International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 43 Issue 10/11

The complexity of value in the luxury industry: From consumers’ individual value perception to luxury consumption

Nadine Hennigs, Klaus-Peter Wiedmann, Christiane Klarmann, Stefan Behrens

In an attempt to satisfy the rising demand for luxury in the era of the “democratisation of luxury” or the “luxurification of society” without threatening the uniqueness and…

Supply chain strategy for companies in the luxury-fashion market: Aligning the supply chain towards the critical success factors

Cecilia Maria Castelli, Andrea Sianesi

The purpose of this paper is to show how it is possible to take into account the objectives that fashion-luxury companies pursue on the final market (i.e. critical success factors…

Exploring replenishment in the luxury fashion Italian firms: evidence from case studies

Elisa d'Avolio, Romeo Bandinelli, Margherita Pero, Rinaldo Rinaldi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how luxury Italian fashion companies manage the replenishment process, and how they leverage supply chain (SC) to be able to match…

Lean thinking in the luxury-fashion market: Evidences from an extensive industrial project

Gionata Carmignani, Francesco Zammori

The capability to overcome tradeoffs among costs, quality and time has become a must in high-margin businesses too. Lean thinking may be a solution, but applications in the…

Gen Y’s, Italians’ and Americans’ perception of cashmere: Sustainable, somehow luxurious and comes from … goats

Marie-Eve Faust, Micaela Surchi

– The purpose of this paper is to understand and compare Generation Y’s knowledge and perceptions of cashmere as a luxurious fibre.

The role of provenance in luxury textile brands

Marnie Collins, Marcia Weiss

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the role that provenance holds within the luxury textiles market. It defines similarities and differences in the perception and acceptance…

New life luxury: upcycled Scottish heritage textiles

Sara Keith, Maria Silies

The term luxury and sustainability, within the fashion and textile industries are seldom seen as natural bedfellows. Recently however, the perception of luxury has begun to…

Selling luxury goods online: effects of online accessibility and price display

Philipp Nikolaus Kluge, Martin Fassnacht

Luxury goods manufacturers have long been hesitant to adopt the internet as a channel of distribution. A luxury brand’s concept of exclusiveness is seemingly incompatible with the…

A luxury brand management framework built from historical review and case study analysis

RayeCarol Cavender, Doris H. Kincade

The purpose of this paper is to develop a luxury brand management (LBM) framework that accounts for the changing luxury environment (i.e. heterogeneous consumer populations…

Guest editorial

Alessandro Brun, Cecilia Maria Castelli