The effectiveness of guilt appeal in the fashion business
Case study - 13 pages - Fashion and ready to wear marketing
Guilt and its mechanisms are a relevant way to understand consumers' behaviour towards fashion luxury purchases. Fashion is a huge industry, which proposes products based on subjective and personal affects. Clothes have to fit, to make people feel comfortable and good looking...
Zara: For fast fashion
Case study - 8 pages - Services marketing
According to porter model, there are five main forces to analyze the structure of competition of a given industry. Despite some limitations, this model is of High relevance to identify the main forces of the competition in a given industry. Market growth: the dynamic of the market...
The impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the retail industry in India
Dissertation - 102 pages - Finance
Retailing is the largest private industry in India and second largest employer after agriculture. Retailers not only provide consumers with a wide variety of products, but also a wide range of complementary services such as assurance of products delivery which can lead to more informed...
La presse fashion et le problème de l'anorexie
Text commentary - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Every young girl has one day wanted to see her frame on the first page of a fashion magazine. Actually these teenagers don't know yet that the business of fashion is not what it seems to be and that the life of models is not as bright as they think. Drugs and diseases are also a...
Comparison of three major European groups in the luxury industry - Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH), Pinault Printemps Redoute-Gucci (PPR), and Richemont
Case study - 22 pages - Luxury marketing
What is luxury, and what is the luxury industry? According Jean de Mandeville, luxury is everything that represents more than what is strictly necessary. Luxury is about everything that we consider as superfluous and not necessary. Luxury is about sophistication and stylistic refinement of...
The Sportswear Industry : Boom or Gloom ?
Market study - 50 pages - Management
The sportswear industry has witnessed a transition phase in the past few decades. Indeed, the beginning of the 1970s saw the athletic sportswear evolve from specific product lines striving to target and migrate the small and unique markets into mainstream fashion products. The...
Global industry study: Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 11 pages - Services marketing
The aim of this International Marketing survey is to present the international operations of a global brand and to confront them with our international marketing lessons. Our studied company is Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M). Before analyzing all the international operations of this group, it seems to...
Global industry study : H&M - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 22 pages - Services marketing
The aim of this International Marketing survey is to present the international operations of a global brand and to confront them with our international marketing lessons. The company we are going to study is Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M). Before analyzing all the international operations of this...
Design a strategic marketing plan for the French 'fashion house' Caroll who are positioning themselves to enter the 'middle market' in China
Case study - 18 pages - Business strategy
Caroll is a French ready to wear well-established company for women only. In addition to clothing, Caroll is developing accessories (Bags, jewelry, belt). There are very successful in France and look for gain of growth abroad. What about China? A country that doesn't know the crisis and has a...
Global industry study: Hennes & Mauritz (H&M)
Case study - 29 pages - Fashion and ready to wear marketing
The aim of this International Marketing survey is to present the international operations of a global brand and to confront them with our international marketing lessons. Our studied company is Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M). Before analyzing all the international operations of this group, it seems to...
Global industry study : H&M
Case study - 22 pages - Fashion and ready to wear marketing
The aim of this International Marketing survey is to present the international operations of a global brand and to confront them with our international marketing lessons. The company we are going to study is Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M). Before analyzing all the international operations of this...
Design a Marketing Plan for the French 'fashion house' Caroll who are aiming to enter the growing 'middle market' in China - publié le 29/09/2010
Dissertation - 12 pages - Services marketing
The following paper is dedicated to design a marketing plan for the French ‘fashion house' Caroll in China. In the past decade this country has been going through large transformations which permits new entrants to respond to new needs, wants and demands. First of all, several figures...
The Sportswear Industry : Boom or Gloom ? - published: 29/09/2010
Market study - 50 pages - Management
The sportswear industry has witnessed a transition phase in the past few decades. Indeed, the beginning of the 1970s saw the athletic sportswear evolve from specific product lines striving to target and migrate the small and unique markets into mainstream fashion products. The...
Design a Marketing Plan for the French 'fashion house' Caroll who are aiming to enter the growing 'middle market' in China
Dissertation - 12 pages - Fashion and ready to wear marketing
The following paper is dedicated to design a marketing plan for the French ‘fashion house' Caroll in China. In the past decade this country has been going through large transformations which permits new entrants to respond to new needs, wants and demands. First of all, several figures...
Effects of the end of quotas for textiles on the French industry
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
On the 11th of December 2001, China embarked into a new journey in its history by becoming an official member of the World Trade Organization. This was the first step towards free trade however, it was not the last. China's sharp economic growth and the end of quotas in January 2005 predicted...
A study into the retail industry of India and China
Tutorials/exercises - 58 pages - Business strategy
Retailing is the final step in the distribution of merchandise - the last link in the Supply Chain - connecting the bulk producers of commodities to the final consumers. Retailing covers diverse products such as foot apparels, consumer goods, financial services and leisure. A retailer,...
The Eyewear Industry- Analysis and Recommendations
Thesis - 15 pages - Business strategy
The eyewear industry began during the 18th century, in France (Pays de Morez, in Jura - North East) inspired from the invention of Roger Bacon of two convex lenses inserted in wooden rims joined together by a nail. In France, Jura is still the main geographic point of this...
A sustainable luxury: When the luxury industry is becoming green - A report on the luxury industry market mix
Essay - 11 pages - Tourism marketing
Until now, people have been familiar with the bio yoghurts and the bio vegetables but today it is for the luxury industry to become eco-friendly and ethical. Some big groups and companies of the sector have begun to make progress in this growing market. More than ever, the notion of the...
The ethic issues concerning the fur industry
Internship report - 7 pages - Luxury marketing
I have always been very interested in fashion. For the last six months, I have been working as a communication manager's assistant at Victoria Couture, a luxury brand company that deals with clothing and accessories (bags, jewels and watches) for women and for children. My job profile...
Comparison between Marks & Spencer and Zara: "The competition of the processes in industry of clothing" (2006)
Case study - 13 pages - Services marketing
Founded in 1884, Marks & Spencer is a company that is more than two centuries old. The origin of its fame and development comes from a very particular situation experienced in England in the late 19th century. Soon after, M & S has positioned itself as a solid reference on the clothing market in...
Louis Vuitton's market strategy to excel in the competitive luxury industry
Thesis - 23 pages - Business strategy
The leather sector is renowned for the quality of its products, especially in the luxury market. Louis Vuitton, the most prestigious French business of luxury leather goods, has, for years, been an incredible success, continually expanding its activities. Recently, consumer behavior has changed...
Evolution of the ski market from 2000 to 2006: Industry of winter sports and Alpine skiing
Dissertation - 73 pages - Services marketing
The main objective of this study is to trace all the developments experienced by the alpine ski market between 2000 and 2006. The underlying objectives often are of one general point of view: To present a thorough analysis of the characteristics of the alpine ski market and its trends. Thus,...
strategic management assignment caroll the fashion house
Case study - 8 pages - International marketing
In this document we are going to Design a Strategic Plan for the French 'fashion house' Caroll which are positioning themselves to enter in the 'high end market' in China. First of all we will make the environmental scanning in order to know WHERE WE ARE? The environmental...
The luxury industry
Market study - 31 pages - Business strategy
Petit Robert defines luxury as "lifestyle characterized by large expenditures for purchases of goods by unnecessary taste for ostentation and the greatest welfare." In light of this definition luxury is something expensive, superfluous and ostentatious. The common characteristics of these luxury...
Burberry : An analysis of the fashion giant's history and growth globally
Market study - 7 pages - Business strategy
"Burberry is one of the most trusted brands in the world in terms of the fashion and apparel industry. In many ways, the brand is a precursor of haute-couture in the world. It redefined fashion at a time when clothing was just about the practical applicability, rather than...
Risk management in the asset management industry (risk measurement techniques): An evaluation of 'value at risk' tools
Tutorials/exercises - 112 pages - Finance
This Report is divided into two parts. Part I is introductory in nature containing brief profiles of global and Indian mutual fund industries, risk and the mutual fund industry, theoretical aspects of risk management process and various concepts associated with measurement of risks...
Fashion history: main dates, facts & actors
Essay - 8 pages - Fashion and ready to wear marketing
The idea of fashion as we know it started from the industrial revolution of the 19th century. During the renaissance, fashion was used to differentiate the different social classes: the king was the only one who could wear certain colors or materials such as purple, fur, silk, lace...
The tourism industry in India: A general overview
Tutorials/exercises - 40 pages - Journalism
Tourism is a very complex industry due to its multiple activities that satisfies the need of the tourist. Tourism includes transportation, accommodation, food, catering, tourist attraction as well as organizers like tour operators and travel agents. Moreover, a tour consists of different...
The Christian Music Industry in the US
Market study - 27 pages - International marketing
In France, religion is clearly weaker than in the US. As a result, we do not imagine that Christian music is fashionable in France. In France, if you talk about Christian music, you necessarily talk about old-fashioned Church songs. The only kind of Christian music that has recently been a...
An introduction to the hotel industry: An investigation of the departments
Thesis - 36 pages - Business strategy
To most people, the hospitality industry consists only of hotels and restaurants. However, the Oxford English Dictionary defines hospitality as the 'reception and entertainment of guests, visitors or strangers with liberality and goodwill'. Therefore, the hospitality...
