Sheck.FastFashion by Sarah Sheck

Labour Market

sheck044 — 2024-10-31 15:11:28 UTC

- As a consequence of the deregulation of the labour market, the number of non-regularly employed workers has risen. In 2014, the overall rate of non-regular employees (hi seiki shain), including both genders, stood at 37.4 per cent, compared to 15.3 per cent in 1984, 32.6 per cent in 2005, and 33.5 per cent in 2007 (Kōsei rōdōshō 2014).”

Economic Market

sheck044 — 2024-10-31 15:12:02 UTC

- fast-fashion retailers have significantly increased their market presence since the beginning of the 2000s, in the middle of a period of economic decline.”

Fast Fashion Expectations

sheck044 — 2024-10-31 15:13:43 UTC

Until recently, Zara, a major international clothing retailer and pioneer of 'fast fashion' principles, kept almost half of its production in Spain and Portugal, earning the reputation of being one of the exceptions to globalization. Since the 1980s, the existence of such exceptions has been fueling an expectation that the production of high-quality fashion garments and tailored suits would remain in the industrialized core. Here I revisit this expectation in the light of the current seminal change in the culture of fashion from ready-to-wear to fast fashion”

Geography

sheck044 — 2024-10-31 15:14:09 UTC

- Zara has turned to sourcing from these countries. It appears that instead of Zara changing the geography of jobs, the geography of competencies and jobs has changed Zara.”

Supply and Demand

sheck044 — 2024-10-31 15:14:37 UTC

- Quick response mitigates strategic behavior through a different mechanism: by better matching supply to demand, it reduces the chance of a clearance sale.”

Systems

sheck044 — 2024-10-31 15:14:59 UTC

- We develop a model of such a system and compare its performance to three alternative systems: quick-response-only systems, enhanced-design-only systems, and traditional systems (which lack both enhanced design and quick response capabilities). “