Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: Volume 5 Issue 4

Quality in international clothing supply chains: cost versus quality

Andrew Popp, J.E. Ruckman, H. Rowe

Building on a series of earlier studies of the relationship between quality and international clothing supply chains, this paper focuses on the role of independent test houses in…

Developing a pattern language for fashion innovation management

Beatrice Le Pechoux, Trevor J. Little, Thomas L. Honeycutt

This paper follows a previous paper which was published in Volume 5 Number 3 describing how a pattern language focusing on the initial creative phase of the apparel design process…

Assortment diversity in relation to financial productivity: contributions towards merchandising theory

Seung‐Eun Lee, Grace I. Kunz

The purpose of this study was to contribute to merchandising theory development by testing and refining Rupe and Kunz’s Volume per Stock‐keeping unit for an Assortment (VSA) and…

Service‐enhanced manufacturing: a study of perceived service quality of apparel manufacturers

Chester Kin‐man To, Chun‐sun Leung

Within the last decade of the twentieth century, the apparel industry in Hong Kong has been undergoing drastic changes. These changes mainly stem from the challenges of process…

Measuring perceived service quality of fashion stores: a test‐retest reliability investigation

Chun‐sun Leung, Chester Kin‐man To

Using a test‐retest methodology, an established measurement scale for consumer‐perceived service quality in fashion retailing was further evaluated in terms of reliability…

Alternative approaches to supply chain compliance monitoring

Jenifer Bremer, John Udovich

Manufacturers of labour‐intensive, branded consumer goods – particularly apparel and footwear – are facing increasing pressure from consumer groups, non‐government organisations…

Cognitive mapping: a tool to support strategic management

David Tyler

Posits that radical changes are required in attitudes of managers, supervisors and operators in the small business area of the textile business, also in clothing assembly…