The offshore migration of fashion manufacturing from established markets to offshore countries, and the increasingly complex nature of fashion consumption has played a crucial role in transforming the way fashion is perceived in the contemporary world. Globalisation of the fashion industry has...

As a supply chain management initiative, category management has to date been the almost exclusive preserve of the grocery sector and, within that sector, limited to food categories. This paper proposes that the fashion industry might usefully follow the grocery industry's lead and implement...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the competitive advantages of the networks of firms forming the supply chain and distribution channels through process integration, outsourcing, and creation of relational capabilities. Design/methodology/approach – A four‐stage methodology...

Purpose – The decline of inter‐firm relationships remains an important, although little studied, topic within the channel management literature. Existing research on the topic tends to be fragmentary and largely occupied with the cataloguing of switching incentives and deterrents. This aim...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to better understand the selection of a distribution channel strategy for a non‐profit organization selling products or services to its end customers. Design/methodology/approach – Two channel strategies are generally considered: an integrated channel...

Purpose – This paper aims to report on the efforts of a wholesaler in overcoming one of the main barriers to successful marketing channels – namely the “transparency problem”. Design/methodology/approach – A decision‐support tool that is capable of providing detailed cost‐analysis...

Purpose – Small and medium‐sized companies often struggle to achieve sustainable growth or access wider markets. This insight from industry aims to describe the case of Scot Trout and Salmon a company that acts as a distribution hub for a number of small and medium‐sized enterprise (SME)...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to describe and illustrate aspects of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). Design/methodology/approach – The terms of first‐, second‐ and n ‐order supply chains are introduced. A first‐order supply chain denotes that a substantial part...

Purpose – The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the relative effects of supply chain integration, supply chain information sharing and supply chain design on supply chain performance. Design/methodology/approach – Data collected from 125 manufacturing firms in Turkey are used...