Popular fashion e-commerce platforms mostly provide details about low-level attributes of an apparel (for example, neck type, dress length, collar print etc) on their product detail pages. However, customers usually prefer to buy based style information, or simply put, occasion party wear, sports casual wear etc). Application a supervised image-captioning model generate style-based image captio...

To make informed private label (PL) strategy decisions, retailers must understand the factors influencing consumer’s brand choices. Previous PL studies have investigated grocery products, and ignored unique features of different types of own brands. We investigate attitudes towards buying a retailer-endorsed brand, or store brand (SB), in apparel retailing. Customers of a Finnish department sto...

Soft tissue exposure to vibrations was shown to increase the muscle activity [1]. External soft tissue vibration damping, using compression apparel, was associated with an increase of the damping coefficient of the soft tissue compartments of the leg and a decrease of the muscle activity during vibrations exposure [2]. It is assumed, but not known, that a decrease in muscle activity induced by ...

An RFID-based CRM system with intelligent characteristics for apparel retail has been proposed in this paper. It is composed of five functional modules: RFID-based garment information management module, RFID-based customer information management module, personalized recommendation and service module, sales management module, web-based communication and service module. The core function of this ...

Despite the astounding success of the fast fashion retailers, the management practices leading to these results have not been subject to extensive research so far. Given this background, we analyze the impact of information sharing and vertical integration on the performance of 51 German apparel companies. We find that the positive impact of vertical integration is mediated by information shari...

This paper presents a case study of an online apparel retailer called Stitch Fix, which uses both machine and human processing in its recommendation system.

This paper argues for the immediate use of Kansei engineering to help deal with the chaotic situation of poorly implemented and disconnected technologies. A theoretical criticism of the current industrial capitalism, together with the promotion of a new post-industrial form of capitalism lays the foundation for a explanation of how this transition can be achieved through a proper understanding ...