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Fashion Marketing: Contemporary Issues, Second edition - Pr School

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204 <strong>Fashion</strong> <strong>Marketing</strong><br />

A plethora of influences<br />

Observation posts<br />

Old neighbourhoods<br />

Developing the eye<br />

New uses for products<br />

Demographics<br />

The tertiary source<br />

The secondary source<br />

The primary source<br />

Networking<br />

Forecast services<br />

Publications<br />

The new technology<br />

Related industries<br />

Values and lifestyles<br />

<strong>Fashion</strong>s of involvement<br />

Tracking sales<br />

Competition<br />

INFORMATION NETWORK –<br />

are you plugged into the check points?<br />

Figure 10.10 Information network. Source: Perna (1987).<br />

Consumers are potential wearers and/or viewers. These three categories of<br />

people (designer, wearer and viewer) influence each other in their personal<br />

critical evaluation of a certain way to dress (Figure 10.11). All three are individuals<br />

who are part of a specific environment interpreting appearance and<br />

dress as forms of expression using all their five senses (Kaiser, 1990).Consumer<br />

behaviour and design creativity are affected by multiple factors. <strong>Fashion</strong> is<br />

both a consequence and an inspiration to the interaction between consumers<br />

and designers, where aesthetic traits are extremely relevant and changes occur<br />

at a rapid pace. Companies must therefore be able to mine available data for<br />

adequate information on consumer preferences in design, and establish differences<br />

in relation to competitors through creative design that incorporates continuously<br />

updated market intelligence.<br />

The model presented in Figure 10.12 shows the various levels of contexts,<br />

embedded within one another and defining the perception of clothes. The<br />

model attributes a title at each level along with a few non-exclusive examples of

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