The D2C Revolution in the Fashion Industry explores the transformative shift in the fashion world as brands increasingly embrace the direct-to-consumer (D2C) model. This insightful book delves into how cutting-edge technologies, social media, and changing consumer preferences are enabling fashion brands to bypass traditional retail channels, connect directly with customers, and offer personalized experiences. By analyzing successful case studies and providing expert commentary, the book highlights the benefits and challenges of the D2C approach, offering a comprehensive guide for fashion entrepreneurs and industry professionals looking to thrive in this rapidly evolving landscape.

In the face of an evolving global landscape characterized by climate change and a pressing need for sustainable development, the finance sector remains at a critical juncture. Traditional financial models struggle to address the challenges posed by the transition to a low-carbon economy, and unlocking private investments for sustainable initiatives remains an uphill battle. The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) into financial systems presents both promise and peril, with the potential to reshape the industry while posing unprecedented challenges. Issues of Sustainability in AI and New-Age Thematic Investing is a beacon of insight and solutions in the realm of green finance and AI/ML integration. Geared toward academic scholars, policymakers, and industry experts, this book serves as a comprehensive guide to navigating the intricacies of sustainable development and energy transition. By highlighting the pivotal role of AI/ML in green finance, the publication bridges the gap between theoretical understanding and practical implementation, offering actionable solutions for unlocking private investments.

Independent owner-led fashion businesses face unique challenges. They are competing with big brands with unlimited budgets while simultaneously losing market share to agile, digital-savvy newcomers. Without creative and strategic clarity, you could lose the business you have worked so hard to build.

The Digital Supply Chain is a thorough investigation of the underpinning technologies, systems, platforms and models that enable the design, management, and control of digitally connected supply chains. The book examines the origin, emergence and building blocks of the Digital Supply Chain, showing how and where the virtual and physical supply chain worlds interact. It reviews the enabling technologies that underpin digitally controlled supply chains and examines how the discipline of supply chain management is affected by enhanced digital connectivity, discussing purchasing and procurement, supply chain traceability, performance management, and supply chain cyber security. The book provides a rich set of cases on current digital practices and challenges across a range of industrial and business sectors including the retail, textiles and clothing, the automotive industry, food, shipping and international logistics, and SMEs. It concludes with research frontiers, discussing network science for supply chain analysis, challenges in Blockchain applications and in digital supply chain surveillance, as well as the need to re-conceptualize supply chain strategies for digitally transformed supply chains.

WARNING! READING THIS BOOK YOU WILL CHANGE YOUR ENTIRE PERSPECTIVE ON THE CONCEPT OF MARKETING. This book reveals the step-by-step formula for building and growing consumer brands in an environment of ever-increasing consumer-centricity. Are you struggling to turn awareness into sales? Are you sick of throwing money down the bottomless pit called mass media? Do you want to create a competitive edge for your brand? Or do you just want to learn what makes modern D2C brands so successful? Then this is the book for you! Stefan Ramershoven, founder of Kjero - a leading provider of D2C Marketing solutions - and Forbes Under 30 Honoree finally reveals the secrets behind the success of D2C marketing and discloses how to avoid the most common pitfalls of traditional marketing methods. Learn from best practice examples of brands like Nivea, Dollarshaveclub, and Volvo and use these timeless principles to create explosive the growth for your consumer brand. This book will help your brand navigate these turbulent times we live in! A way to generate real, lasting brand growth!

Almost weekly, the news is full of stories about disappearing retail chains. From House of Fraser and BHS to Toys'R'Us and Sears, recognised names are vanishing overnight – as such large organizations disappear, so the malls, shopping centres, high streets and main streets become emptier and less appealing to visit. The retail sector is hugely important in terms of job numbers: in the US, it employs around 30 million people (directly and indirectly); in the UK, around 10 million. As such, anything that jeopardises the retail sector will have a deep and lasting impact on millions of lives, as well as on public policy. While many blame the 'Amazon effect', this is an oversimplification. Deeper forces are at work that are changing people's relationships with brands, the balance of power between producers and consumers, and the whole nature of the supply chain that has existed since the industrial revolution. Retail Therapy offers a comprehensive analysis of these forces and their impact on the world of retailing. More importantly, it presents a cogent analysis of the longer term trends that are shaping retailing, and outlines a clear road map for sustainable success in the future.