Search results for "tekstiiliteollisuus"
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Marimekon tasaraita pukeutumisilmionä
2004
Artikkelissa tarkastellaan yhtä Marimekko-designin tunnetuinta ilmentymää, Tasaraita-paitaa etnologisen pukeutumistutkimuksen näkökulmasta. Marimekko ja Tasaraita edustavat tunnettua ja arvostettua suomalaista designia – Tasaraita jopa siinä määrin, että sitä on kutsuttu jopa ”suomalaisten uudeksi kansanpuvuksi” – mutta millainen osa niillä on suomalaisen pukeutumisen historiassa ja miten Marimekon vaatteiden käyttäjät niitä merkityksellistävät? Aiemman tutkimuskirjallisuuden pohjalta Turunen ensin tarkastelee Tasaraitaa suomalaisen 1950–1970-lukujen pukeutumiskulttuurin ja siinä tapahtuneiden muutosten näkökulmasta. Tämän jälkeen hän esittelee keräämänsä haastatteluaineiston pohjalta Marim…
A New Perspective on the Textile and Apparel Industry in the Digital Transformation Era
2022
The textile and apparel (fashion) industry has been influenced by developments in societal socio-cultural and economic structures. Due to a change in people’s preferences from economic functionality to supra-functionality beyond economic value, the fashion industry is at the forefront of digitalization. The growing digitalization in the fashion industry corresponds to digital fashion, which can satisfy the rapid shift in consumers’ preferences. This paper explores the evolving con-cept of innovations in digital fashion in the textile and apparel industry. Specifically, it centers on the evaluation of Amazon’s digital fashion initiatives, which have made the platform the Un…
Vastuullisuusarvot suomalaisten tekstiiliyritysten tarinoissa
2022
Textile industry causes significant negative environmental and social impacts. Sustainability in the industry has lately yielded more and more research interest, however, sustainability communication is underresearched area. In this paper, we will focus on sustainability communications in the Finnish textile industry through the stories of companies in their webpages. Storytelling has traditionally been a mode of transmitting, producing and reproducing the culture. Stories produce a structure in the reality, explain phenomena and concretize abstract concepts. In this research, we approach the stories as rhetorical devises, which address, attract and connect the reader to the company behind …
The father, the son and the refreshed spirit : strategic renewal after family business succession in the context of the textile, clothing, leather an…
2005
This study describes the strategic renewal of family business after succession in the textile, clothing, leather and footwear industry (T/C) in light of three examples. Family firms often have an individual approach to developing capabilities for new generations. A turbulent environment, internal resources and the capabilities of the management all have an impact on strategic decisions. The research is a multiple case study of three cases. In each of the companies the succession process, the different roles of the successor, the critical incidents and how they relate to the succession are described. In addition the capability for renewal, renewal process and its effects are introduced. All …