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Solutions to Overconsumption in the Footwear Industry - Coggle Diagram
Solutions to Overconsumption in the Footwear Industry
Durability
Solution 1
Foot scanning tool allows customers to order custom-fit shoes
Better fit reduces stress wear of shoes
Relies on existing technology
Feasible to implement foot scanning tool
Custom manufacturing involves high cost - how can we justify this?
Solution 2
Foot scanning tool matches customers to the best-fitting shoes already on the market
Relies on existing technology
Foot scanning tool
Relies on existing footwear brands
Lowers costs (we don't manufacture the shoes)
We are not competing with brands
No consideration of customisation
Customisation
Solution 3
Foot scanning tool allows customers to order custom-design shoes
Customers have unique shoe design
Customers buy less shoes as they don't need to keep up with fast fashion; they have a unique product
Could incorporate custom fit as well
Higher cost
Include online marketplace of user-uploaded and designer-uploaded footwear designs
Encourage creativity and collaboration
Opportunity for celebrity involvement - eg. buy shoes that Billie Eilish designed
Reusability
Solution 4
Mix and match shoes - customers can replace worn parts of shoes
Encourages slow fashion
Potential for customisation - change colour of the shoe instead
Solution 5
App/website that allows users to track their donated items or give tips on how to reuse the shoe in another way
Educational (habit-changing)
No consideration of customisation element
Recyclability/Sustainability
Solution 6
App/website that allows people to look up their shoe models and see how sustainable the materials are or how they can be recycled
No consideration of customisation
Educational
Solution 7
App/website that connect shoe consumers and/or businesses to existing recycling services
No consideration of customisation
Educational (habit-changing)