Post-retail responsibility of garments – A fashion industry perspective

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 413-430

  Hvass, Kerli Kant ^a  

^a Department of Intercultural Communication and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Extended producer responsibility; Fashion; Post consumer textile waste; Product take back; Second hand retailing; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927524007     PISSN: 13612026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JFMM-01-2013-0005     Document Type: Article

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