Vol. 8 No. 2 (2024)
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Evaluation of Circular Srategies and their Effectiveness in Fashion SMEs in Ghana

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  • Akosua Mawuse Amankwah,
  • Professor Edward Appiah,
  • Professor Charles Frimpong,
  • Professor Aguinaldo dos Santos
Akosua Mawuse Amankwah
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Professor Edward Appiah
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Bio
Professor Charles Frimpong
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Bio
Professor Aguinaldo dos Santos
Paraná Federal University - Brazil
Bio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3197/JPS.63799977346493

Published 2024-05-14 — Updated on 2024-07-30

Keywords

  • Fashion,
  • Circular Strategies,
  • Evaluation,
  • Small-Medium Scale Enterprises,
  • cultural environment

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Amankwah, Akosua Mawuse, Edward Appiah, Charles Frimpong, and dos Santos Aguinaldo. 2024. “Evaluation of Circular Srategies and Their Effectiveness in Fashion SMEs in Ghana”. The Journal of Population and Sustainability 8 (2):45-75. https://doi.org/10.3197/JPS.63799977346493.

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Abstract

Circular economy strategies may appear practical for business but are complex in application. Country-specific situations, taking into consideration the cultural dimensions, aid the practicality of such strategies. As part of a longitudinal research, this study sought to identify and evaluate circular strategies that could be integrated into selected fashion SMEs in Ghana. An in-depth qualitative case study was adopted to engage nineteen owner-designers of SMEs through interviews and observations. The owner-designers must have formal businesses, have been running their retail stores during the last decade and operate within the two major cities in Ghana where population growth supports economic activities. Life extension strategies were adopted for the study. The indications were that the majority of owner-designers of fashion SMEs, although practicing some circular strategies unknowingly, were not motivated to formally integrate the practice into their businesses. Cost, time, labour and consumer attitudes and behaviour were factors considered to undermine the effectiveness of adopting and implementing circular strategies in these firms. Creation of awareness of circular strategies and models for their implementation are needed to enable practitioners to imbibe circular economy principles in fashion SMEs in Ghana.

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