The primary objective of this research was to explore the icewine package design by conducting two experiments. In experiment 1, there was not congruity effect between label images and bottle forms for icewine. Additionally, in terms of natural label image, opaque Bordeaux bottle form was perceived to be more luxurious and more expensive than transparent Bordeaux bottle form for icewine; these results were only found for natural label image rather than delicate label images. Furthermore, opaque Bordeaux bottle form with maple leaf label image was found to be the optimal design for Canadian icewine. In experiment 2, there was no significant difference on consumers’ evaluations for congruent and moderately incongruent designs under the moderating effect of purchase context (i.e., buying for others and buying for self). The findings not only contribute to the icewine packaging literature but also contribute to Canadian icewine manufacturers, and the industry as a whole, with a competitive advantage.

In advertising, the target has traditionally been aimed towards the product’s advantages.Today the trend is that the advertisers want to create a restless and unsatisfied consumer. Theconsumer on her part is not trying to achieve a goal with her consumption, but experiences theconsumption itself as a goal. Because of this the consumer demands a fast and variedselection.In order to sell their products the companies must create a non-existent need amongst theconsumers. Therefore it is very common in advertising today to use emotions instead ofinformation to attract the customers. Fashion ads are often created to form an emotion withthe consumer. It is also very important to make ads that the target group can identify with.The advertisers often try to achieve this by using models with positive qualities that theconsumer can look up to. Because of this we see a tendency that today’s fashion ads are verysimilar and can be hard to separate from each other.In our paper we want to go deeper into marketing communication as a subject by examininghow the receiver is affected by the message in magazine ads. To reach our aim we haveinvestigated, described and analyzed the fashion ads of today to see if they are built by similarcomponents and whether they attract the target group. Our chosen target group is womenbetween 20 and 30 years old. We have decided to have a hermeneutic way of interpretationand an inductive reasoning. To enlighten our problem areas we have chosen to conduct aqualitative study consisting of personal interviews where the objects were asked to make astatement about three fashion ads. We also conducted a quantitative analysis of the ad contentin three fashion magazines. In our theoretical frame of reference we have used marketingliterature. The paper therefore consists of both primary and secondary data.The conclusion of our studies is that our target group mostly perceives fashion ads aspositive, but they do not to a great extent identify themselves with them. They want ads to benatural and that the model is presented in a trustworthy environment regarding the productsthat are in the picture. It is hard for the consumers to separate the ads from each other andconnect them to a specific brand. The women in our target group require that the ads consistof more information, mostly regarding price and store location. Our analysis of content showsthat fashion ads today is similar in imagery and existing elements. The most prominentfeatures are female models and homepage addresses. / <p>Program: Textilekonomutbildningen</p><p>Uppsatsnivå: C</p>

The evolution of mobile telephony and social media platforms gave birth to different new concepts of electronic commerce (e-commerce), such as mobile commerce (m-commerce) and social commerce (s-commerce). In 2014 a new concept called mobile social commerce (mscommerce) was introduced. This concept occurs when e-commerce activities are performed on social media platforms using mobile devices. Many researchers did look into e-commerce and its different concepts, but not so many did look into ms-commerce, especially when it comes to exploring the consumers’ perception of this concept and their shopping motivation. The aim of this study is to explore the relation between ms-commerce and the Swedish consumers in order to find out what is the consumers’ perception of ms-commerce in Sweden, and how ms-commerce affects consumers’ shopping motivation. To do this a qualitative approach is used where interviews with 9 people using ms-commerce platforms to buy products were conducted. The research is based on the extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model (UTAUT2). The findings of this study indicate that consumers perceive ms-commerce in Sweden as a very useful and entertaining technology that has economic benefits for the consumers, but they also perceive it to have privacy issues and to be lacking trustworthiness. Furthermore, the findings strongly suggest that ms-commerce comments on products available on ms-commerce platforms have a direct influence on consumers’ shopping motivation, the live chat feature available on ms-commerce platforms is a very good tool that has a positive influence on consumers shopping motivation, and targeted advertisement in ms-commerce has no influence on consumers’ shopping motivation.

Abstract  Bachelor´s thesis, Enterprising and Business Development, Linnaeus University School of Business and Economics, 2EB01E, VT 2017  Authors: Malin Borg and Emma Hattenhauer Tutor: Dan Halvarsson  Title: ”Is doing good ever good enough?” - a study of Swedish consumers’ perception and attitude towards companies using green marketing. Background: More now than ever are people interested in how they themselves affect the environment and how the companies work green. By implementing a “green marketing” strategy, companies use their environmental work as a marketing tool with different agendas. Some authors claim that this strategy is used in order to find new markets and new consumers while some say that it is a way for companies to encourage further green work to their market shares. Not all green work is however shown to the public, in some cases it is done in the dark in order to lower the external pressure of possible scrutiny, a strategy also called lean or muted greening. Theory explains that in contrast to this muted strategy consumers perceive transparency within a company and its green work highly important, as well as how a green marketing campaign is presented with words and terminology. It is of great important to consider what the consumers demand from a company in order for them to fully succeed with their green marketing campaign and build trust between the company and the consumer.  Purpose: The purpose of this study is to create understanding of Swedish consumers’ perception and attitude towards companies that are using a green marketing strategy. Method: This study uses a deductive approach with a qualitative nature, where words and explanations are of interest and is carried out through eight individual semi-structured interviews with respondents all living in Sweden found through a convenience sampling method. With a used hermeneutic approach the respondents subjective opinions has lead the research in the direction it has taken and further pre-understandings has been created. Conclusion: Through this study it has been found that the main-key to a successful green marketing campaign among Swedish consumers is trust. Without trust towards a company Swedish consumers explain themselves as not believing in green marketing done by a company. Social media is a communication channel that, among Swedish consumers is not perceived credible and should therefore not be used when doing a green marketing campaign. The concept of lean or muted greening is something that 6/8 respondents considered positive while 2/8 felt the opposite, however all considered transparency as a highly important factor in order to not miss trust a company and believing that, if something is hard to find maybe it is not done as presented. Language and terminology are two closely related and much important aspects that need to be clear and easily understood, however not excluding important aspects but rather give further explanations about concepts that might be considered complicated.

Hösten 2017 introducerades en ny storleksstandard SS-EN 13402-3:2013 (Swedish Standards Institute 1922a). Standarden är tänkt att hjälpa klädföretag inom Europa att förtydliga för konsumenter vilken storlek som passar baserat på individens kroppsmått. Insatta nyckelpersoner intervjuades gällande standardens bakgrund och utformning i syfte att uppskatta storleksstandardens relevans för konfektionsindustrin. I enlighet med detta upprättades två enkäter vilka uppgav grundläggande information kring standardens avsikt. 230 konsumenter fick därefter ta ställning till att om den nya storleksstandarden implementeras av företag, hur skulle detta påverka processen till att hitta rätt klädstorlek medan befintliga yrkesverkande fick motsvarandefrågor om företagets syn på att införa detta i deras system. Denna studie beskriver den övervägande anledningen till konsumenternas svårigheter att hitta rätt klädstorlek och deras åsikter om företag skulle tillämpa denna standard. Utifrån analysering av svaren från företag, konsumenter och bistånd från tidigare forskning har en slutsats genomförts. Studien reflekterar över olika möjligheter för vidareforskning, hur företag kan gå tillväga för en effektiv storlekskonvertering och varför en storlekskonvertering kan gynna ett företag i längden. / The fall of 2017 a new size standard was introduced SS-EN 13402:3-2017 (Swedish Standards Institute 1922a). The standard is intended to help clothing companies in Europe to clarify for consumers what size is appropriate based on the individual’s body measurements. Well-informed influential people were interviewed regarding the background and configuration of the standard in order to estimate the relevance of the size standard for the clothing industry. In accordance with this, two questionnaires were established which explained the basic information about the purpose of the standard. 230 consumers were then asked about there view about if the new size standard was implemented by companies, how would this affect the process of finding the right size of clothing while existing professionals got similar questions about the company's view of introducing this into their system. This study discloses the predominant reason for the consumer's difficulty in finding the right clothing size and their thoughts if companies would apply this standard. Based on analysis of the responses from companies, consumers and reinforcement from previous research, a conclusion has been made. The study reflects on various possibilities for further research, how companies can proceed to make an effective size conversion and why a size conversion can benefit a company in the long run.