• Basic Information
• Additional Info

Basic Information

• Project No. and Title: NCCC_old65 : Indicators of Social Change in the Marketplace: Producers, Retailers and Consumers
• Period Covered: 10/01/2014 to 09/01/2016
• Date of Report: 12/02/2015
• Annual Meeting Dates: 10/09/2015 to 10/10/2015

Participants

In attendance: Elizabeth (Missy) Bye, Project Advisor, Attended via SkypeTen JuanJuan Wu, University of Minnesota Sonali Diddi, Colorado State University Mary Lynn Damhorst, Iowa State University Brenda Sternquist, Michigan State University Leslie Stoel, Miami of Ohio University Melody LeHew, Kansas State University Scarlett Wesley, University of Kentucky Jana Hawley, University of Missouri Joan Ellis, Washington State University

Accomplishments

Impacts

1. Discount research at Ohio State University has shown that small businesses in rural communities need to understand the impact that discount pricing has on their consumers.
2. Fair trade research at Ohio State University supports a change in knowledge about the type and appeal that is most likely to draw customers to social entrepreneurship websites.
3. Multichannel research at Ohio State University suggests that knowledge about the impact of open versus closed shopping environments impact the way in which consumers move from channel to channel.
4. Social responsibility research at Ohio State University supports a change in knowledge about the influence of product type, ethical issues, and culture on consumer purchase behaviors.
5. University of Minnesota Action research aims to modularize a co-design process of 3D virtual stores. This reflects individual users? needs and preferences.
6. South Dakota State?s Strategic Plan benchmarks progress toward academic excellence, research innovation,and outreach that ensures financial management and governance systems.
7. Michigan State University implemented the Global Best Buying Practices Video Library. This can be found at http://globaledge.msu.edu/global-resources/global-best-buying-practices-video-library
8. Colorado State?s Dr. Nancy Miller and Carol Engle-Enright submitted a grant to WalMart Foundation to explore cut-and-sew operations that are reshored to the US.
9. Colorado State University submitted a grant to the American Honda Foundation for a STEM-Based Enrichment Program for Adolescent girls.
10. University of Arizona held the 19th annual Global Retailing Conference was held in April, 2015. Topic was OmniChannel Retailing. More than 450 were in attendance.
11. Colorado State University co-sponsored the second annual Colorado Apparel Manufacturing Summit. Over 150 attendees.
12. The NCCC065 Coordinating Committee located and reviewed methods and statistic videos and posted them on the ITAA website?s teaching collections.
13. Iowa State University collected and Analyzed qualitative data from African American mother-daughter pairs living in Arkansas to explore parent-child relationships in relations to apparel product consumption. Findings provided new insights on consumers from an underrepresented population.
14. Iowa State University collected data via Amazon Mechanical Turk to test a research model connecting materialism value with fashion involvement and body image. Findings connect variables in a theoretical model.
15. Iowa State University received a grant to build collaborations between ASIA and Iowa State studetns. MaryLynn Damhorst, PI
16. Jana Hawley, PI received a $221,000 grant to conduct research with artisans in India on dye-water management.
17. University of Arizona researchers participate in the CESI (Consumer, Environment, and Sustainability Initiative) to determine how consumers make informed choices and its impact on natural resources.
18. University of Kentucky participates in the Cotton, Inc. program, "From Blue to Green".
19. University of Kentucky began a certificate program for Undergraduates in the Distillation Wine and Brewing Studies to support the Kentucky Bourbon Hospitality and Tourism industry.
20. JuanJuan Wu from University of Minnesota received a Serendipity Grant to survey baby boomers? needs for housing and technology as part of planning and promoting opportunities for lifelong communities.
21. Washington State University are focused on reshoring the apparel manufacturing industry. This initiative is technology driven.
22. Dr. Hang Liu at Washington State University is developing a process to recycle cotton back into spinnable fiber. This represents shirt-to-shirt sustainability.
23. Drs Christel and Bradley at Washington State University have conducted research to determine the needs of post-bariatric patients and their undergarments.

Publications