Grete Birtwistle
Glasgow Caledonian University
26 Papers
290 Citations
Grete Birtwistle is an academic researcher from Glasgow Caledonian University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Clothing & Supply chain management. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 26 publications.
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Papers
An investigation of young fashion consumers' disposal habits
TL;DR: In this paper, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was used to undertake this exploratory research, which was aimed at establishing an understanding of how consumers dispose of fashion products and how to increase sustainable consumption.
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Fashion clothing – where does it all end up?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how consumers dispose of fashion products and how it might be possible to increase sustainable consumption of textiles, and identify consumers' lack of understanding of how this behaviour affects the environment and key informant interviews explore how clothing can be reused and recycled.
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Sell, give away, or donate: an exploratory study of fashion clothing disposal behaviour in two countries
TL;DR: In this article, the antecedents to clothing disposal methods in two countries: Scotland and Australia were investigated, where increasing volumes of textiles are disposed of in landfill sites to the detriment of t...
Consumer clothing disposal behaviour: a comparative study
TL;DR: In this article, the authors empirically explore antecedents of two methods of sustainable clothing disposal behavior in two countries: donating to charities and giving away to family and friends using data from females located in Australia and Chile.
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Quick response: perceptions of UK fashion retailers
TL;DR: In this article, a survey of fashion retailers trading in the UK revealed that information technology is particularly important to the large, multiple "own brand" fashion retailers as it enables the various parties in the supply chain to communicate and to respond to demand.
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