An exploratory study of sustainable apparel retailers on the internet

Fulton, Katelyn; Lee, Seung Eun

doi:10.1504/ijemr.2012.051027

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“…The quality and rigour of the articles forming the review can be traced to the journals in which they were published. Twenty of the articles analysed were published in Scimago-rated Q1 journals [2,5,51,52,[54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69]; 12 articles were included in Q2-rated journals [23,53,[70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79]; with two articles rated Q3 [80] and Q4 [81], and the last journal was not available on Scimago [82].…”

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“…Retailers could educate consumers on laundry care requirements to reduce waste. Education on laundry care requirements was considered an important role for retailers, in the sustainability education process (through extending garment lifecycle), although studies have shown that this was an underexplored area [57,80]. Stål and Jansson [69] are of the view that providing washing advice is nothing new, but more recent advice is being framed in environmental terms.…”

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Towards A Conceptual Framework of Sustainable Practices of Post-consumer Textile Waste at Garment End of Lifecycle: A Systematic Literature Review Approach

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Fashion is characterised by rapidly changing trends and consumption patterns which have led to complexities and dynamism of the fashion supply chain (SC). Excessive generation of wastes highlights the need for innovative ways to address unsustainable practices by feeding the waste back into the supply chain system. This paper reviews the extant literature on sustainability within the fashion industry’s supply chain to establish available sustainability practices to manage post-consumer textile waste (PCTW) at garment end of lifecycle. Four sustainable practices emerged from the review—education and engagement, recovery and redistribution, reuse, and recycling—and are central to a framework that shows the interaction of garment end of lifecycle practices and could the achievement of strategic competitive advantage. Our findings emphasise the importance for interaction and collaboration between consumers and retailers and further involvement of the entire supply chain. In addition, sustainability paradoxes were evident across the sustainable practices. To avoid this, for retailers are urged to shift towards cradle to cradle (closed loop) lifecycle supply chains. Furthermore, retailers should evaluate the practices they adopt by questioning their aim in the achievement of sustainability. We suggest that firms should consider the entire supply chain when adopting a sustainable practice and each agent’s role in achieving the overall outcome of sustained competitive advantage.

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