Sustainable consumption and the UK's leading clothing retailers

Peter Jones, Daphne Comfort, Robin Bown and David Hillier

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 2010, vol. 6, issue 3, 244-259

Abstract: This paper offers an exploratory case study of how the UK's leading clothing retailers are communicating sustainable consumption agendas to their customers within stores. A discussion of the growing awareness of the role that retailers can play in promoting sustainable consumption is followed by a literature review of sustainable consumption and an outline of the retail clothing sector within the UK. A simple visual observation and recording survey revealed that while the UK's top ten clothing retailers were providing customers with limited information on sustainable consumption, the dominant thrust of marketing communication within stores was designed to encourage consumption. The paper offers some reflections on the role of retailers and customers in driving sustainable consumption and concludes that the UK's leading clothing retailers' definitions of, and engagement with, sustainable consumption are driven by commercial imperatives as by their commitment to sustainability.

Keywords: sustainable consumption; UK clothing retailers; marketing communications; United Kingdom; garment industry; apparel industry; clothing industry; sustainability; sustainable development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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