Asian trans-national garment manufacturers are transforming the structure of global value
chains in the apparel industry. Recent studies show such first tier suppliers undertaking a …

Firms in the clothing industry engage in global sourcing and operate in global markets. Their
global production networks have often been subject to scrutiny as the power relationships …

Focusing on the apparel industry, this article contends that the global manufacturing context
increasingly obliges developing countries to construct or promote regionalised production …

Through an analysis of clothing import patterns and sourcing practices of major clothing
retailers in the United Kingdom, France, and Scandinavia, this paper uncovers salient …

This article uses the global value chain approach to analyse the upgrading trajectories of
leading apparel exporters adapting to the end of textile and apparel quotas and the …

The enhanced integration of production across geopolitical boundaries since the 1970s
highlights the restructuring endemic to many industries in high-wage economies of the West …

The clothing sector has traditionally been a gateway to export diversification and industrial
development for low-income countries (LICs) due to its low fix costs, relatively simple …

This paper shows the importance of ownership, end markets and regionalism within the
global value chain and related conceptual frameworks. This is done through unpacking the …

The rise of China's export-oriented apparel industry since the 1990s has been driven largely
by global sourcing practices intent on capturing the cost advantages of a development …

The global organization of the clothing industry has been the prime example of buyer‐driven
commodity chains. However, previous empirical studies to substantiate Gereffi's assertion …