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White paper on creativity - ebla center

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Chapter 5Table 5.5Brand Country SectorBrand Value Milli<strong>on</strong>eurosH&M Sweden Clothing 10.3Carrefour France Large supermarkets 6.6IKEA Sweden House furnishings 6.5Tesco UK Large supermarkets 5.6M&S UK Large supermarkets 5.1Zara Spain Clothing 4.1Source: InterbrandBenett<strong>on</strong> is a leading Italian globalbrand operating in 120 countries. Thecompany produces over 110 milli<strong>on</strong>articles per year and its activities aredivided in two separately managedareas:• Casual clothing and sportswearplus accessories and shoes• Sales of raw and semimanufacturedmaterials, industrial andadvertising services.The group owes its worldwide fame toa model of franchising, which was veryinnovative at the time, and itsadvertising campaigns by OlivieroToscani.Milan: a global fashi<strong>on</strong> cityMilan is a world fashi<strong>on</strong> brand. It hasinvented unforgettable symbols and is aplace where strategies, ideas,informati<strong>on</strong>, projects, values, ec<strong>on</strong>omicresources, investments in brands andhigh doses of <strong>creativity</strong> change hands ata very high rate.The Milan area boasts some of themost prestigious fashi<strong>on</strong> houses withtop-quality, highly attractive brands:Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Etro,Miss<strong>on</strong>i, Prada, Romeo Gigli, Trussardiand Versace. Moreover, some of themajor Italian design studios are alsolocated in Milan: Boffi, B&B Italia,Cassina, Cappellini and Kartell. It isestimated that in the Milan area thecreative sector has 200,000 jobs, 12,000enterprises, 800 showrooms, 6,000shops, 6,000 interior design companies,and 17 design research institutes(Reinach, 2006; Power and Janss<strong>on</strong>,2008).• Promoti<strong>on</strong>al eventsOne of the most important means ofcommunicating with large buyers andc<strong>on</strong>sumers are the fashi<strong>on</strong> shows, tradefairs and internati<strong>on</strong>al fashi<strong>on</strong> weeks.WHITE PAPER ON CREATIVITY 123

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