Developing a value chain for fashion retailers: Activities for competitiveness

Julie McColl*, Christopher Moore

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    Abstract

    It is recognised within the branding literature that strategic and operational activities associated with the development and portrayal of the fashion retailer brand are essential to creating value and maintaining its competitiveness. The literature, however, is fragmented and brand building activities are rarely considered as a coherent process. These activities are proposed within this paper to be essential to the creation of value for fashion retailing companies. A model of value chain activity for fashion retailers, based upon Porter’s value chain, has been developed. The model is theoretical and the concepts drawn from the literature. For future research, empirical studies may consider its application in the fashion retailing sector.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEuropean Retail Research
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages47-75
    Number of pages29
    ISBN (Electronic)9783658007171
    ISBN (Print)9783658007164
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 19 Mar 2013

    Keywords

    • Brands
    • Fashion retailing
    • Operations management
    • Retailer strategy
    • Value chain

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
    • General Business,Management and Accounting

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