Prof.ssa Patrizia Riva
Fashion Industry - Advancements in Product Development, Retail, and Marketing
Seher Kanat: Ege University,Turkey Taufiq Choudhry University of Southampton, United Kingdom
IntechOpen - 2026-03

In recent years, the world of fashion has been facing a significant transformation in the approach to supply chain management, leading to the centralization and
concentration of suppliers in selected groups. This process has had a direct impact
on quality, efficiency, and sustainability, representing an important added value
in sustainability reporting for major fashion brands. Supply group concentration
has become a fundamental strategy for companies in the fashion industry wishing
to maintain high quality standards, optimize costs, and, at the same time, meet the growing needs for transparency and social responsibility in business practices. This chapter explores the way in which supplier concentration may influence the perceived
value of a fashion brand and how this may be integrated into reporting processes and
corporate communications, in the awareness of the fact that it may also constitute
a strategic lever for improving governance and promoting corporate ethics in the context of challenges related to sustainability issues.