Essays about: "Garment industry"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 103 essays containing the words Garment industry.

1. 1. A study on consumer perception of clothes repair and opportunities for brand intervention

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Hai Ly Pham; Ankita Kanjilal; [2023]
   Keywords : repair; clothing; circular economy; consumer behaviour; brand intervention;

   Abstract : Repairing is one of the alternative business alternatives at the end-of-life phase of clothing, that is seen to be a potential solution for the biggest challenge that the fashion industry faces today - waste. The purpose of this research is to extend our collective understanding of consumers’ value in clothes that lead to their willingness to keep a garment in use for longer. READ MORE

3. 2. Exploring Gender Perceptions Among Textile Workers in Bangladesh – A Case Study on a WaterAid WASH Initiative

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Nora Burgess; [2023]
   Keywords : water; sanitation; and hygiene WASH ; Menstrual Health Management; Ready-made Garment RMG Industry; Textile Workers; Bangladesh; Gender; WaterAid; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study focuses on addressing the development challenge of inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities in the ready-made garments (RMG) industry factories in Bangladesh. The importance of studying this challenge lies in its direct impact on workers' health, well-being, productivity, and overall socio-economic development. READ MORE

4. 3. “The least you can do is leave our symbols alone” The Palestinian Keffiyeh in the Fashion Industry:A Study on Cultural Appropriation and Identity

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Andrea Burgos Gómez; [2023]
   Keywords : Palestinians; Cultural appropriation; Fashion; Cultural Identity; Keffiyeh;

   Abstract : The Keffiyeh, a traditional headdress, holds symbolic significance for Palestinians in their struggle for freedom against the occupation, yet its utilization in the fashion industry has drawn criticism for its exploitative nature and disregard for its cultural importance to Palestinians. Hence, this thesis examines Palestinians' perceptions of the use of the Keffiyeh in the fashion industry and the significance of this garment for their cultural identity. READ MORE

5. 4. The red thread

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Ellen Nordmark; [2023]
   Keywords : Economic History; Development; Economic development; South Asia; Bangladesh; Dhaka; Garments industry; Garment workers; Narrative economics; Narrative analysis; Subaltern studies; Development as Freedom; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Economic development narratives have traditionally been written by academics and policy-makers, for academics and policy-makers. So too the story of Bangladeshi development: a story of alternately success and hardship. READ MORE

6. 5. A Must or a Will? A study of the motives behind fashion retailers’ engagement in welfare projects in Bangladesh

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Iris Ekman; Karin Lindqvist; [2022-02-16]
   Keywords : Fashion industry; CSR; welfare projects; push factors; pull factors;

   Abstract : Fashion retailers operate in an industry characterized by outsourced production in countries with poor living and working conditions. The low control that consequently follows, is a challenge for fashion retailers to handle. In the past decade, awareness of the prevailing circumstances in the production countries has increased. READ MORE