For the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany, Chantal Almeida1 obtained the exclusive retail
rights to distribute the offi cial fabrics of Togo's national football team, Les Eperviers. She …

Lomé's buzzing semicircular boulevard portrays a decaying cityscape of dilapidated hotels,
restaurants, government offices, and vacant buildings alongside street eateries, cybercafés …

Major international textile fairs play a leading role in the development of global fashion.
These huge gatherings set in motion the production chains of goods and services in …

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This sociology master's research investigates local textile practitioners living in the Otago
(Ōtākou) region who upcycle textiles and clothing. The research aim is to investigate an as …

In this innovative collaborative ethnography of Italian-Chinese ventures in the fashion
industry, Lisa Rofel and Sylvia J. Yanagisako offer a new methodology for studying …

This paper aims to stretch the GPN approach through investigating a second-hand trade
network. One of the understudied geographies of the world economy is the large-scale …

This thesis deals with the secondhand clothing supply chain and the moments of translation
objects of clothing can undergo. Object of clothing are 'followed'from the global North, more …

The “Made in” label plays an important role in the consumption of fashion, especially luxury
consumption: the country of origin (COO) often functions as a guarantee of quality and …

The central problem for trade unions in the global textiles, clothing and footwear (TCF)
sector is the absence of a mature system of industrial relations in most of the countries …