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Shortening Lead-times To Create An Agile Supply Chain For Esprit Abstract Leaded by the fashion brands like ZARA and HM, fast fashion has risen to be the theme of current fashion industry, their emergence has a deep, profound impact on conventional apparel industries. Under the pressure of the trend, Esprit is one of the victims of traditional fashion brands. This paper focuses on the current problem that Esprit is faced with, presents three possible solutions which are designing new products
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[pic] Coffee, Cooperation and Competition: A Comparative Study of Colombia and Vietnam Authors:[1] Adriana Roldán-Pérez Maria-Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez Pham Thu Huong Dao Ngoc Tien Research assistants (Colombia): Franz Xaver Riegler Stephanie Riegler Catalina Tabares Melissa Eusse Research assistant (Vietnam): Nguyen Thu Hang Table of contents List of figures 4 List of tables 4 Acronyms, abbreviations and definitions 6 Weights and measures 6 Abstract 7
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