Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: Volume 3 Issue 4

Academic Papers: Casual apparel in the workplace

Ginger Woodard

Casual business apparel addresses many issues in the workplace. This phenomenon is having a strong impact on the corporate world, including employee production and motivation…

Diffusion of innovation: The casual workplace phenomenon

Stephanie Foust, Nancy L. Cassill, David Herr

This study examined the casual workplace in the context of diffusion of innovation. The innovation of the casual workplace, the wearing of casual clothing to the office, has had…

Practitioner Papers: US retail executives' perspectives on the future of retailing

Eunah Yoh, LuAnn R. Gaskill

US retail executives' perspectives of the future of apparel retailing were explored in this study. Data were collected through personal interviews conducted at the 1996 National…

The heavy user of clothing: Theoretical and empirical perspectives

Ronald Goldsmith, Mary Ann Moore, Pierre Beaudoin

A minority of consumers, the heavy users, account for the bulk of purchases in many product categories. The present paper applies the concept of heavy usage to the study of…

Consumer reuse and recycling of post‐consumer textile waste

Tanya Domina, Kathryn Koch

A growing sensitivity to environmental issues has stimulated increased consumer recycling of post‐consumer product waste. Post‐consumer textile waste is a largely untapped…

Statistical Review: Continuity and change in the US apparel industry: A statistical profile

Ian M. Taplin

The US apparel industry continues to be a large, mature industry that is intensely competitive. It is also highly fragmented and is undergoing restructuring and operational…

Conference Reports

Gaynor Lea‐Greenwood, Ruth Murphy, Margaret Bruce

The second annual conference of the Research Alliance of Fashion and Textiles (RAFT), hosted by the Department of Clothing Design and Technology of Manchester Metropolitan…