In this thesis, titled "Unlocking the Path to Sustainability: Multi-Brand Retail SMEs as Agents of Change in the Fashion Supply Chain," we explore how fashion multi-brand retail Small- to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) can play a crucial role in driving sustainability and effecting positive change throughout …

In the Netherlands, as in many other densely populated countries, home delivery is the dominant way of delivering online ordered parcels. This is mainly because big retail companies offer this delivery option for free. Due to the expansion of e-commerce, home delivery that typically makes use of diesel …

Looking at the trends in the four quarters of 2021, it is clear that (partial) lockdowns of sectors have been very bad news for business performance. Also not directly hit sectors like the care and service industry underperformed. The horeca, retail and cultural sectors were hit hardest by recurring …

In dit onderzoek staat het thema "employee branding" centraal en het doel van dit onderzoek is het inzicht krijgen in de tevredenheid omtrent communicatie van medewerkers binnen filiaal Y en aanbevelingen doen hoe zij de interne communicatie richting medewerkers kunnen verbeteren. Dit met uiteindelijk …

This article seeks to contribute to the literature on circular business model innovation in fashion retail. Our research question is which ‘model’—or combination of models—would be ideal as a business case crafting multiple value creation in small fashion retail. We focus on a qualitative, single in-depth …

The study was conducted in commission of New Industrial Order (N.I.O), a laboratory for Fashion-On-Demand based in Amsterdam. A knowledge gap in literature was identified concerning the environmental performance of On-Demand manufacturing. To fill the gap, a preliminary Life Cycle Assessment was initiated, …

In this report, the impact of COVID-19 on small physical retail stores in Utrecht is analysed, and what this impact means for the current and future outlook of high street real estate in city centre of Utrecht.

In the Netherlands, the position of the city center is transitioning from a place-to-buy to a place-to-be. This means that the city center is changing from a place where people come to shop, to a place where people come to meet and experience. This shift causes Municipalities to reevaluate the position …

De afstudeeropdracht wordt uitgevoerd in opdracht van de afdeling S&MB (Small & Medium Business) van AfterPay onder leiding van Daniel Ruff. S&MB bedient alle merchants die niet binnen de Top 150 (Key Accounts) vallen. Deze range loopt van “zolderkamerwebshops” die een paar bestellingen per jaar verwerken …

Het bedrijf grupo Portucel Soporcel is een wereldwijde producent van kopieerpapier. In 2015 is AMS, een producent van tissue papier overgenomen. Vanwege de behoefte om de vereisten rondom de toetreding tot de Nederlandse markt te onderzoeken is dit onderzoek gestart. Belangrijkste vraag was "Met welke …