culture creates between behaviour and ‘characteristics considered to be appropriate to men and women’ (Barnard‚ 2007‚ 185- 186). Fashion aids in the social construction of gender through separating male and female fashion and promoting the stereotypical feminine figure. From the days of stays and petticoats to corsets and crinolines and now with padded bras and ‘Spanx’‚ fashion has seen centuries of shrinking and augmentation of the body to achieve the sexualised‚ ‘feminine’ shape. The ‘communicative
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Managing people re-do Introduction Training and development refers to the practice of learning opportunities to employees to inspire‚ challenge‚ and motivate them to perform the functions of their position to the best of their ability and within standards. Training and development activities provide all involved system of care parties with the tools they need to develop professionally‚ increase their knowledge‚ effectively work with families‚ and build their capacity to perform the tasks associated
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Case Study: Zara-Fast Fashion Case Summary: Inditex is the parent company of six different apparel retailing chains that includes Massimo Dutti‚ Pull and Bear‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ Oysho‚ and‚ most importantly‚ Zara. Zara has historically been the most profitable of the chains‚ operating 282 stores in 32 countries at the end of 2001 (Ghemawat & Nueno‚ 2006). The other five chains that are operated by Inditex have not matched the growth capabilities or revenue of Zara. Zara’s apparel offers
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(see course schedule/ for details). Be reminded that there are two parts to Case 1:Part 1A Questions and Part 1B‚ which is the corresponding excel spreadsheet with the financial analysis. A word of advice‚ read the case carefully‚ including the exhibits and the footnotes. The information in the fine print is relevant. The Fashion Channel 1. What are the pros and cons of the three segmentation scenarios? Read carefully the case and make a list of the pros and cons of each segmentation scenario
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the international competitors listed in the case is it most interesting to compare Inditex’s financial results? Why? What do comparisons indicate about Inditex’s relative operating economics? Its relative capital efficiency? Note that while the electronic version of Exhibit 6 automates some of the comparisons‚ you will probably want to dig further into them. Background: Inditex is an international fashion retailer that designed‚ manufactured and sold apparel‚ footwear‚ and accessories for women‚
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Kids Fashion Week The article written by “The Daily Beast” Tom Sykes‚ focused on the effects of London’s “Kids Fashion Week”‚ on children. Sykes started with his own experience as a child. His mother happens to specialize in hand-made clothes‚ using materials like cotton‚ silk‚ and wool. She’s been doing so for over 50 years and does work for all ages‚ especially for young children. He talks about his experience posing for his mothers adverts in the “British Vogue”. He states that the
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(2009)‚ “An extension of technology acceptance model: Analysis of the adoption of mobile data services in China”. CA Holz (2008)‚ “China’s Economic Growth 1978-2025: What We Know Today about China’s Economic Growth Tomorrow”. MN Kiggundu (2002)‚ “Managing globalization in developing countries and transition economies: building capacities for a changing world”. S Yusuf (2001)‚ “Development issues: settled and open”. GW Skelton (2005)‚ “Mobile commerce application development”. P Kotler‚ R Berger (2010)
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Consider the impact of modern Japanese fashion on Western fashion. In the fashion field‚ there has been much discussion revolving of the issue of modern Japanese style influence on Western fashion. Indeed‚ the Japanese style is becoming more and more popular in Western Counties. Specifically‚ Rajia (2011) has states that Japanese fashion may be not as popular as some high-end brands in the Western country like Gucci and Louis Vuitton. But Japanese rely on their unique design and marketing strategy
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Introduction Quick response: perceptions of UK fashion retailers Grete Birtwistle Noreen Siddiqui and Susan S. Fiorito The authors Grete Birtwistle and Noreen Siddiqui are in the Division of Marketing‚ at Glasgow Caledonian University‚ Glasgow‚ UK. Susan S. Fiorito is in the Department of Textiles and Consumer Sciences‚ Florida State University‚ Tallahassee‚ Florida‚ USA. Keywords Quick response retailing‚ Supply chain‚ Fashion‚ Retailing‚ United Kingdom During the mid-1980s‚ quick response (QR)
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Fashion and Social Media Deanna Robinson Arcadia University Abstract Due to the changes in technology British luxury brand Burberry has changed its global product and marketing strategy. Burberry is using social media to reposition and better market its product. For small fashion companies like 3.1 Phillip Lim the use of social media to generate business internationally can be harmful to its reputation. I will discuss the pros and cons each company could face while using social media to generate
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