@inproceedings{f2a969328b1d4fdaa24f711a4cfb21c4,
title = "Implementing Vertical Integration in the Fashion Industry",
abstract = "Downstream integration is when a company expands forwards in the supply chain. An example of this would be a fashion manufacturer purchasing a retail store. This essay will explore the research surrounding the strategy of vertical integration highlighting the benefits it can have on a company{\textquoteright}s supply chain. As well as this, it will also look into the consequences and costs involved with the strategy thus providing an overall analysis on vertical integration. Furthermore, this essay will specifically look into firms within the fashion industry underlining how the strategy of vertical integration can be used. It will discuss both upstream and downstream vertical integration highlighting how fashion retailers and manufacturers can use the strategy.",
keywords = "Fashion, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things (IOT), Vertical integration",
author = "William Dumbrill and Yi Wang",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.; 10th International Workshop of Advanced Manufacturing and Automation, IWAMA 2020 ; Conference date: 12-10-2020 Through 13-10-2020",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1007/978-981-33-6318-2\_50",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789813363175",
series = "Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "401--407",
editor = "Yi Wang and Kristian Martinsen and Tao Yu and Kesheng Wang",
booktitle = "Advanced Manufacturing and Automation X",
address = "Germany",
}
