Orderly Fashion : A Sociology of Markets
Patrik. Aspers
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Princeton : : Princeton University Press, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (250 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Garment Sellers in Consumer Markets; Chapter 2 Affordable Fashion; Chapter 3 Entrenching Identities; Chapter 4 Branded Garment Retailers in the Production Market; Chapter 5 Manufacturing Garments in the Global Market; Chapter 6 Branded Garment Retailers in the Investment Market; Chapter 7 Markets as Partial Orders; Appendix I: Empirical Material and Methods; Appendix II: Garment Trade Statistics; Appendix III: The Garment Industry; Appendix IV: Economic Sociology; Appendix V: Fashion Theory and Research; Notes; References. - Index. - For any market to work properly, certain key elements are necessary: competition, pricing, rules, clearly defined offers, and easy access to information. Without these components, there would be chaos. Orderly Fashion examines how order is maintained in the different interconnected consumer, producer, and credit markets of the global fashion industry. From retailers in Sweden and the United Kingdom to producers in India and Turkey, Patrik Aspers focuses on branded garment retailers--chains such as Gap, H&M, Old Navy, Topshop, and Zara. Aspers investigates these retailers' interaction
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| ISBN | 9780691141572
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