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Made in America: Fashion’s Fight to Save the Garment District
Author: Skarda, Erin
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: TIME
Publication Year: 2013
It’s a myth that no one makes anything in America anymore. The heart of the U.S. fashion industry is still beating in midtown Manhattan, where a stretch of factories, warehouses, showrooms and design studios between 35th and 40th Streets and 8th and 9th Avenues are responsible for creating much of the American-designed and manufactured clothing and accessories...
Political Risk in the Kaesong Industrial Complex
Authors: Rice, Condoleezza; Zegart, Amy; McMurdo, Torey L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
The Kaesong Industrial Complex is a 1.25-square-mile industrial park six miles north of the Demilitarized Zone in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. This case reviews the political and economic risks and opportunities of entering Kaesong through the lens of Bright Ray Apparel, a hypothetical South Korean textile manufacturing firm.
School House
Author: Leipziger, Deborah
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Publication Year: 2012
Rachel Weeks knew that she had what it takes to be an entrepreneur. She had the vision, guts, intelligence, and ability to work hard. Most of all she had a very good idea: to create School House, a clothing company that would pay workers a living wage. After several years of partnership with suppliers in Sri Lanka, School House faced severe challenges. Rachel decided to manufacture all of the School House product line in the United States. Will School House be able to continue its policy of paying a living wage in U.S.-based factories?
Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
Author: Cline, Elizabeth L.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Portfolio Hardcover
Publication Year: 2012
Cheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. But what are we doing with all these cheap clothes? And more important, what are they doing to us, our society, our environment, and our economic well-being?
W.L. Gore: Culture of Innovation
Author: Rao, Jay
Product Type: Cases
Source: Babson College
Publication Year: 2012
W.L. Gore differs from the mainstream enterprise in a number of ways -strategy, structure, ownership, leadership, and operations. This case allows the participants to delve into each of these elements and see how they are all consistent and reinforcing one another. The main focus of the case is its "culture of innovation."
Employee Ownership and International Diplomacy: Meeting with a Representative of a Thai Worker Cooperative
Author: Colligan, James
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2011
Jittra Cotshadet coordinates the Try Arm Worker Collective in Thailand which manufactures ladies' lower undergarments. She described the trials her collective faces in the current Thai political climate...
Don't Buy This Jacket, Black Friday and the New York Times
Author:
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Cleanest Line
Publication Year: 2011
Why run an ad in The New York Times on Black Friday telling people, “Don’t Buy This Jacket”? Patagonia argues that businesses need to make fewer things but of higher quality. Customers need to think twice before they buy.
Stone-Washed Blue Jeans (Minus the Washed)
Author: Kaufman, Leslie
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2011
From the cotton field in rural India to the local rag bin, a typical pair of blue jeans consumes 919 gallons of water during its life cycle, Levi Strauss & Company says, or enough to fill about 15 spa-size bathtubs. The company wants to reduce that number any way it can, and not just to project environmental responsibility. It fears that water shortages caused by climate change may jeopardize the company’s very existence in the coming decades by making cotton too expensive or scarce.
Bunny Butcher: PETA Protests Donna Karan New York
Authors: Sider, Michael; Bigus, Paul
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
The chief designer of fashion company Donna Karan New York (DKNY) was facing a difficult situation. Activists for the animal-rights group PETA had posted simultaneous messages on DKNY’s Facebook page: “DK Bunny Butcher.”
Hassina Sherjan
Authors: Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Eccles, Philippa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
A trip back to Afghanistan inspired Hassina Sherjan to educate young women through a non-profit organization and to start a for-profit company to create jobs, especially for women, based on traditional Afghani designs and using only locally grown cotton. In order to grow Boumi, Sherjan must confront a number of challenges...
Yvon Chouinard
Author: From Scratch Radio
Product Type: Interviews; Multimedia
Source: NPR
Publication Year: 2011
Yvon Chouinard’s company Patagonia has been a model of business and environmental responsibility since its inception in 1973.
Primark: £10? Ooh that's Expensive!
Authors: Villanueva, Julián; Nueno, José Luis; Ziskind, Julie
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Could Mr. Marchant continue to make Primark a UK success while at the same time adapting its unique business model to suit new geographies? Could he once and for all dispel the perennial controversy regarding Primark's one weak link: suppliers' use of cheap factory labor?
Nike Football: World Cup 2010 South Africa
Authors: Ofek, Elie; Johnson, Ryan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
For the upcoming World Cup in South Africa, Nike has decided to change its target market focus and to use digital and social media platforms to connect more extensively with consumers. In addition, Nike plans to launch innovative new boots and engage in corporate responsibility and sustainability initiatives.
Gone Rural
Author: Perold, Andre F.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Gone Rural employs 750 women in rural communities across Swaziland to produce handwoven baskets and other hand-crafted items. The company has a strong social mission to improve the economic situation of these women and wants to grow rapidly. Allows students to discuss whether and how for-profit and social objectives can co-exist.
Veja: Sneakers With a Conscience
Authors: Branzei, Oana; Poldner, Kim
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2010
This case illustrates the founding and growth of Veja, the first eco-sneaker company in the world, in the broader context of the evolution of the fashion industry and the emergence of the eco-fashion movement.
Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (A, B)
Authors: Sebenius, James K.; Qian, Cheng
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Seeking to secure a large supply of specialty cotton in an ethical and socially responsible fashion, Esquel undertook a major 2002 initiative to negotiate value-creating contracts among itself, local Xinjiang municipal governments, and cotton farmers.
The Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
The Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
Learning Objective: To understand the role of ethics and sustainability in the business-consumer relationship. The importance of ethical and sustainable production to consumers has undoubtedly grown in recent years, but how much do these concerns influence actual economic behavior? Is it enough for companies to appear to be acting ethically, or do consumers insist that firms walk the walk as well as talk the talk? Encourages debate over the relationship between corporate social responsibility and competitive advantage, the depth of consumer commitment to ethical production, and the role of reputation and public opinion.
The Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
Learning Objective: To discuss workforce management issues in global supply chains, highlighting the tension between distributed labor and centralized responsibility. The material allows students to discuss both sides of the labor debate: it shows that even low-wage employment can be used as a path to economic development, and also that the global search for low-wage labor has lead to human rights abuses and other ethical problems. It also highlights the potential advantages of human capital investment for innovation and operations, if properly developed.
The Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
Learning Objective: To highlight issues of globalization and the more recent efforts to use it in ways that benefit both businesses and society. Students have the opportunity to question the use of globalization to reduce costs and extend markets, often at the price of labor and environmental abuses. This section outlines the push for a more sustainable approach to global business, including moves toward localization, increased access for both buyers and sellers, non-Western perspectives, and the expansion of the typical consumer base to include the base of the pyramid.
The Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
Learning Objective: To highlight the effects of unsustainable resource use, giving students a window to discuss the widespread implications of resource management throughout a product's lifecycle. This section illustrates the history of resource degradation, particularly in developing countries, and how many companies and societies are moving, if incrementally, toward more sustainable practices.
Teaching Module on the Future of Fashion
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Wu, Gina
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
This Teaching Module uses the context of the fashion industry to discuss topics that are shaping the future of all industries. These topics include sustainable resource management, the challenges and opportunities of global growth, workforce management, and the role of ethical consumption in business.
Fashion Tries on Zero Waste Design
Author: Rosenbloom, Stephanie
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2010
Zero-waste design strives to create clothing patterns that leave not so much as a scrap of fabric on the cutting room floor. A small but impassioned coterie of designers has spent the last few years quietly experimenting with innovative design techniques, and some of their ideas are starting to penetrate the mainstream.
From Untouchable to Businesswoman
Author: Trebay, Guy
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2010
This piece explores the journey of Kakuben Lalabhai Parmar from "scheduled castes" in Madhutra, India to businesswoman in Midtown Manhattan.
Best Current Practices in Purchasing: The Apparel Industry
Author: As You Sow
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: AsYouSow.org
Publication Year: 2010
This report presents how apparel industry leaders have made changes to their internal purchasing practices and corporate structures as part of the continued efforts to improve factory working conditions.
Cambodian Factories Seek Eco-Friendly Power Alternatives
Author: Marks, Simon
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2010
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The majority of the Cambodia’s garment factories — making clothes for brand names in the U.S. and European markets — use firewood to heat old-fashioned boilers that produce hot water for dyeing fabrics and steam for ironing.
Toby Johnson (A, B)
Authors: Groysberg, Boris; Danford, Leslie; Lodge, Amy; Sayles, Tereh
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
After completing her MBA in 2007, Toby Johnson, a former army pilot with the 18th Airborne Corps Rapid Deployment Force, joined PepsiCo's Leadership Development Program (LDP). For her first assignment with PepsiCo, Johnson accepted a position as a manufacturing-manager at a Frito-Lay plant in Williamsport, PA. The Williamsport plant had 200 employees and 54 million pounds of production per year. The case describes how Johnson took charge of the plant, and her action plan for implementing a new set of changes
Fashion Futures 2025: Global Scenarios for a Sustainable Fashion Industry
Author:
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Forum for the Future, Levi Strauss & Co.
Publication Year: 2010
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If we understand what the future may hold we can prepare for it, spot promising new ventures and even help shape the direction it takes...
A Clothing Clearance Where More Than Just the Prices Have Been Slashed
Author: Dwyer, Jim
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2010
In the bitter cold on a Monday night, a man and woman picked apart a pyramid of clear trash bags, the discards of the HM clothing store that reigns in blazing plate-glass glory on 34th Street, just east of Sixth Avenue in Manhattan.
Noir/Illuminati II (A, B): Defining Socially Responsible Affordable Luxury Clothing
Authors: Leleux, Benoît; Agersnap, Barbara Scheel
Product Type: Cases
Source: IMD
Publication Year: 2010
Over the years, Peter had attended many fashion shows all over world and had become both aware and very concerned by the total lack of “social substance” of many of the major fashion companies. Was fashion just the ultimate personalization of some of the worst aspects of human behavior? Corporate social responsibility was making its way into most other industries: Why could it not infiltrate fashion?
Lululemon's Commitment to the Environment: A Tangle of Seaweed, Suppliers, and Social Responsibility
Author: Bass, Andrea Erin
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Nebraska, Omaha
Publication Year: 2010
Lululemon, faced with pressure to expand and maximize profits while maintaining its CSR pledge to the environment and innovation, found itself in a difficult position when an environmentally-friendly fiber it used for a clothing product was determined to be marketed falsely.
Impact of Textiles and Clothing Industry on the Environment: Approach Towards Eco-Friendly Textiles
Author: Challa, Lakshmi
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Bangalore University
Publication Year: 2010
At each of the six stages typically required to make a garment, the negative impacts on the environment are as numerous as they are varied.
Cleaner Production in the Textile Industry, Lessons from the Danish Experience
Authors: Wynne, George; Maharaj, Dhiraj; Buckley, Chris
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: South African Dyers and Finishers Association, University of Natal
Publication Year: 2010
DANCED, the Danish Cooperation for Environment and Development is funding a demonstration project to promote the application of Cleaner Production in the South African textile industry.
Sara Campbell Ltd. (A, B, C)
Authors: Autrey, Romana L.; Narayanan, V.G.; Rozovsky, Julia
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
Describes a situation in which Sara Campbell, the CEO of a women's apparel company, must decide how to resolve the tense relationship with her Financial Controller and ex-brother-in-law, Stephen Holt.
Sole Mates: Looking for 'Profit with a Purpose' from Socially Conscious Footwear Customers
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2009
Dehtiar, who lives in Ontario, Canada, is founder and president of Oliberté, a start-up that hopes to produce casual footwear in Africa and sell it to socially minded consumers.
The Influence of Corporate Social Responsibility on Peruvian Consumers' Purchasing Behavior
Author: Feldman, Percy Samoel Marquina
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: CENTRUM Business School, Society for Marketing Advances (SMA) 2009 Annual Conference
Publication Year: 2009
The findings of this research provide empirical validation of the positive relationship between corporate social responsibility and Peruvian consumers’ behavior in the purchasing of athletic shoes in Lima, Perú.
One CEO's Trip From Dismissive to Convinced
Author: Posner, Bruce
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Sloan Management Review
Publication Year: 2009
In 1994, when Interface Inc.'s founder and CEO Ray Anderson began to think about his legacy, it made him uneasy...
Levi Strauss & Co. (A, B, C, D)
Author: Leslie, Mark
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
This case explores the decision by the famed jeans maker to close a manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas in early 1990.
Taking Jobs to Bangladesh's Poor
Author: Dummett, Mark
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: BBC
Publication Year: 2009
Every year the island floods and the 100 families living on it know that it is only a matter of time before Ratankandi is washed entirely away. They are among the poorest people in the country.
Gucci Group: Freedom within the Framework
Authors: Martinez-Jerez, F. Asis; Corsi, Elena; Dessain, Vincent
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
Gucci Group's CEO had to decide if his decentralized management style was the most effective philosophy in an economic downturn.
An Empire for Poor Working Women, Guided by a Gandhian Approach
Author: Sengupta, Somini
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
Thirty-five years ago in this once thriving textile town, Ela Bhatt fought for higher wages for women who ferried bolts of cloth on their heads. Next, she created India's first women's bank.
School Trends
Author:
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: Employee Ownership Association
Publication Year: 2009
Founder and Chair of School Trends, Peter Beeby, has always been committed to coownership principles and started to actively pursue employee share ownership with the death of his co-founder and friend in 1994.
FutureFashion White Papers
Author: Earth Pledge
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Earth Pledge
Publication Year: 2008
FutureFashion White Papers aims to educate all people interested in sustainable fashion and offers safe environmental practices for the industries and consumers. It is an invaluable and ground-breaking resource that proves how style and sustainability can coexist.
Can Knockoffs Knock Out Your Business?
Authors: Nunes, Paul F.; Mulani, Narendra P.; Brandazza, Giorgio; Taggart, J. Merrick "Rick"; Cummings, Candace S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business Review
Publication Year: 2008
In this fictional case study, the head of a company that makes apparel and equipment for outdoor enthusiasts must decide what to do about increased counterfeiting of the firm's products. The reader will consider questions such as how to control legal expenses associated with combating counterfeiting, how to partner with customs and border patrol officers to identify counterfeits, and how to use retailing strategies to strengthen a company's brand and thus reduce customers' desire to buy counterfeit goods.
Apparel Eco-Factory in Sri Lanka
Author:
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: JAAF
Publication Year: 2008
The Garments Without Guilt campaign focuses on ethically-made clothing--meaning free of child labour, free of sweatshop conditions and free of forced labour.
She's Crafty
Author: Berger, Leslie
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Publication Year: 2008
Priya Haji is a rising star in the fair trade movement. Haji's company, World of Good, connects artisans -- mostly women -- in poor countries with trendy consumers in the West.
Threadless: The Business of Community
Authors: Lakhani, Karim R.; Kanji, Zahra
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: Harvard Business Publishing
Publication Year: 2008
Threadless.com, the online, Chicago-based t-shirt company, was not your typical fashion apparel company. Threadless' success had garnered significant media attention, the New York Times and USA's National Public Radio highlighting its unique community-based business model, and had piqued the interest of large traditional retailers.
TOMS Shoes: From Soul to Sole
Author: Weatherhead School of Management
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: Case Western Reserve University
Publication Year: 2008
TOMS shoes are the harbinger of what has been christened as the ‘one to one movement’- for every shoe a customer buys, TOMS donates a pair to a child in need.
Monitoring Factories Around the Globe: The Fair Labor Association and The Workers Rights Consortium
Authors: Chang, Victoria; Carroll, Glenn
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2008
In 1999, the nonprofit Fair Labor Association (FLA) was launched to monitor factories around the world for sweatshop-related infractions. Another key nonprofit player, the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), was launched in 2000. The two organizations had similar goals, but very different histories, strategies, and ways of operating.
Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys
Author: Fletcher, Kate
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Publication Year: 2008
This design handbook presents a new vision of sustainability in the fashion and textile sector based on design thinking and practice. It brings together information about lifecycle environmental impacts, practical alternatives, design concepts and social innovation, and frames them in a sustainability context.
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