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 – The paper seeks to examine the changing landscape of supply chain management, marketing channels of distribution, logistics and purchasing. Design/methodology/approach – The authors examine and take stock of the changing nature and landscape surrounding the related disciplines of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically identify different types of sourcing strategies applied in the apparel industry, and to explain how various sourcing strategies are related to the apparel firm's characteristics, prerequisites and supplier performance....

Purpose – The goal of this research is to identify which service activities contribute most to customer satisfaction in the technical wholesale industry in the Baltic States. Design/methodology/approach – In order to obtain an understanding of customer service in the countries of Latvia,...