Fast Fashion Systems

PART I Introduction, review and exploratory discussions 1 Fast fashion systems - An introduction Tsan-Ming Choi 2 The slow fashion process: Rethinking strategy for fast fashion retailers Arlesa Shephard & Sanjukta Pookulangara 2.1 Fast fashion changes the supply chain 2.2 Concerns about the sustainability of fast fashion 2.3 The evolution of slow fashion 2.4 The slow fashion process 2.5 Slow fashion concepts for fast fashion retailers 2.5.1 H&M sustainability initiatives 2.5.2 Challenges of merging slow and fast fashion 2.6 Recommendations for future study 3 Examining global retailing's innovators: An overview of fast fashion supply chain research Lorynn R. Divita & Jeong-Ju Yoo 3.1 Introduction and background 3.2 Impact on the industry and consumers 3.3 Fast fashion supply chain literature 3.3.1 Qualitative analysis and case studies 3.3.2 Supply chain strategies and analytical models 3.4 Conclusion 4 Fast fashion retailing: RFID deployment for enhancing customer value proposition Pankaj M. Madhani 4.1 Introduction 4.2 RFID technology: Key concepts 4.3 Literature review 4.4 Fast fashion: A retail marketing perspective 4.5 Fast fashion retailing: RFID deployment 4.6 Research methodology 4.6.1 A-1) Development of a business value added framework 4.6.2 A-2) Development of a financial matrix for measuring ROI and EVA 4.6.3 B) Development of various propositions 4.7 Discussions and implications 4.7.1 RFID deployment at American Apparel: A rewarding experience 4.8 Limitations 4.9 Conclusions PART II Analytical modelling research on fast fashion systems 5 Flexible procurement models for fast fashion retailers Dogan A. Serel 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The basic model 5.2.1 Methods to compute the expected profit EP1(Q1) 5.3 Extensions of the basic model 5.3.1 Random purchase cost at time 2 5.3.2 Order cancellation option 5.3.3 Budget constraint 5.3.4 Multiple products 5.3.5 Price-dependent demand 5.3.6 Postponement of orders for components of a product 5.3.7 Ordering policy in the presence of carbon footprint tax 5.4 Conclusion 6 Coordination of a fast fashion supply chain with profit-loss sharing contract Ke Wang, Qinglong Gou, Ling Yang & Siqing Shan 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Literature review 6.3 Assumptions and notation 6.4 The model 6.4.1 Baseline case: Coordination via RSC without FB 6.4.2 The coordination with FB 6.5 Comparing the PLSC with the RSC 6.6 Numerical analysis 6.7 Conclusions PART III Empirical research on fast fashion systems 7 Investigating on-shelf availability in the UK retail clothing sector John Fernie & David B. Grant 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Research into on-shelf availability and out-of-stocks 7.3 Strategies for improving availability and reducing out-of-stocks 7.4 Availability and out-of-stocks in clothing and fashion retailing 7.5 Methodology 7.6 Findings 7.6.1 The 'back to school campaign' research study 7.6.2 The jeans research study 7.6.3 Interviews as the final phase of the two studies 7.7 Discussion and conclusions 8 A cross regional analysis on fashion quick response programs Tsan-Ming Choi, Pui-Sze Chow, Shuk-Ching Liu & Yeuk-Ting To 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Literature review and research contribution 8.2.1 Origin of QR 8.2.2 Benefits of QR adoption 8.2.3 Implementation of QR 8.2.4 Channel relationship in QR 8.2.5 Research contribution 8.3 Methodology 8.4 Findings and discussions 8.4.1 Within-region analysis 8.4.2 Cross regional analysis 8.4.3 Verifications of theories 8.5 Conclusion, recommendations and future research 9 Service quality strategy for fast fashion: An empirical study in Hong Kong Tsan-Ming Choi, Shuk-Ching Liu, Tracy Kwai-Chi Tsang & Jinhui Zheng 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Literature review 9.2.1 Fast fashion retailers 9.2.2 Customer service quality 9.2.3 Customer expectation 9.2.4 Customer perceptions and customer satisfaction 9.2.5 Measure of service quality: SERVQUAL 9.3 Method 9.3.1 Interview 9.3.2 Focus group discussion 9.3.3 Survey 9.4 Findings 9.4.1 Findings of interview 9.4.2 Findings of focus group discussion 9.4.3 Findings of survey 9.5 Conclusion and research limitations Subject index