Research Journal of Textile and Apparel: Volume 12 Issue 3

Analysis of Supply Chain Strategies Used by The United States Textile and Apparel Industries

Matt Berdine, Erin Parrish, Nancy L. Cassill, William Oxenham, Michelle R. Jones

Due to the highly competitive nature of an increasingly global market, textile and apparel firms are being challenged to leverage and enhance their core competencies in order to…

Competitive Analysis of Niche Product Supply Chains

Reece Allen, Erin Parrish, Nancy L. Cassill, William Oxenham, Michelle R. Jones

Companies are pursuing niche markets to combat competitive pressures from low-cost producers of textiles and apparel. These small, customer-need centered markets provide economic…

Organizational Mindfulness and the Development of Information Technology for Logistics Operations: The Experience of an Apparel Company

Christina W.Y. Wong, Kee-hung Lai

With ten years of apparel retailing operations and thirty years of franchising experience for clothing merchandise, Apparel Retailer and Franchiser¹ (ARF) has evolved into one of…

A New Look at Fashion Brand Management – product switching strategies in the face of imitation

Yasunori Fujita

The fashion market today is characterized by rapid change. Demands fluctuate over time and customer taste is rarely stable. As Christopher, Lowson and Peck (2004) mentioned…

Fashion Adoption Categories: A New Investigation of Personality Facets and Demographics

Tricia Widner Johnson

This study investigates personality facets and demographics as predictors of the following fashion adoption categories: fashion innovation, fashion opinion leadership, and fashion…

A Web-Based System for Fashion Sales Forecasting

Yong Yu, Tsan-Ming Choi, Kin-Fan Au, Chui-Yan Kwan

The fashion industry faces more challenges from demand uncertainty than many other businesses because it creates products that are highly seasonal with short lifetimes and demand…

Demand and Retail Management in Luxury Fashion Industries

Federico Caniato, Maria Caridi, Cecilia Castelli, Luca Luca

Supply chain management is a critical issue when dealing with the fashion industry. When managing retail, Demand Management is an area that requires investigation because retail…

Transition from OEM to OBM: A case study of Fenix

Sheau Yun Chyr, Gail Taylor, Chi Leung Patrick Hui

This paper reveals an under researched phenomenon: the ways that export-oriented, original equipment manufacturing (OEM) clothing companies upgrade to original brand manufacturing…