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Jochen Strähle
School of Textiles and Design, Reutlingen University, Alteburgstraße 150, 72762 Reutlingen, Germany

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Journal article
Published: 17 February 2021 in Sustainability
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This paper explores why and how dominant international social standards used in the fashion industry are prone to implementation failures. A qualitative multiple-case study method was conducted, using purposive sampling to select 13 apparel supply chain actors. Data were collected through on-site semi-structured face-to-face interviews. The findings of the study are interpreted by using core tenets of agency theory. The case study findings clearly highlight why and how multi-tier apparel supply chains fail to implement social standards effectively. As a consequence of substantial goal conflicts and information asymmetries, sourcing agents and suppliers are driven to perform opportunistic behaviors in form of hidden characteristics, hidden intentions, and hidden actions, which significantly harm social standards. Fashion retailers need to empower their corporate social responsibility (CSR) departments by awarding an integrative role to sourcing decisions. Moreover, accurate calculation of orders, risk sharing, cost sharing, price premiums, and especially guaranteed order continuity for social compliance are critical to reduce opportunistic behaviors upstream of the supply chain. The development of social standards is highly suggested, e.g., by including novel metrics such as the assessment of buying practices or the evaluation of capacity planning at factories and the strict inclusion of subcontractors’ social performances. This paper presents evidence from multiple Vietnamese and Indonesian cases involving sourcing agents as well as Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers on a highly sensitive topic. With the development of the conceptual framework and the formulation of seven related novel propositions, this paper unveils the ineffectiveness of social standards, offers guidance for practitioners, and contributes to the neglected social dimension in sustainable supply chain management research and accountability literature.

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Deniz Köksal; Jochen Strähle. Social Sustainability in Fashion Supply Chains—Understanding Social Standard Implementation Failures in Vietnam and Indonesia Using Agency Theory. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2159 .

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Deniz Köksal, Jochen Strähle. Social Sustainability in Fashion Supply Chains—Understanding Social Standard Implementation Failures in Vietnam and Indonesia Using Agency Theory. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):2159.

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Deniz Köksal; Jochen Strähle. 2021. "Social Sustainability in Fashion Supply Chains—Understanding Social Standard Implementation Failures in Vietnam and Indonesia Using Agency Theory." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 2159.

Journal article
Published: 03 June 2019 in Journal of Service Management
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual framework of experience co-creation that captures the multi-dimensionality of this construct, as well as a research process for defining of the antecedents of experience co-creation. Design/methodology/approach The framework of experience co-creation was conceptualized by means of a literature review. Subsequently, this framework was used as the conceptual basis for a qualitative content analysis of 66 empirical papers investigating alternative consumption models (ACMs), such as renting, remanufacturing, and second-hand models. Findings The qualitative content analysis resulted in 12 categories related to the consumer and 9 related to the ACM offerings that represent the antecedents of experience co-creation. These categories provide evidence that, to a large extent, the developed conceptual framework allows one to capture the multi-dimensionality of the experience co-creation construct. Research limitations/implications This study underscores the understanding of experience co-creation as a function of the characteristics of the offering – which are, in turn, a function of the consumers’ motives as determined by their lifeworlds – as well as to service design as an iterative approach to finding, creating and refining service offerings. Practical implications The investigation of the antecedents of experience co-creation can enable service providers to determine significant consumer market conditions for forecasting the suitability and viability of their offerings and to adjust their service designs accordingly. Originality/value This paper provides a step toward the operationalization of the dimension-related experience co-creation construct and presents an approach to defining the antecedents of experience co-creation by considering different research perspectives that can enhance service design research.

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Holger Schallehn; Stefan Seuring; Jochen Strähle; Matthias Freise. Defining the antecedents of experience co-creation as applied to alternative consumption models. Journal of Service Management 2019, 30, 209 -251.

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Holger Schallehn, Stefan Seuring, Jochen Strähle, Matthias Freise. Defining the antecedents of experience co-creation as applied to alternative consumption models. Journal of Service Management. 2019; 30 (2):209-251.

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Holger Schallehn; Stefan Seuring; Jochen Strähle; Matthias Freise. 2019. "Defining the antecedents of experience co-creation as applied to alternative consumption models." Journal of Service Management 30, no. 2: 209-251.

Review article
Published: 29 October 2018 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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For the widespread establishment of a circular economy, the acceptance of used products among consumers is a prerequisite. This paper investigates the customer experience of product–service systems related to used products (PSSuP), such as renting, remanufacturing, and second-hand models, and aims to point out the offering characteristics that effect customer response and customer engagement. This study was conducted by means of a content analysis-based literature review of 69 empirical PSSuP studies. A frequency analysis of the categories that determine customer experience creation was conducted, as well as a contingency analysis to reveal the interrelationship between these categories. On this basis, the different PSSuP types were compared, and four strategic orientations of customer experience creation in PSSuP are pointed out: price, confidence, convenience, and delight orientation. For each of these strategic orientations, supportive PSSuP offering characteristics are specified. Building on the findings of this study, theoretical and managerial implications for product–service systems marketing are pointed out, and the need for research on the role of information and communication technology as an enabler of customer experience creation in PSSuP is highlighted.

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Holger Schallehn; Stefan Seuring; Jochen Strähle; Matthias Freise. Customer experience creation for after-use products: A product–service systems-based review. Journal of Cleaner Production 2018, 210, 929 -944.

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Holger Schallehn, Stefan Seuring, Jochen Strähle, Matthias Freise. Customer experience creation for after-use products: A product–service systems-based review. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018; 210 ():929-944.

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Holger Schallehn; Stefan Seuring; Jochen Strähle; Matthias Freise. 2018. "Customer experience creation for after-use products: A product–service systems-based review." Journal of Cleaner Production 210, no. : 929-944.

Journal article
Published: 31 March 2018 in Sustainability
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After considering significant literature on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), it is evident that research has neglected the social dimension and still lacks in highlighting the role of sourcing intermediaries in supply chains. The apparel supply chain has increased enormously in length and complexity, driving apparel retailers to employ sourcing intermediaries who manage their sourcing activities with suppliers from developing countries overseas. Thus, the purpose of this study is to enrich existing findings on SSCM by exploring the management of social sustainability when sourcing intermediaries are in between the focal company and the respective developing country factories. More specifically, this study aims to understand the role of apparel sourcing intermediaries for the implementation of social management strategies based on the perception of multiple supply chain actors. Qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interviews conducted in Vietnam and Europe. Ultimately ten propositions are presented, all explicitly concentrating on the apparel intermediary’s role as a significant enabler for social sustainability in apparel supply chains. The roles are social sustainability, supplier developer and coordinator, gatekeeper and safeguard, cultural broker, and social risk manager. The social sustainability roles assumed by the apparel sourcing intermediary offer great opportunities to both apparel retailers and developing country factories.

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Deniz Köksal; Jochen Strähle; Martin Müller. Social Sustainability in Apparel Supply Chains—The Role of the Sourcing Intermediary in a Developing Country. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1039 .

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Deniz Köksal, Jochen Strähle, Martin Müller. Social Sustainability in Apparel Supply Chains—The Role of the Sourcing Intermediary in a Developing Country. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (4):1039.

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Deniz Köksal; Jochen Strähle; Martin Müller. 2018. "Social Sustainability in Apparel Supply Chains—The Role of the Sourcing Intermediary in a Developing Country." Sustainability 10, no. 4: 1039.

Chapter
Published: 11 August 2017 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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The purpose of this paper is to give an overview about the links between the fashion and music industry. It focuses on the idea that digitalization has broken the rules of the traditional music industry value chain. This touches both the production and the consumption side of music. This change finally also has an intense impact on the fashion industry, as the music industry has been big supplier of fashion trends itself. The absence of this supplier plus the changes within the fashion industry itself by the fast-fashion development are considered as a reason for more competition and therefore price pressure. An in-depth future research about the fashion and music system is therefore required to develop answers for the current situation. This article should be interpreted more as a personal viewpoint of the author to this topic rather than a research paper based on the usual methodological criteria.

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Jochen Strähle. An Introductory Viewpoint to Fashion and Music. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2017, 1 -5.

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Jochen Strähle. An Introductory Viewpoint to Fashion and Music. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2017; ():1-5.

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Jochen Strähle. 2017. "An Introductory Viewpoint to Fashion and Music." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : 1-5.

Book chapter
Published: 10 March 2017 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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Jochen Strähle; Carina Erhardt. Erratum to: Collaborative Consumption 2.0: An Alternative to Fast Fashion Consumption. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2017, E1 -E1.

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Jochen Strähle, Carina Erhardt. Erratum to: Collaborative Consumption 2.0: An Alternative to Fast Fashion Consumption. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2017; ():E1-E1.

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Jochen Strähle; Carina Erhardt. 2017. "Erratum to: Collaborative Consumption 2.0: An Alternative to Fast Fashion Consumption." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : E1-E1.

Review
Published: 12 January 2017 in Sustainability
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So far, a vast amount of studies on sustainability in supply chain management have been conducted by academics over the last decade. Nevertheless, socially related aspects are still neglected in the related discussion. The primary motivation of the present literature review has arisen from this shortcoming, thus the key purpose of this study is to enrich the discussion by providing a state-of-the-art, focusing exclusively on social issues in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) by considering the textile/apparel sector as the field of application. The authors conduct a literature review, including content analysis which covers 45 articles published in English peer-reviewed journals, and proposes a comprehensive map which integrates the latest findings on socially related practices in the textile/apparel industry with the dominant conceptualization in order to reveal potential research areas in the field. The results show an ongoing lack of investigation regarding the social dimension of the triple bottom line in SSCM. Findings indicate that a company’s internal orientation is the main assisting factor in sustainable supply chain management practices. Further, supplier collaboration and assessment can be interpreted as an offer for suppliers deriving from stakeholders and a focal company’s management of social risk. Nevertheless, suppliers do also face or even create huge barriers in improving their social performance. This calls for more empirical research and qualitative or quantitative survey methods, especially at the supplier level located in developing countries.

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Deniz Köksal; Jochen Strähle; Martin Müller; Matthias Freise. Social Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Textile and Apparel Industry—A Literature Review. Sustainability 2017, 9, 100 .

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Deniz Köksal, Jochen Strähle, Martin Müller, Matthias Freise. Social Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Textile and Apparel Industry—A Literature Review. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (1):100.

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Deniz Köksal; Jochen Strähle; Martin Müller; Matthias Freise. 2017. "Social Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Textile and Apparel Industry—A Literature Review." Sustainability 9, no. 1: 100.

Book chapter
Published: 19 October 2016 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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The purpose of this research is to explore current boundaries of the fashion industry’s second hand market and which solutions and approaches can be adopted from the used-car industry. The paper is based on the study of existing literature which deals with sustainability in combination with second hand markets in general and adaptable feature of the used-car industry. Adaptable features are found using the business model canvas. The key finding of this study indicates that the fashion industry faces immense social and environmental challenges which can be partly solved by the development of the second hand market. Used-car industry can be seen as role model for fashion retail. In this study only aspects of used-car distribution are highlighted; therefore, characteristics of the recycling of used cars are not examined.

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Jochen Strähle; Maria Höhn. Cross-Industry Learnings: What Fashion Retail Can Learn from the Used-Car Industry. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2016, 157 -174.

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Jochen Strähle, Maria Höhn. Cross-Industry Learnings: What Fashion Retail Can Learn from the Used-Car Industry. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2016; ():157-174.

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Jochen Strähle; Maria Höhn. 2016. "Cross-Industry Learnings: What Fashion Retail Can Learn from the Used-Car Industry." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : 157-174.

Book chapter
Published: 19 October 2016 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact on sustainability of fashion production and consumption in order to discuss what the main lever is to reduce the negative impact. The research methodology applied is a literature review examining academic references. Key findings suggest that fashion production and consumption have a single comparable impact on sustainability. Moreover, as the fashion production follows the demand, the consumer steers the production in a certain direction. Therefore, consumers take over responsibility and need to be informed. To reach a long-term change in the fashion industry, the consumer has to be the focus of the sustainable efforts. Most results in literature were conducted by qualitative research methods, so that further quantitative testing of the results is recommended. Furthermore, most surveys were conducted with young fashion consumers in the EU or UK which does not represent the fashion consumer in general.

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Jochen Strähle; Katharina Hauk. Impact on Sustainability: Production Versus Consumption. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2016, 49 -75.

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Jochen Strähle, Katharina Hauk. Impact on Sustainability: Production Versus Consumption. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2016; ():49-75.

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Jochen Strähle; Katharina Hauk. 2016. "Impact on Sustainability: Production Versus Consumption." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : 49-75.

Book chapter
Published: 19 October 2016 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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Since there is no denying that transparency is increasingly central to corporate sustainability, the purpose of this paper is a case study on a company’s attempt to be fully transparent, hence, picking up the existent scholarly conversation about uncompromising supply chain transparency. Literature so far was found to be fairly limited, but, following a trend, has been rising in numbers over recent years. Addressing these shortcomings in the methodology, an in-depth literature review about the multiple dimensions of supply chain transparency has been performed and links within supply networks stressed. On this basis, a case study by exemplary illustrating the fashion label Honest by has been drafted and the effort to become the world’s first 100 % transparent company further examined. Findings are discussed whether more supply chain transparency is desirable in any case, obstacles listed and an outlook for this kind of business model has been drawn. The research is clearly limited by the amount of scholarly literature concerning Honest by in particular. Out of this reason, magazines and journal entries are used as reference as well. Only with the extension of the topic itself to supply chain transparency and the literature review beforehand, the paper gained its necessary academic standard. Concerning implications, it needs to be mentioned that even though Honest by demonstrates to be fully transparent, it was not possible to find any public information about the degree of supplier relationship. In particular, concerning the applied control mechanisms used to exert influence and to balance out the power gradient between company and suppliers.

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Jochen Strähle; Laura Merz. Case Study: Total Transparency at Honestby.com. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2016, 269 -291.

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Jochen Strähle, Laura Merz. Case Study: Total Transparency at Honestby.com. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2016; ():269-291.

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Jochen Strähle; Laura Merz. 2016. "Case Study: Total Transparency at Honestby.com." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : 269-291.

Book chapter
Published: 19 October 2016 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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This study focuses on the different roles of social media for the promotion of a sustainable lifestyle, behaviour and consumption, especially with regard to the typically non-ethical fashion industry. Research findings include eight roles of social media influencing a sustainable consumption contrary to prior research naming one to five impacts. Results show that social media educates and engages the young and ethically interested target group besides increasing supply chain transparency and brand or theme awareness. Furthermore, social media provides a platform for organisations’ relationship management and social interaction since users get empowered to share experiences which leads to a higher level of trust.

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Jochen Strähle; Chantal Gräff. The Role of Social Media for a Sustainable Consumption. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2016, 225 -247.

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Jochen Strähle, Chantal Gräff. The Role of Social Media for a Sustainable Consumption. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2016; ():225-247.

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Jochen Strähle; Chantal Gräff. 2016. "The Role of Social Media for a Sustainable Consumption." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : 225-247.

Book chapter
Published: 19 October 2016 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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The purpose of this paper is to study the recycling form of reusing second hand clothing from a conventional fashion brand’s perspective. It should clarify which measures and activities a fashion company needs to integrate in its value chain in order to offer branded second hand merchandise in a self-operated store. The research paper relies on a desk-based research and aims to illustrate the topic by means of a descriptive approach, processing the existing literature. Key findings demonstrate that fashion brands need to integrate complete lifecycle strategies, sustainability communication, and reverse logistics structures, like take-back schemes, for offering second hand clothing. The main limitations evolve from the research design. Further, empirical evidences need to be conducted for a more fundamental understanding of the new business model.

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Jochen Strähle; Franziska Sophie Matthaei. The Value Chain of a Branded Second Hand Store—Possible Activities to Be Integrated by a Conventional Fashion Brand. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2016, 175 -198.

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Jochen Strähle, Franziska Sophie Matthaei. The Value Chain of a Branded Second Hand Store—Possible Activities to Be Integrated by a Conventional Fashion Brand. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2016; ():175-198.

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Jochen Strähle; Franziska Sophie Matthaei. 2016. "The Value Chain of a Branded Second Hand Store—Possible Activities to Be Integrated by a Conventional Fashion Brand." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : 175-198.

Book chapter
Published: 19 October 2016 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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The purpose of this paper is to define, what impacts sustainable manufacturing standards have for retail brands concerning the communication policy and to find possible solutions of how the companies can deal with them. Therefore, sustainable standards and the impacts on the internal and external communication are described. The enclosed discussion finds possible solutions for the negative impacts. A literature discussion has been conducted to investigate the purpose. Generally, there are many impacts fashion retails have to consider, if they want to transform their company to become more sustainable, because only the impacts on a defined part of the communication policy were huge. A limitation of this paper is that the proposals, how retailers could deal with the impacts of the transformation of the company toward more sustainability, need further research and tests until they are practicable.

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Jochen Strähle; Sarah Kreuzhermes. Impact of Sustainable Manufacturing Standards for Retail Brands. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2016, 77 -93.

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Jochen Strähle, Sarah Kreuzhermes. Impact of Sustainable Manufacturing Standards for Retail Brands. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2016; ():77-93.

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Jochen Strähle; Sarah Kreuzhermes. 2016. "Impact of Sustainable Manufacturing Standards for Retail Brands." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : 77-93.

Book chapter
Published: 19 October 2016 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview over the fashion retail landscape from a sustainability perspective. It draws the outline of the key influencing developments, like digitaliziation on the one hand and changing consumer behavior on the other hand. It shows that new business models such as insitutionalized second hand formats may be on chance to provide an answer to the changing market rules.

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Jochen Strähle. Green Fashion Retail. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2016, 1 -6.

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Jochen Strähle. Green Fashion Retail. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2016; ():1-6.

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Jochen Strähle. 2016. "Green Fashion Retail." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : 1-6.

Book chapter
Published: 19 October 2016 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of sustainable closed-loop supply chain of the fashion brand Filippa K. Information on green fashion has been gathered and a case study approach on the fashion retailer Filippa K conducted. Results show a switch in knowledge content between a fast fashion supply chain and a sustainable supply chain. Also there is an evolution in sustainability as companies, retailers, and manufactures suffer under pressure from the customers, governments, and the media. Sustainable fashion brands like Filippa K are interested in sharing precise knowledge on variety of aspects linked to the sustainable closed-loop supply chain. This research paper has been limited by less information and unexplored topics in the theme green fashion. This led to the personal critical disputation with the brand Filippa K.

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Jochen Strähle; Alexander Schnaidt. Case Study: Loop Extension of Filippa K. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2016, 199 -223.

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Jochen Strähle, Alexander Schnaidt. Case Study: Loop Extension of Filippa K. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2016; ():199-223.

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Jochen Strähle; Alexander Schnaidt. 2016. "Case Study: Loop Extension of Filippa K." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : 199-223.

Book chapter
Published: 19 October 2016 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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The purpose of this paper is to evaluate consisting consumption patterns caused by fast fashion with a new appearing form of consumption and retaining potentials as an alternative as well as sustainable form of fast fashion consumption. This research is set up on a theoretical background of scientific literature including governmental as well as press releases in order to evaluate the status quo of consumption and answering the research question. A new consumption pattern as well as an appearing economy of sharing can be stated including potential aspects of raising businesses and sustainable alternative forms of fast fashion. The framework of the research is limited to the textile and fashion industry in industrialized countries focusing on consumption in the twenty first century.

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Jochen Strähle; Carina Erhardt. Collaborative Consumption 2.0: An Alternative to Fast Fashion Consumption. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2016, 135 -155.

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Jochen Strähle, Carina Erhardt. Collaborative Consumption 2.0: An Alternative to Fast Fashion Consumption. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2016; ():135-155.

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Jochen Strähle; Carina Erhardt. 2016. "Collaborative Consumption 2.0: An Alternative to Fast Fashion Consumption." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : 135-155.

Book chapter
Published: 19 October 2016 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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The second hand concept indicates a growing trend in clothing recently, leading to growing numbers of second hand shops and developments of new second hand retail forms . This paper concentrates on the current second hand market for fashion products and presents the different motives toward second hand consumption as well as alternative consumption channels for second hand products. The findings of the paper are founded on literature research of academic articles and case studies. Results show that there is a high potential for the second hand market due to the increasing interest of consumers in buying second hand products. The paper concentrates on the second hand market for fashion product in the western society. This means that there was no research on second hand products for disadvantaged people in poor countries. Furthermore, the paper focuses the formal second hand retail channels to see what is already on the market.

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Jochen Strähle; Linda Maria Klatt. The Second Hand Market for Fashion Products. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2016, 119 -134.

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Jochen Strähle, Linda Maria Klatt. The Second Hand Market for Fashion Products. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2016; ():119-134.

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Jochen Strähle; Linda Maria Klatt. 2016. "The Second Hand Market for Fashion Products." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : 119-134.

Book chapter
Published: 19 October 2016 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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The purpose of this paper is to explain the key aspects and growing relevance of sustainability in fashion retail and to evaluate the possibilities of fashion retailers to act sustainable in supply chain management as well as carving out the challenges they have to deal with. The research methodology applied for this purpose is a critical literature review examining books and articles. The findings demonstrate the rising importance of sustainability in fashion retail. In this regard, fashion retailers play a key role and responsibility for sustainability in the fashion supply chain, from the beginning up to the end. This paper mainly analyzes sustainability in the fashion supply chain. It does not analyze topics like second-hand shopping or social media sustainability.

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Jochen Strähle; Viola Müller. Key Aspects of Sustainability in Fashion Retail. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2016, 7 -26.

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Jochen Strähle, Viola Müller. Key Aspects of Sustainability in Fashion Retail. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2016; ():7-26.

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Jochen Strähle; Viola Müller. 2016. "Key Aspects of Sustainability in Fashion Retail." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : 7-26.

Book chapter
Published: 19 October 2016 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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The purpose of this paper is to identify the potential of a Fashion fTRACE (ffTRACE) application that gives transparent insight on the supply chain of a fashion item. The research methodology applied to this purpose is a literature review examining academic references. The key findings of this paper are that information plays a major role in the consumer decision process and is therefore beneficial to the demand for sustainable products. Given the right information content in a transparent, credible and understandable way is important. It is found that the functions of such an application would be able to satisfy this consumer demand and therefore has the potential to raise the sales of a sustainable company as well as increase the brand’s awareness and improve its image. While mainly indicating the potentials of the ffTRACE application, their relevance is not examined in this paper.

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Jochen Strähle; Marie Caterina Sfameni. Potentials of a Fashion fTRACE App. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2016, 249 -268.

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Jochen Strähle, Marie Caterina Sfameni. Potentials of a Fashion fTRACE App. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2016; ():249-268.

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Jochen Strähle; Marie Caterina Sfameni. 2016. "Potentials of a Fashion fTRACE App." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : 249-268.

Book chapter
Published: 19 October 2016 in Luxury Fashion Retail Management
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the practice of closed-loop production systems (CLPS) is implemented in the fashion industry. This paper offers a critical literature review to present a thorough understanding of the actual status of literature. Subsequently, the paper reveals that CLPS are of great importance. Generally, such systems include different activities that have to be integrated. Critical points are the product acquisition, the recovering process itself and the remarketing to the customer. A lack of reliable data concerning CLPS in the specific case of fashion industry can be identified. Important research fields could be marketing strategies, controlling the acquisition process, evolvement of return technologies and strategies, adaption of recovered products to the mass market, and the development of new technologies concerning recovering processes.

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Jochen Strähle; Franziska Philipsen. Closed-Loop Production: A Literature Review. Luxury Fashion Retail Management 2016, 27 -47.

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Jochen Strähle, Franziska Philipsen. Closed-Loop Production: A Literature Review. Luxury Fashion Retail Management. 2016; ():27-47.

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Jochen Strähle; Franziska Philipsen. 2016. "Closed-Loop Production: A Literature Review." Luxury Fashion Retail Management , no. : 27-47.