Claudia E. Henninger - Böcker

This book provides a holistic and accessible approach to sustainable fashion management. It offers an interdisciplinary and practical outlook, combining theory with practical application from a management perspective and underpinned by the Sustainable Development Goals throughout. The book helps students to gain a better understanding of what sustainable fashion is and how it is implemented across the fashion industry, through business model innovations, innovative designs, new technology and digital approaches, and material innovations. Global case studies are employed throughout each chapter, including fashion companies and events of all sizes, alongside other pedagogical features to aid learning, including key learning points, chapter objectives, and textboxes explaining key terminology. This is an essential textbook for those investigating sustainable fashion, whether from a design or management perspective, providing the knowledge and tools for a future career. It is designed to serve Fashion Business and Management, Fashion Marketing, Fashion Buying and Merchandising and Fashion Technology courses, at all levels, and will also be valuable reading for those already working within the fashion industry and studying for professional qualifications. Online resources include chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides and a test bank.

This book provides a holistic and accessible approach to sustainable fashion management. It offers an interdisciplinary and practical outlook, combining theory with practical application from a management perspective and underpinned by the Sustainable Development Goals throughout. The book helps students to gain a better understanding of what sustainable fashion is and how it is implemented across the fashion industry, through business model innovations, innovative designs, new technology and digital approaches, and material innovations. Global case studies are employed throughout each chapter, including fashion companies and events of all sizes, alongside other pedagogical features to aid learning, including key learning points, chapter objectives, and textboxes explaining key terminology. This is an essential textbook for those investigating sustainable fashion, whether from a design or management perspective, providing the knowledge and tools for a future career. It is designed to serve Fashion Business and Management, Fashion Marketing, Fashion Buying and Merchandising and Fashion Technology courses, at all levels, and will also be valuable reading for those already working within the fashion industry and studying for professional qualifications. Online resources include chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides and a test bank.

This textbook is a comprehensive guide to fashion buying and merchandising, covering fast fashion, environmental sustainability, ethical issues, omnichannel retailing, and computer-aided 3D design. It presents an up-to-date buying cycle that reflects key industry realities, with detailed explanations of fashion product development, trend translation, and sourcing.Fully updated, this second edition expands its sustainability focus, underscoring the crucial role of ethical practices, and responsible sourcing and production. It examines global consumers, markets and networks, providing a thorough understanding of how international trends and cross-cultural influences shape buying decisions. Financial drivers of the industry are analysed in depth; from budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management, to profitability, it offers essential insight into fashion retail's financial foundations. Digital approaches are embedded throughout, demonstrating how technology and data analytics have transformed merchandising. From online retail strategies to AI in trend forecasting, this book equips readers with skills needed for digitally-driven markets. Voice of Industry case studies deliver real-world perspectives and practical applications of contemporary theories, supported by chapter objectives and summaries to shape learning.This book is ideal for fashion buying and merchandising students, particularly advanced undergraduate and postgraduate fashion business students. It is also valuable for academics and practitioners seeking deeper industry understanding. Online supplementary resources include PowerPoint lecture slides and a test bank.

This textbook is a comprehensive guide to fashion buying and merchandising, covering fast fashion, environmental sustainability, ethical issues, omnichannel retailing, and computer-aided 3D design. It presents an up-to-date buying cycle that reflects key industry realities, with detailed explanations of fashion product development, trend translation, and sourcing.Fully updated, this second edition expands its sustainability focus, underscoring the crucial role of ethical practices, and responsible sourcing and production. It examines global consumers, markets and networks, providing a thorough understanding of how international trends and cross-cultural influences shape buying decisions. Financial drivers of the industry are analysed in depth; from budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management, to profitability, it offers essential insight into fashion retail's financial foundations. Digital approaches are embedded throughout, demonstrating how technology and data analytics have transformed merchandising. From online retail strategies to AI in trend forecasting, this book equips readers with skills needed for digitally-driven markets. Voice of Industry case studies deliver real-world perspectives and practical applications of contemporary theories, supported by chapter objectives and summaries to shape learning.This book is ideal for fashion buying and merchandising students, particularly advanced undergraduate and postgraduate fashion business students. It is also valuable for academics and practitioners seeking deeper industry understanding. Online supplementary resources include PowerPoint lecture slides and a test bank.

Fashion buying and merchandising has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. Aspects such as the advent of new technologies and the changing nature of the industry into one that is faster paced than ever before, as well as the shift towards more ethical and sustainable practices have resulted in a dramatic change of the roles. As a result, contemporary fast fashion retailers do not follow the traditional buying cycle processes step by step, critical paths are wildly different, and there has been a huge increase in ‘in-season buying’ as a response to heightened consumer demand.This textbook is a comprehensive guide to 21st-century fashion buying and merchandising, considering fast fashion, sustainability, ethical issues, omnichannel retailing, and computer-aided design. It presents an up-to-date buying cycle that reflects key aspects of fashion buying and merchandising, as well as in-depth explanations of fashion product development, trend translation, and sourcing. It applies theoretical and strategic business models to buying and merchandising that have traditionally been used in marketing and management.This book is ideal for all fashion buying and merchandising students, specifically second- and final-year undergraduate as well as MA/MSc fashion students. It will also be useful to academics and practitioners who wish to gain a greater understanding of the industry today.

Fashion buying and merchandising has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. Aspects such as the advent of new technologies and the changing nature of the industry into one that is faster paced than ever before, as well as the shift towards more ethical and sustainable practices have resulted in a dramatic change of the roles. As a result, contemporary fast fashion retailers do not follow the traditional buying cycle processes step by step, critical paths are wildly different, and there has been a huge increase in ‘in-season buying’ as a response to heightened consumer demand.This textbook is a comprehensive guide to 21st-century fashion buying and merchandising, considering fast fashion, sustainability, ethical issues, omnichannel retailing, and computer-aided design. It presents an up-to-date buying cycle that reflects key aspects of fashion buying and merchandising, as well as in-depth explanations of fashion product development, trend translation, and sourcing. It applies theoretical and strategic business models to buying and merchandising that have traditionally been used in marketing and management.This book is ideal for all fashion buying and merchandising students, specifically second- and final-year undergraduate as well as MA/MSc fashion students. It will also be useful to academics and practitioners who wish to gain a greater understanding of the industry today.

Investigating how social media can be used to generate value for brands beyond customer relationship purposes, the skilled authors explore how social media users co-create value for businesses, influence other consumers and generate electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM).

Providing a critical insight into the growth of the secondhand luxury and vintage fashion industry, this book offers a compendium of business developments from across the globe, including examples from Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

This book provides a critical overview of technologies that are used within the fashion industry and supply chain, with a special emphasis on how they engender sustainability and the circular economy.

This book provides a critical overview of technologies that are used within the fashion industry and supply chain, with a special emphasis on how they engender sustainability and the circular economy.

?This book addresses the issue of sustainability in the luxury industry, which has become a major topic of concern for brand managers, scholars, policy-makers, the media, and academia.

​This book addresses the issue of sustainability in the luxury industry, which has become a major topic of concern for brand managers, scholars, policy-makers, the media, and academia. Spanning 13 chapters, the authors provide insights from developed and developing countries, whilst at the same time exploring a variety of issues within sustainable luxury, the hidden value of secondhand, eco-luxury, circular economy principles and perceptions, ethical sourcing and eco-label strategies. All of which can be linked to the broader theme of SDG12: Responsible Production and Consumption. Thus, the book not only has a wide geographical scope but also brings together a collection of scholars spanning many disciplines such as marketing, management, textiles, fashion, economics, and digital media. Offering a combination of empirical and conceptual works, the book also provides important insights for future research enquiries.

The impact of the fashion industry on the environment is undoubtedly size-able. Offering a comprehensive and global perspective, it covers core topics such as: technological innovations and their impact on sustainable fashion, alternative models of consumption, the circular economy, the role of activism and the future of sustainable fashion.

This book provides a critical insight into sustainability and fashion in a retailing and marketing context. Examining a truly global industry, Sustainability in Fashion offers international application with a view to contextualising important developments within the industry.

Providing a critical insight into the growth of the secondhand luxury and vintage fashion industry, this book offers a compendium of business developments from across the globe, including examples from Europe, the Middle East and Asia.