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Luxury Fashion Retail Management: An Introduction

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Luxury Fashion Retail Management

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The luxury fashion industry is an important industry. In this introductory chapter, we briefly highlight the latest figures regarding the significance of the luxury fashion industry. Then, we concisely review the recent literature and examine some important topics on luxury fashion retail management. We also introduce the papers featured in this book.

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    For a comprehensive review on luxury fashion brands dated before 2014, we refer readers to Choi (2013b).

  2. 2.

    As the markdown clearance sales may devalue the brand while not marking down may result in a huge amount of product leftover.

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Choi, TM., Shen, B. (2017). Luxury Fashion Retail Management: An Introduction. In: Choi, TM., Shen, B. (eds) Luxury Fashion Retail Management. Springer Series in Fashion Business. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2976-9_1

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