ways. COO has been extensively researched from a consumer point of view but this research takes a new approach by presenting findings from a managerial point of view, with fashion manufacturing and retail branding as the context. Research implications -

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Slow fashion movement: Understanding consumer perceptions—An exploratory study

Cited by 250 publications

References 48 publications

Sustainable Development of Slow Fashion Businesses: Customer Value Approach

Sustainable Development of Slow Fashion Businesses: Customer Value Approach

Social Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Textile and Apparel Industry—A Literature Review

Management perspectives on country of origin

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