The Business And Law Of Fashion And Retail

FASHION LAW AND BUSINESS unravels the complexity and provides clear guidance on the wide range of legal and business issues faced by fashion industry participants, including designers, suppliers, manufacturers of apparel and accessories, and retailers. Topics include: The considerations involved in starting a company in the fashion industry, including developing a business plan, determining the form and structure of the legal entity, and obtaining financing; How patent, trademark, and copyright law have been applied to the fashion industry and their impact in such areas as gray market goods and counterfeiting. The dynamics of retail sales in the apparel industry, including a discussion of e-commerce and mobile commerce. FASHION LAW AND BUSINESS provides you with an integrated, comprehensive guide to the issues affecting the fashion industry today.

Introduction - Fashion Law: An Overview of a New Field - Intellectual Property Issues - Intellectual Property Protection in Fashion - Fashion and Apparel Licensing - Counterfeiting: Commercial Operations and Expansion - Start-Up and Launch Issues -- Business Structure - Selling and Buying -- Commercial Agreements in Fashion - Employment Issues in Fashion - Marketing, Advertising and Promotion of Fashion - Retail Leasing for Fashion International Aspects - International Development of the Fashion Business - Import and Custom Issues in Fashion - Introduction to the overall concepts, issues, and practices of chapter topic - In-depth discussion of topic and real-world case studies contributed by general counsel for an apparel company and/or partner of law firm - Legal strategies, procedures, checklists, sample contract documents and templates - Practice tips, discussion questions, short exercises, and relevant assignments to reinforce chapter material - Instructor's Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom

In today's highly competitive global market, fashion designers, entrepreneurs, and executives need state, federal, and international laws to protect their intellectual property-their brands and the products by which their customers recognize them. Fashion Law provides a concise and practical guide to the full range of legal issues faced by a fashion company as it grows from infancy to international stature. Updated to reflect recent legal decisions and regulatory developments, this revised edition covers such vital issues as intellectual property protection and litigation, licensing, anti-counterfeiting, start-ups and finance, commercial transactions, retail property leasing, employment regulations, advertising and marketing, celebrity endorsements, and international trade. Features of the text help to make legal concepts accessible to the lay reader. More than 25 leading attorneys practicing in the emerging legal specialty of fashion law contributed the chapters for this authoritative text, and their expertise provides a foundation for fashion professionals and their legal advisors to work together effectively. New to this Edition -Expanded section on Intellectual Property protection, including an all new Chapter 6 on Litigation -All new Chapter 10 on Fashion Finance Features Features -Box Features provide real-life examples that demonstrate the role that law plays in the fashion business, including landmark court cases and current events -Practice Tips discuss legal issues that should be considered as fashion designers and executives establish procedures for conducting their business -Sample Clauses familiarize readers with the legal language that covers the rights and responsibilities of the parties to agreements -Instructor's Guide and PowerPoint® presentations available.

Learn how to protect your business through prevention with a fashion compliance program. The text takes a merchandise-centric 'how-to' approach. It explains the laws related to fashion compliance including, labeling, marketing, testing, importing and exporting, record keeping, and more. Written by a fashion-law expert, the work includes interviews with professionals and discusses the European Union apparel label law, as well as relevant United States' laws, to help you run your fashion business.

A comprehensive guidebook to the Australian legal aspects of starting, operating, growing and selling a fashion brand. Topics include choosing a business structure, trademarks, copyright, counterfeits, social media, employees and contractors, manufacturing, labelling, importing, international expansion, leasing, wholesale, retail, consumer and competition laws, contract management, celebrities, ambassadors and athletes, events, photoshoots, films, insurance, tax, funding, buying another brand and exit (MBO, trade sale, IPO). The book is written using easy-to-understand English in a conversational style. The principal audience for the book are creatives who either want to DIY, or at least understand the broader legal aspects of running a fashion business.

Using various research methodologies, such as reviews, case studies, analytical modeling and empirical studies, this book investigates luxury fashion retail management and provides relevant insights, which are beneficial to both industrialists and academics. Readers gain an understanding of luxury fashion retailing, including proper operations and strategic management, which now are the most crucial items on the luxury fashion industry’s senior management agenda.

The first volume in the Palgrave Studies in Practice: Global Fashion Brand Management series, this book provides a comprehensive view on the internationalization of fashion brands, offering unique academic and managerial insights into how fashion brands in diverse sizes can build and sustain their businesses in competitive global marketplaces. It explores the theories and trends occurring within the fashion industry, one of the most active sectors of internationalization. The majority of global fashion brands operate beyond their home countries, yet not much is known about the ventures that generate more than half of their revenues. This book takes a critical look at the global-by-nature fashion industry through a collection of actual cases from multiple countries and cultural backgrounds.