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Modereportage: en marknadsföringskanal?
University of Borås, Swedish School of Textiles.
University of Borås, Swedish School of Textiles.
2009 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor)Student thesisAlternative title
Fashion Editorials : a channel for marketing? (English)
Abstract [en]

Marketing has been developed and revalued the last years. The consumer today is more educated and is therefore able to have higher demands. These requirements together with the increased competition is forcing brands to find creative ways to reach their target market. Fashion has throughout history contributed to, and been influenced by, changes in society. Through all times, people have used fashion and clothing as a way to demonstrate their social identity and to be accepted. Companies in the fashion industry can be successful if they develop brands that attract consumers. To achieve this, companies must find new communication tools to reach out to the consumer, among these tools, we find the fashion editorials. Our aim is to investigate whether product placement occurs in Swedish fashion editorials. Through our thesis we want to explore how consumers perceive the editorials and also whether if they are used as a marketing channel. The method is qualitative and the study is based on semi structured interviews and a focus group interview. To get several opinions of the problem area, the issue is discussed from two different perspectives. According to the hermeneutical approach, with interpretation in focus, the empirical material has been analyzed alternately with theory. The theories have therefore been reviewed during the process. Our conclusion is that all respondents experience that product placement occurs in fashion editorials. It is also clear that there are differences between the interview perspectives. The occurance of product placement in fashion editorials is percieved in different ways. The main difference is that the fashion industry operatives can see the press offices as messengers for the brand's image. The consumer, on the other hand, is completely unaware of their existence. Furthermore, readers believe that the content is selected by someone who is an interpreter in the fashion area and therefore it is accepted. Readers can see the fashion editorials as a source of inspiration when shopping. The fashion brands that frequently appears in fashion editorials become top-of-mind of the consumer/reader. Our results suggest that consumers actually are shopping garments from the brands that appear in editorials. Fashion editorials can thus be described as an important part of a fashion company's marketing. Finally, we discuss the future of fashion magazines as internet and blogs are changing the conditions to attract the consumer.

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University of Borås/Swedish School of Textiles , 2009.
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Keywords [en]
fashion editorials, marketing channel, top-of-mind
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Economics and Business
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-19620Local ID: 2320/5580OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-19620DiVA, id: diva2:1311554
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Program: TextilekonomutbildningenAvailable from: 2019-04-30 Created: 2019-04-30

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