Digital Transformation for Fashion and Luxury Brands: Theory and Practice

This book re-evaluates the diffusion and positioning of fashion and luxury brands following the impact and disruption of digital transformations, particularly on existing omni-channel models and touchpoints and consumer behaviours. By exploring the importance of digital transformation and discussing the benefits and challenges it has created for the fashion industry, this book provides insights into the role of various digital technologies, systems and strategies in generating and maintaining brand value and equity, customer engagement and experiences and connecting the marketplace and marketspace.
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Wilson Ozuem teaches and supervises research projects in a number of UK universities, including City, University of London, Warwick University, University of Birmingham and the University of Cumbria. His general area of expertise lies in digital marketing and fashion marketing. His specific research interest is understanding the impacts of emerging computer-mediated marketing environments (CMMEs) on the fashion industry. Professor Ozuem is acknowledged as one of the international leaders in the study of digital marketing and multichannel retailing. His research has been published in key journals, including the European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Business Research, Information Technology & People, Psychology & Marketing, and many others.
Silvia Ranfagni is Associate Professor of Marketing at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Florence, Italy. Her research interests include innovation, internationalization, and brand management with special reference to the fashion and cultural industry. She has participated in international marketing conferences, and has published in national and international journals such as Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, Management Decision, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Journal of Business Research, and Journal of Interactive Marketing.

Michelle Willis is a Lecturer for Institute of Business, Industry and Leadership, University of Cumbria. Her research interest lies in emerging technologies, particularly the interface between social networking sites and the development of marketing programmes, and online service failure and recovery strategies and in consumers of the millennial generation. She has co-authored chapters in textbooks, articles for the journal Psychology & Marketing and conference papers in her specialist area of research that were presented at American Marketing Association and the European Marketing Academy conferences.