The development and application of advanced manufacturing technologies (known as Industry 4.0) have been enabled by the fast-paced process of digital transformation. These transformations are expected to have major implications on the reorganisation of global value chains as well as on labour...

Demand Forecasting plays a crucial role in the management of operations, especially in the Fast-Fashion Industry, in which demand can be very volatile and lumpy due to frequently changing customers tastes and the development of technology. However, demand forecasting is essential for optimizing...

The paper aims at exploring the sociological factors influencing consumers purchasing behaviour in the clothing industry. This study deployed a qualitative approach to exploring key factors influencing consumers purchasing behaviour. More specifically, the study adopted semi-structured...

The prime objective of the research was to determine how the apparel manufacturing sector is embracing digitization and its leaders are preparing for the digital age? so we wanted to find out what type of leadership style is needed for digital leadership. The present study used a sample of 50...

Apparel manufacturing industry in India was particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic mostly because almost 50% of the industry manufactures for exporting which had to stop because the supply chain had come to a halt. The other reason was that most of the workers in apparel manufacturing...

Over the past few months, the world has witnessed how COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the supply chain of the textile, apparel and fashion manufacturing (TAFM) industry in various unprecedented ways. As the global textile market is interconnected, this outbreak has a global impact due to travel...

This note discusses the gap in intellectual property protections for the fashion industry. First, it details why fashion is art of the type that typically qualifies for copyright protection, and not just a means of covering the body. Next, it discusses why this hybrid nature makes it unique and...

New arrivals -- Made in America -- Where was fashion's #MeToo? -- The illusion of choice -- Influenced -- The secret behind the logo -- Green is the new black -- Outside the factory -- "It's not that serious" -- These stories are real.

This paper presents a mathematical programming model for dynamic cell formation to minimize changeover-related costs (i.e., machine relocation costs and machine setup cost) and inter-cell material handling cost to cope with the volatile production environments in apparel manufacturing industry....

Robotics has been redefining the production process across manufacturing industries, raising serious concern about the future of jobs and the garment sector is not isolated. The recent innovations such as "Sewbot" along with other Computer Numeric Control machines have increased the risk of...

"Luxury, Fashion and the Early Modern Idea of Credit addresses how social and cultural ideas about credit and trust, in the context of fashion and trade, were affected by the growth and development of the bankruptcy institution. Luxury, fashion and social standing are intimately connected to...

"Paris to New York shows how competition and cooperation between transatlantic designers and entrepreneurs built the groundwork of today's international fashion industry. Véronique Pouillard tells the story of the fashion business as a negotiation between art and commerce and explores the...

The fashion industry is affected by an imbalance of power that goes beyond the outsourcing of part of the manufacture to developing countries. Said imbalance characterises the whole supply chain and hinders freedom of expression, freedom to conduct business and, hence, creativity and innovation....

As in other countries, constructing accurate clothing price indices in the UK has been particularly difficult. Prior to 2010 the standard “matched model” sampling methodology was employed for clothing. This led to an implausibly large decline in the RPI clothing price index and an even...

The today's trend is towards material possessions as criterion of success. Thus they use fashion clothing as a medium of expressing their self and also fit into the social environment. Fashion involvement is a consumer's perceived importance of fashion clothing. It is important to investigate...

This paper examines recent developments in the garment production sector in Kyrgyzstan that contributes significantly to GDP and employment. The paper analyses the factors that led to the impressive growth of garment manufacturing. The export volume of Kyrgyz clothing to the Russian Federation...

Fashion marketing from a historical perspective : early days of advertising and consumerism -- Fashion promotion and public relations -- The marketing mix and communications tools -- Creating the marketing message : branding and marketing communications -- Social media, blogs and opinion-leaders...

The rise of collaborative consumption or the sharing economy has brought forward new business models in many industries, such as in hotels (e.g. Airbnb), transportation (e.g. Uber), and more recently, in the fashion retail industry (e.g. Rent the Runway). While the exchange of fashion items...

Research topic to study Islam to the people of Sistan local clothing is contemporary in field research methods such as participant observation, interviews and documentary techniques to gather the required information has been a main objective in this study changes in models and designs and...

Most of the Indian clothing Industry follows mass production system are so called Progressive Bundling System (PBS). This typical system creates high amount of non-value added activity, longer production lead time due to higher Work in progress (WIP). Which in turn affects smooth production...

One of the major themes in the contemporary society — greatly affected by hyper-competition, globalization and rapid change in the behavior of demand agents (buyers) — consists of theoretical debates and practical challenges raised in relation to the concept of brand. There seems to be no...

Purpose - The aim of this article is to discuss some ethical issues in the fashion industry and start a debate about business ethics from a stakeholder perspective. It analyzes the implications of fashion companies for employees, with policies and practices, and for customers, with the messages...

Business organisations face ethical questions everyday concerning all aspects of the business. Today the management of ethics has become a very important aspect in the general management of business in order to maintain harmony within the organization and to ensure harmonious existence in the...

Purpose: This research, by using the SIMIO simulation platform, provides a quantitative and comparative analysis of how the efficiency of four different cell production modes is affected. It is hoped that the results will be of some help for garment factories to optimize their production lines....