Fashion Retail Supply Chain Management

Motivated by the importance of fashion retail supply chain management and the relatively few theoretical analyses being done in this context, this book with its new edition continues to explore the different related topics which include customer service management, inventory models, efficient consumer response, new product selection, and risk analysis, with a focus on the systems approach. New to this edition is the overall updating of each chapter to comply with the digital era, as well as new chapters on information systems, and responsive supply chains. Fashion Retail Supply Chain Management: A Systems Approach in the Digital Age, Second Edition presents the concept of “coordination” in which fashion retailers and their suppliers can better set the contractual agreements to achieve the optimal fashion retail supply chain together. The book includes the use of technologies for retail supply chain management and offers a comprehensive reference source that provides state-of-the-art findings on many emerging research issues related to retail supply chain management and decision-making problems. Taking an explicit systems approach, this second edition discusses retailed fashion supply chain coordination mechanisms and consumer market information-driven fashion retail supply chain models, as well as offers suggestions on future research avenues. This second edition provides up-to-date content and three new chapters, which will be a valuable source of reference for both academics and practitioners who are interested in fashion retail supply chain management.