Garment Case Studies Samples For Students

Stevenson Garment Dyers

Stevensons Garment Dyers was established in 1865 and it has been in operation since then. It is located on Amber River in Derbyshire on a 17-acre piece of land. To-date, it is among the top dying facilities in Europe. For a good number of years it was part of Coats Viyella (CV) Group. Initially, the company mainly dyed knitwear, woven fabrics, and hosiery. Recently, the company focuses on the technical knitwear requirements perhaps because this CV business area seemed to be difficult in moving offshore. However, CV pulled out of manufacturing garments in 2011 selling off its knitwear interests. This led ...

Step 1: Identify Ethical Issues

In this scenario, a clothing company is determining whether or not it is right to source from an Asian manufacturing company. The following ethical issues are identified:
The factory is shown to work the employees long hours, with very low pay compared to America. However, the workers claim that they are very grateful for the jobs that are given to them.

Is it fair to work employees so much for so little, even if they are satisfied by it?

Threads with Style is dedicated to social responsibility as well as profitability. The basic pay of the workers might be low, however it would be better if some form of benefit was given. Although the workers are paid ...

IT Strategy and Nolan’s Growth Stage Model

Current IT Strategy: Although running in a basic POS, Zara’s IT infrastructure had been working seamlessly with no problem whatsoever that its IT staff cannot fix without seeking Inditex’s technical intervention (McAfee, Dessain, and Sjoman, 2007, pp. 2-3). It has accomplished its original business model of linking customer demand to manufacturing and then manufacturing to distribution.
However, it is just that, a basic POS, with no other functionalities to boast for except for its unchallenged stability so far. Thus, in Sanchez’s opinion, if the POS is unbroken, why fix it? Of course, the overall strategy was ...

The case study is about Esquel, which is a leading producer of cotton shirts min Hong Kong. The company faced a quandary from its apparel and customers during the era of early 2000. Nike and Marks & Spencer were some of the retail customers who demanded answers from the company concerning is social and environmental. Scrutiny from the customers was proposed by its leaders because most of them had been witnessed demanding that the cotton in their shirts be grown organically. What these customers failed to understand is that the crop required a lot of pesticide and water, which only came from underground ...