Kan en H & M och en Zarakund vara samma kund?: En undersökning i två europeiska städer.
2008 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor)
Student thesisAlternative title
May an H & M and Zara customer be the same customer? -An investigation in two European cities (English)
Abstract [en]
The struggle for the customer has become a priority for the fashion industries
considering that it is the customers’ willing to shop that guarantees their
continuous survival on today’s competitive market. To keep the customer happy
and satisfied, should be their priority as this leads to an economic advantage
since the customer becomes the companies strongest allay with help of the so
called “word of mouth” effect. The positive response is then transmitted from
the customer, acting as a spokes- person for the company. It is therefore in the
company’s interest to investigate and find out the actual attitudes and opinions
so that the company may become more customer oriented and competitive.
Zara and H & M are today two big fashion industries with similar products,
price friendly and accessible fashion clothes. They act on the same market and
their latest annual reports place the two companies as leaders in their business.
By performing a quality and quantity interview investigation with the above
mentioned companies customers I will display the actual attitudes and opinions
of these customers in Gothenburg and Madrid with the purpose to answer the
reports question may an H & M customer and Zara customer be the same
customer?
The results of the investigation show that there are some general similarities and
differences among the areas, price and design. Zara customers see the company
as “middle class” and “sophisticated” while H & M customers think of the
company’s garments as “cheap” and “youthful”.
The answer to this reports lead question with the analyzing of the empirical
material and information reveals that there is a better possibility that a Zara
customer is an H & M customer and vice versa but it’s very unlikely that a Zara
customer with high financial mien shops in H & M in Madrid, this may
although be the case in Gothenburg.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
University of Borås/Swedish School of Textiles , 2008.
Series
Kandidatuppsats
Keywords [en]
brand loyalty, preferences, active customer, needs, social culture factors, behov
Keywords [sv]
attitudes, motivation, märkeslojalitet, attityder, preferenser, aktiv kund, motivation, sociokulturella faktorer
National Category
Economics and Business
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-19067Local ID: 2320/3955OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-19067DiVA, id: diva2:1311001
Note
Program: Textilekonomutbildningen
Uppsatsnivå: C
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