Key Issues in Slow Fashion: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives

Štefko, Róbert; Steffek, Vladimira

doi:10.3390/su10072270

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“…Cline (2012, in [16]) considered slow fashion to have arisen in opposition to fast fashion, but Fletcher (2010, in [25]) believed that slow and fast fashions represent different, but not opposite, attitudes, business processes, frameworks, and values. The purpose is to offer more sustainable and ethical ways of being fashionable (Clark, 2008, in [16]).…”

Section: Sustainable and Slow Fashion Conceptsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is associated with fair working conditions, sustainable business models, organic and environmentally friendly materials, certifications, and traceability (Henninger et al, 2016, in [27]). There have been evident changes in consumer behaviors regarding Slow Fashion: consumers have better awareness and think twice before they buy [25]. According to Cavender [28] (p. 30), "the emergence of sustainable fashion movements (e.g., slow fashion, conscious consumption) indicates that society as a whole is beginning to question the consumption-oriented dominant social paradigm, signaling an impending shift toward more sustainable consumption and increased commitment to sustainability initiatives by corporations".…”

Section: Sustainable and Slow Fashion Conceptsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Luxury Products and Sustainability Issues from the Perspective of Young Italian Consumers

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The aim of this study is to understand the actual preferences, behaviors, and purchasing decisions of young consumers in the context of sustainability, with an emphasis on luxury products. The primary objective of the research is to determine the impact of ‘sustainable tendencies’ on stimulating the purchase of luxury goods by the Italian Generation Z and Generation Y populations. In addition to examining the intergenerational differences in perception of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable marketing, the study is aimed at investigating the potential intersection of the consumption of luxury products and the consumption of slow fashion. In particular, through an empirical analysis carried out on a sample of 1314 young consumers in Italy (representing the two generational cohorts), this research provides interesting results which demonstrate the importance of adopting differentiated CSR strategies which are attentive to sustainability based on the demographic characteristics of young consumers of luxury brands. Structural equation modeling is used to analyze and understand the structural relationships between variables. This study thus helps to fill the knowledge gap about the consumption orientation of the younger generations. The results of this study contribute to a growing body of literature on luxury brands and sustainability issues in marketing.

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Section: Sustainable and Slow Fashion Conceptsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sustainable and Slow Fashion Conceptsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Luxury Products and Sustainability Issues from the Perspective of Young Italian Consumers

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“…The ultimate objective of a clothing service in the Fourth Industry is to provide a customized service to the customers. In the research work of Štefko, R. and Steffek, V. (2018) [12], 'Key Issues in Slow Fashion: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives' was emphasized claiming that having the knowledge, skills, and competence based on that choices will allow one to actively participate in an actual production system. They also pointed out that the business models that allow an individual or a group to participate are suitable for small businesses and although they do not aim for the popular fashion market, they actually are a shared learning-based business, which provides a new meaning to the customers.…”

Section: Characteristics Of Clothing Service In the Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, such a service is not as accurate as a manual clothing system where a person actually takes measurements and cuts out clothes. In the last Fourth Industry Fashion Exhibition, many cases of inaccurately-sized clothes were produced during the demonstration of making 3D scan-based customized clothes [12][13][14]. This was due to inadequate scanning of the body of a person who was already wearing clothes, even if they were very thin.…”

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Customized CAD Modeling and Design of Production Process for One-Person One-Clothing Mass Production System

Yuan

2018

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Following the development of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, many new types of systems are being designed, introduced, or attempted, even in almost every traditional industry. The clothing industry is no exception. The use of continuously developing production equipment and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has a single objective, providing a customized service to all customers. Thus, in this study, the primary research task was to identify ill-balanced aspects or disadvantages of the services previously analyzed to construct a more complete online customized service. This was accomplished by analyzing an automated Computer-Aided Design (CAD) output file containing customer requirements regarding individual clothing items. The secondary research task was to plan and design a clothing manufacturing process to which a one-person one-item mass production system has been applied to achieve a customized service. As a result, for the primary research task, the customers’ requirements for each dress were reflected in attributes, such as color, pattern, or size, and it was possible to obtain an automated CAD output file for each element. Such CAD output files can be used in the production process directly. To find the possibility of upgrading the existing dressmaking process and implement the one-person one-item system, the entire manufacturing process was simulated for the test.

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“…Using strategic approaches will enable the company to better adjust the activities in its portfolio [12,13]. At present, ownership can be understood in two perspectives, both real ownership and managerial ownership [14].…”

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Factors Affecting the Use of Balanced Scorecard in Measuring Company Performance

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The paper presents the results from the research on the factors influencing the use of the Balanced Scorecard methodology in measuring company performance in the engineering sector. The primary objective of the research was to verify the importance of using non-financial factors in managing businesses in connection to the use of the Balanced Scorecard methodology and to verify the dependence between the use of the given methodology and the lack of human and financial resources for its usage. The research focusing on the given issue was conducted over a period of six months. The research was based on the hypotheses that were verified with statistical methods using the methodology of a Chi-square test. To identify the factors that hinder the usage of the Balanced Scorecard methodology in the addressed enterprises, the method of standard deviation was used. The main result of the research is a finding that there is a statistically significant relationship between the enterprises considering the non-financial indicators and the use of the Balanced Scorecard methodology to be important. This relationship is confirmed also by the calculation using a test with p = 0.0422. The research verified one of the main research goals, i.e., the importance of non-financial indicators in connection to the Balanced Scorecard concept (BSC). Other hypotheses are related to the issue of the lack of human and financial resources. Using the Chi-square test in these cases once again, the study also found out the existence of the dependence between the lack of these resources and the use of the Balanced Scorecard methodology. The final value p = 0.0446 relating to human resources and the value p = 0.0377 relating to financial sources define the barriers as being important in implementing the BSC methodology into corporate practice. These values confirm other research results related to the barriers of using BSC. The presented paper assesses the research results that confirm the importance of using non-financial indicators and define the barriers that hinder this usage. The research contributed to the extension of the knowledge of the BSC concept that we consider being a modern managerial future-oriented tool and supported its implementation in companies so that they could operate within the framework of sustainable development.

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Key Issues in Slow Fashion: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives

Cited by 69 publications

References 31 publications

Luxury Products and Sustainability Issues from the Perspective of Young Italian Consumers

Luxury Products and Sustainability Issues from the Perspective of Young Italian Consumers

Customized CAD Modeling and Design of Production Process for One-Person One-Clothing Mass Production System

Factors Affecting the Use of Balanced Scorecard in Measuring Company Performance

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