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Preface; Contents; Future Trends in the Fashion Industry; 1 A New Research Agenda for Luxury Supply Chain Management?; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Research Approach; 3 Discussion of the Research Agenda; 3.1 Supply Management; 3.2 Data Management and Visibility; 3.3 Contract Management; 3.4 Variety Management; 3.5 Sustainability Management; 4 Conclusions and Future Developments; References; 2 Publication Trends in Supply Chain Management in the Fashion Industry; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Data and Methodology; 3 Results; 3.1 Publication Years; 3.2 Languages; 3.3 Countries; 3.4 Research Areas.

2.2 The Fitting Room Concept2.3 User Scenarios; 2.3.1 Customer; 2.3.2 Shop Floor Assistant; 2.3.3 Retail Manager; 2.3.4 Designer; 3 Discussion and Prospects for Future Research; 4 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 8 Towards Case-Based Morphological Classification for Fashion Product Development; Abstract; 1 Introduction and Outline; 2 Morphological Classification; 3 Case Based Reasoning for Morphological Classification; 4 Results and Benefits; 5 Summary and Outlook; Acknowledgements; References; GENDE: GENetic DEsign; 1 Introduction; 2 GENDE Concept; 3 Related Work; 4 Proof of Concept.

3 Methodology3.1 Continuous Improvement; 3.2 Curriculum and Its Implementation; 3.3 Assessment; 4 IT Facilities and E-learnings at LC Waikiki; 4.1 E-learning Applications for Courses; 4.2 IT Applications for Courses; 5 Conclusions; References; Methods, Technology and Fashion; 6 A Conceptual Design of Intelligent Shoes for Pregnant Women; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Wearable Design and Technology; 3 Application to Pregnant Women; 4 Conceptual Design; 5 Conclusions; References; 7 The Adaptive Fitting Room; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 The Adaptive Fitting Room; 2.1 Theoretical Background.

3.5 Document Types3.6 Source Title; 4 Discussion and Conclusion; References; 3 Cross-Cultural Research for Luxury Fashion Brands in the Chinese Market: A Review of Long- Versus Short-Term Orientation in National Culture Dimensions; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 The Concept of Culture; 3 National Culture; 4 Hofstede's Five-Dimensional Model of National Culture; 5 Long- Versus Short-Term Orientation; 6 Current Situation of the Chinese Luxury Market; 6.1 Superiorities of the Chinese Market; 6.2 Challenges of the Chinese Market; 6.3 Future Direction; 7 Conclusion and Recommendations; References.

4 See Now Buy Now: A Revolution for Luxury Supply Chain ManagementAbstract; 1 Introduction: The Current Fashion-Shows Scenario and the See Now Buy Now Revolution; 2 Research Objectives; 3 Research Methodology; 3.1 Sampling; 3.2 Data Collection and Analysis; 4 Results; 4.1 Distribution Challenges in Luxury Fashion SCs; 4.2 The SNBN in Italy: Where Do Italian Luxury Fashion Companies Stand?; 5 The Implications of the SNBN; 6 Discussion; 7 Conclusion; References; 5 Development of a Fashion Buying Education Program for an Apparel Retail Company; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Literature Survey.

This book presents high-quality original contributions on the fashion supply chain. A wide spectrum of application domains are covered, processing of big data coming from digital and social media channels, fashion new product development, fashion design, fashion marketing and communication strategy, business models and entrepreneurship, e-commerce and omni-channel management, corporate social responsibility, new materials for fashion product, wearable technologies. The contents are based on presentations delivered at IT4Fashion 2016, the 6th International Conference in Business Models and ICT Technologies for the Fashion Supply Chain, which was held in Florence, Italy, in April 2016. This conference series represents a targeted response to the growing need for research that reports and debates supply chain business models and technologies applied to the fashion industry, with the aim of increasing knowledge in the area of product lifecycle management and supply chain management in that industry.