Sustainability management in global fashion operations is an area of growing concern. This
can be seen by the number of research articles and industrial reports published. To …

Purpose Most businesses strive to control the efficiency of their supply chains; however,
luxury firms face additional challenges from counterfeit, gray market and copycat products …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is threefold: to provide an overview of the literature
defining “luxury”; to suggest that luxury goods be distinguished from other goods through the …

Materialism is a way of life characterized by the pursuit of wealth and possessions. Several
studies have documented that a materialistic lifestyle is associated with diminished …

Decisions on where and how to locate a production and supply network have become an
increasingly important part of a firm's global supply network strategy and are critical to obtain …

The paper presents the results of a research project focused on supply chain (SC) strategy
in the fashion/apparel industry ongoing at Politecnico di Milano, aiming at assessing the …

The nature of luxury is constantly changing and this makes it difficult to formulate a universal
definition of luxury brands. The current paper aims to enrich the understanding of luxury …

This study examines the differences in implementation level of both Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) and
Lean Production (LP), whose integration is denoted here as Lean Automation (LA), between …

Purpose This study aims to identify the main elements that describe the luxury supply chain.
It discusses the relationship between them in a framework that organises and summarises …

The critical role of blockchain technology in ensuring a proper level of traceability and
visibility along supply chains is increasingly being explored in the literature. This critical …