Sustainable Retailing in the Fashion Industry: A Systematic Literature Review

Shuai Yang, Yiping Song and Siliang Tong
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Shuai Yang: Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China
Yiping Song: School of Management, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
Siliang Tong: Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: Although sustainability in the fashion industry has gained prominence from both business practices and academic research, retailing, a vital part of the supply chain, has not yet been fairly explored in academia. The interest in this area has increased lately, mainly due to the growing complexity within this dynamic context. Therefore, it is meaningful to conduct a systematic review of the relevant published literature in this field. This study aims to identify the main perspectives of research on sustainable retailing in the fashion industry. The content analysis results indicate that the most prominent areas in the field are sustainable retailing in disposable fashion, fast fashion, slow fashion, green branding and eco-labeling; retailing of secondhand fashion; reverse logistics in fashion retailing; and emerging retailing opportunities in e-commerce. The results from this review also indicate that there is a lack of research on sustainable retailing in the fashion industry in the developing market.

Keywords: sustainable retailing; fashion industry; systematic literature review; developing country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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