ISBN:
9780691141572
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 237 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Orderly Fashion : A Sociology of Markets
DDC:
306.3/4
Keywords:
Fashion merchandising Social aspects
;
Industrial sociology
;
Clothing trade Social aspects
Abstract:
For any market to work properly, certain key elements are necessary: competition, pricing, rules, clearly defined offers, and easy access to information. Without these components, there would be chaos. Orderly Fashion examines how order is maintained in the different interconnected consumer, producer, and credit markets of the global fashion industry. From retailers in Sweden and the United Kingdom to producers in India and Turkey, Patrik Aspers focuses on branded garment retailers--chains such as Gap, H&M, Old Navy, Topshop, and Zara. Aspers investigates these retailers' interactions and com
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Garment Sellers in Consumer Markets; Chapter 2 Affordable Fashion; Chapter 3 Entrenching Identities; Chapter 4 Branded Garment Retailers in the Production Market; Chapter 5 Manufacturing Garments in the Global Market; Chapter 6 Branded Garment Retailers in the Investment Market; Chapter 7 Markets as Partial Orders; Appendix I: Empirical Material and Methods; Appendix II: Garment Trade Statistics; Appendix III: The Garment Industry; Appendix IV: Economic Sociology; Appendix V: Fashion Theory and Research; Notes; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1515/9781400835188
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