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The Lingering Cost of Instant Fashion

Harvard Business

Consumers should understand the side effects of business models — particularly the privatization of profit and the socialization of costs, including human and environmental harm.

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Tommy Hilfiger’s Adaptive Clothing Line: Making Fashion Inclusive

Harvard Business

How should the fashion company scale its adaptive fashion line?

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The Myth of Sustainable Fashion

Harvard Business

Despite high-profile attempts at innovation, the industry has failed to reduce its environmental impact so far.

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262: Babette Ballinger—How Does A Woman Tackle The Fashion Industry? Head On

On the Brink Podcast

As a fashion designer and owner of her own apparel sales firm, Babette had to constantly re-invent herself, learn how to run a business, and deal with the challenges of sustaining successful partnerships with men. Hear how one woman made her mark in an industry of men.

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Casual Apparel Outperforms High-End Fashion

BCG

In the wake of the recent financial crisis, the global fashion and luxury industry established a solid record of extremely strong value creation. Thirty-nine of those companies are in fashion and luxury. From 2011 through 2015, the fashion and luxury companies returned an annualized TSR of 15%.

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What Real Sustainability Would Look Like in the Fashion Industry

BCG

Article Friday, July 14, 2017 To maintain its current growth trajectory, the global fashion industry must address its environmental and social footprint.

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Why Playing with Your Food is Critical for Consultants

David A Fields

You’d also play with your food; catapulting carrot sticks and fashioning finger art with your mashed potatoes. When you stood well under three feet tall, you chortled with unbridled glee at your father’s silly faces and merrily tried to ride the family dog. What a hoot! Now that you lead a consulting firm, I doubt [ ]

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