Fashion in turmoil: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Finland’s textile and fashion industry

IF 3.6 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI:10.1080/15487733.2023.2173424
Teresa Haukkala, K. Niinimäki, L. Turunen
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With continuing climate change, consumers are reconsidering their fashion-consumption habits and clothing and apparel businesses are critically examining their industrial practices. The coronavirus pandemic can be considered a turning point as it has significantly affected the textile and fashion industry. By applying path-dependence theory to analyze developments in the textile and fashion industry in Finland, this study investigates prior pivotal moments to better understand how crises can provide possibilities for transformation. We first provide a historical review that aims to identify external shocks as major transitional events and examines their implications for short-and long-term trends. The study then analyzes the changes triggered by COVID-19 in the textile and fashion industry using empirical data collected from Finnish companies. The study reveals that the pandemic forced some firms to introduce several changes into their practices as part of efforts to survive, including innovations at all levels of design and manufacturing as well as new ways of managing sales and marketing. In addition, the crisis has been an opportunity to take steps toward societal and environmental transformation through more open and responsible business models involving a shift to local or close-by production to reduce environmental impact, to secure decent factory-working conditions, and to engage customers to reduce their consumption. The article concludes by considering issues relevant to the future of this industry during the post-pandemic period.
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动荡中的时尚:COVID-19大流行对芬兰纺织和时尚产业的影响
随着气候的持续变化,消费者正在重新考虑他们的时尚消费习惯,服装和服装企业也在严格审查他们的工业实践。新型冠状病毒感染症(covid - 19病毒)疫情对纺织、时尚产业产生了巨大影响,可以说是一个转折点。通过应用路径依赖理论来分析芬兰纺织和时尚产业的发展,本研究调查了之前的关键时刻,以更好地理解危机如何为转型提供可能性。我们首先提供了一个历史回顾,旨在确定外部冲击是主要的过渡事件,并检查其对短期和长期趋势的影响。然后,该研究利用从芬兰公司收集的实证数据,分析了COVID-19在纺织和时尚行业引发的变化。该研究表明,作为生存努力的一部分,大流行迫使一些公司在其实践中引入一些变化,包括设计和制造各个层面的创新以及管理销售和营销的新方法。此外,这场危机也是一个机会,可以通过更加开放和负责任的商业模式,采取措施实现社会和环境转型,包括将生产转移到当地或附近,以减少对环境的影响,确保体面的工厂工作条件,并吸引客户减少消费。文章最后考虑了大流行后时期与该行业未来相关的问题。
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Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy
Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
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54
审稿时长
27 weeks
期刊介绍: Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy is a refereed, open-access journal which recognizes that climate change and other socio-environmental challenges require significant transformation of existing systems of consumption and production. Complex and diverse arrays of societal factors and institutions will in coming decades need to reconfigure agro-food systems, implement renewable energy sources, and reinvent housing, modes of mobility, and lifestyles for the current century and beyond. These innovations will need to be formulated in ways that enhance global equity, reduce unequal access to resources, and enable all people on the planet to lead flourishing lives within biophysical constraints. The journal seeks to advance scientific and political perspectives and to cultivate transdisciplinary discussions involving researchers, policy makers, civic entrepreneurs, and others. The ultimate objective is to encourage the design and deployment of both local experiments and system innovations that contribute to a more sustainable future by empowering individuals and organizations and facilitating processes of social learning.
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