2. Reference
and General interest papers
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A note on the global luxury goods industry
in 2000. Downloadable (free for registered users) from COLIS
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Fashion industry: facing the future. Intentia.
o
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The Fashion Industry Lessons : fashion marketing
basics
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The Fashion Cycle: From Runway To Retail Is Really Fast.
Interview with Christine Beauchamp, Retail unit, Boston Consulting Group
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Fashion: as it is…Overview of the industry and
its operating functions.
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Managing the magic: the business of fashion, McKinsey & Co. management consultants
(project summary)
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Investment focus: luxury goods, Clariden
(investment fund)
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Fashion:
Luxury Unlimited, special report. International Herald Tribune
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The Big Business of Fashion, Clariant
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Fashion
and the Wealth of Nations ,
speech by Marco Ricchetti on Fashion Economics at the conference “The
Business Model of the Italian Design Industry”
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Analysis
of the fashion industry in
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Análisis sectorial en España (Spanish fashion
industry analysis), by Cristina Iturrioz
Landart, C. Aragón Amonarriz y M. José Aranguren. Published in Mercasa.
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Special issue of the “Boletín
Económico de Información Comercial Española”, May 2003: focus on the
textile-apparel business in
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Análisis del sector de la moda (Fashion industry analysis), by
Marina Castro Devesa. (free, registration required)
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El Sector Textil: las actividades del sector textil a
partir de la CNAE (The textile industry: the textile industry
activities and the Spanish SIC classification), by the Asociación de
Colectividades Textiles Europeas (ACTE)
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El
sector textil en España (The textile industry in
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“Para unos un sector frívolo, para otros una industria
millonaria” (“For some, a frivolous sector, for others a
million-dollar business”). Brief analysis of the fashion industry and its
implications. Trade magazine article by Silvia Manzanera.
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Benchmarking: the competitive position of the
Spanish textile-apparel firm in the international industrial landscape. By
Fomento del Trabajo Nacional/Consejo Intertextil Español.
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The
fashion market in Italy.
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The Irish clothing industry.
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And Recommendations and action points for its development
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The textile and clothing industry in the EU, a survey –
2001. Werner Stengg.
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The textile and clothing industry in the EU: a survey -
2000.
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Comparative analysis of EU and National (UK) trends in the
textile and clothing industries. By Nigel Berkely & Nicola Steuer.
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A
comparative study of the British and Italian clothing industries. DTI Economics paper.
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A study of the UK designer fashion sector. By
Newbery Consulting to the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI).
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The [Australian] Premier’s Fashion Industry Taskforce
Report. Australian Government.
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The
development of the China apparel industry.
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Estudio sectorial: industria
de la confección y diseño. Ministry of the Economy,
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The Global Apparel Value Chain: what prospects of upgrading
by developing countries? UNIDO Strategic Research and Economy
Division.
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Business
strategy “building blocks” in the fashion industry
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Vertical Integration in the Fashion industry.
Antti Rintanen, seminar paper
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La promoción de la moda
española en los mercados internacionales. Vicente
José Montes Gan, Boletín Económico ICE, on the internationalization of the
Spanish fashion (in Spanish)
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Brand
survival: Is it better to merge? International Herald Tribune
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Growth in the fashion industry, colloquium
proceedings (in French)
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Problem Solving and Decision Making in the
Fashion Design Process. Pammi Sinha. Abstract
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Valuation de fashion companies, by J. Fred
Weston (Professor Emeritus, UCLA)
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A Viable E-Commerce Model For the Fashion Industry.
Alyssa Peiyu Chen, Master thesis
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Product adaptation in a world of networks: Brazilian
apparel and the global market. Manuela Frazão Pimentel, Master
thesis analysing the internationalization of the Brazilian bikinis
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A conceptual model for reorientation of
the apparel industry in
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“Survival of the flexible : keeping your supply
chain ahead of evolution”, by Kurt Salomon & Associates (management
consultants); look for it at the “thought leadership” section.
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Fashion Enterprise: A Manifesto for Change, por
Suran Goonatilake, Center for Fashion Enterprise (
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The
role of the designer in the textiles and clothing supply chain.
Margaret Bruce & Lucy Daly (UMIST). Nordic Textile Journal 2002, p. 36.
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Alleres, Danielle. Globalisation du Management des
Marques de Luxe. IFSAM Conference paper. (in French)
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Several articles on new technologies
applied to the apparel business at The Tech Exchange
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Beyond
Needles and Thread: Changing Supply Chains in the UK, by Lynn
Oxborrow for the HCTAR
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Prospective
studies: trends in the fashion industry
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La ropa del futuro: la
reestructuración en el sector de la moda en Europa, page 6. (The
clothing of the future: the restructuring of the European fashion industry),
European Commission/Directorate General for the
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Consolidation in the Fashion and Luxury industry: A
European outlook: overview by investment banker
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Luxury has gone out of fashion: Valentino sale
reveals sour market for high-end firms, International Herald Tribune
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Conference: "The future of the textile and clothing industry in an
enlarged Europe", European Commission/Directorate General for
the
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European retailing 2010. By Price Waterhouse
consultants.
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Trends in retailing 2005. An outlook for the
food and fashion industries. KPMG
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Trends of the Textile And Clothing Sectors in Italy,
Europe, World
• Branding
and brand management in the fashion/luxury goods industries
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Short articles by Suzy Menkes, fashion
editor of the International Herald Tribune:
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Fashion
Houses Move to Tighten Brand Control
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Is
luxury's triangle eternal?
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The
brand with the Midas touch
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Luxury outlets are extending their brands
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Flaunting clout as well as clothes: Growth and glitter are
the branding bywords
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A new uptown arena for glamour brands
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Bravo! Reburnished Burberry sets the pace
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Luxury Labels Search for New Identity in a Shaken World
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Multi-Branding Is the Message as Retailers Focus on Luxury
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Fashion branding: The power of the brand. KPMG.
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The influence of brands on the fashion purchasing process.
Guy Mullarkey,
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Luxury brands and the web, by PSFK
eCommunications.
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Gucci: The ups and downs of haute couture. By
Interbrand/Brand Channel.
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Other
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Skills foresight for the fashion industry.
Eldwick Research Asociates.
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European Research in the Textile and Clothing Sector:
common strategy paper, EURATEX
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Strategic analysis of the luxury accessories sector,
by Nicolas Dahan. (in French)
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Also: several brief studies by N. Dahan
students at the DESS in Management of Luxury Businesses on different segments
of luxury goods industry: fashion, accessories, cosmetics, jewelry, etc. In French: Etudes sectorielles et thématiques sur les industries du
Luxe