The Secondary Luxury Consumer: An Investigation into Online Consumption (open access)

The Secondary Luxury Consumer: An Investigation into Online Consumption

Article studies consumption behaviors of secondary luxury consumers by investigating secondary consumer beliefs and purchase intention, specifically in the context of online shopping.
Date: October 24, 2022
Creator: Slaton, Kelcie & Pookulangara, Sanjukta
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sustainable and Innovative Packaging Solutions in the Fashion Industry: Global Report (open access)

Sustainable and Innovative Packaging Solutions in the Fashion Industry: Global Report

Article states it is the first global report on sustainable packaging innovation in the fashion sector using data-mining to gather a sample of 400 international fashion brands that advertise sustainable packaging solution across five continents. The report discusses the sustainability of the packaging of these fashion brands, testing the validity of their claims of sustainable packaging.
Date: October 19, 2022
Creator: Jestratijevic, Iva & Brodnjak-Vrabič, Urška
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Why Should I Buy Sustainable Apparel?" Impact of User-Centric Advertisements on Consumers’ Affective Responses and Sustainable Apparel Purchase Intentions (open access)

"Why Should I Buy Sustainable Apparel?" Impact of User-Centric Advertisements on Consumers’ Affective Responses and Sustainable Apparel Purchase Intentions

Article identifies some of the most important consumer concerns from the literature that influences consumers’ sustainable apparel purchase intentions. The authors propose a conceptual model grounded in the Elaboration Likelihood Model to test the efficacy of user-centric advertisements in encouraging purchase intentions for sustainable apparel, and conducted a between-subject experiment with female millennials in the U.S.
Date: September 15, 2022
Creator: Chakraborty, Swagata & Sadachar, Amrut
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Increasing Students Access to Educational and Experiential Learning Opportunities in Agritourism (open access)

Increasing Students Access to Educational and Experiential Learning Opportunities in Agritourism

Data management plan for the grant, "Increasing students access to educational and experiential learning opportunities in agritourism." The project aims to develop an online course on agritourism within the sustainability framework, to be offered by the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) at the University of North Texas (UNT).
Date: 2022-09-01/2026-08-31
Creator: KC, Birendra
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fashion consumption during COVID-19: Comparative analysis of changing acquisition practices across nine countries and implications for sustainability (open access)

Fashion consumption during COVID-19: Comparative analysis of changing acquisition practices across nine countries and implications for sustainability

Article explores and compares changes in clothing acquisition practices during COVID-19 across nine countries: the USA, the UK, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Iran, Czech Republic, India, and Hong Kong SAR.
Date: April 13, 2022
Creator: Vladimirova, Katia; Henninger, Claudia E.; Joyner-Martinez, Cosette; Iran, Samira; Diddi, Sonali; Durrani, Marium et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Ethnographic Study of Collaborative Fashion Consumption: The Case of Temporary Clothing Swapping (open access)

An Ethnographic Study of Collaborative Fashion Consumption: The Case of Temporary Clothing Swapping

This article is the first research that has examined temporary swapping, a form of collaborative fashion consumption, that involves clothing exchange between two people that does not require the transfer of product ownership or monetary compensation. In this ethnographic study the authors explored benefits, risks, and the meanings constructed by eight women before, during, and after exchanging parts of their wardrobes with a swap partner.
Date: December 26, 2021
Creator: Karpova, Elena E.; Jestratijevic, Iva; Lee, JuYoung & Wu, Juanjuan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library