International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 41 Issue 11/12

The nature of luxury: a consumer perspective

Alessandro Brun, Cecilia Castelli

The purpose of this paper is threefold: to provide an overview of the literature defining “luxury”; to suggest that luxury goods be distinguished from other goods through the…

Segmenting luxe-bargain shoppers using a fuzzy clustering method

Chae Mi Lim, Rodney Runyan, Youn-Kyung Kim

This study aims to identify consumer segments among luxe-bargain shoppers using a fuzzy clustering method based on psychographic variables related to both luxury consumption and…

Brand social power in luxury retail: Manifestations of brand dominance over clients in the store

Marie-Cécile Cervellon, Rachael Coudriet

This research aims to investigate the factors which contribute to the power of luxury brands in the stores and the means through which brand power meaning transfers to the…

Comparing online and in-store shopping behavior towards luxury goods

Xia Liu, Alvin C Burns, Yingjian Hou

– The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the online and in-store shopping behavior towards luxury goods.

Luxury web atmospherics: an examination of homepage design

Philipp Nikolaus Kluge, Jerome Alexander Königsfeld, Martin Fassnacht, Ferdinand Mitschke

The purpose of this paper is to address the on-going debate in research on how a luxury brand ' s image of exclusiveness and uniqueness may be preserved in the ubiquitous…

Murakami on the bag: Louis Vuitton ' s decommoditization strategy

Elen Riot, Cecile Chamaret, Emmanuelle Rigaud

As some areas of the luxury market have been industrializing because of their expanding scale and scope, the commoditization trend is threatening luxury brands along the value…

Dynamic capabilities for fashion-luxury supply chain innovation

Federico Caniato, Antonella Moretto, Maria Caridi

This paper aims at developing a conceptual framework to identify the main features of supply chain innovation and to analyse the role of dynamic capabilities in implementing such…

Corporate social responsibility in luxury manufacturer supply chains: An exploratory investigation of a Scottish cashmere garment manufacturer

Neil Towers, Patsy Perry, Rong Chen

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a central part of the sourcing and supply activity in the textile industry. The role of supply chain management is fundamental to…

Cashmere: A lux-story supply chain told by retailers to build a competitive sustainable advantage

Marie-Eve Faust

The purpose of this paper is to validate that young American experiencers perceive cashmere as the most luxurious animal fiber, to investigate if because expensive it is perceived…

Legitimate vs illegitimate: the luxury supply chain and its doppelganger

Iolanda D'Amato, Thanos Papadimitriou

The increase in international trade, the advances in technology, the growing importance of the emerging markets are the main factors that have contributed to the explosion of…

Supply chain implications for one-off luxury products: cases from the yacht industry

Simone Ponticelli, Valeria Mininno, Riccardo Dulmin, Davide Aloini

The paper seeks to investigate the applicability of strategic supply chain management (SCM) models in one-off luxury contexts such as the yacht industry, where durable products…

Guest editorial

Alessandro Brun

Guest editorial

Alessandro Brun