The focus of the thesis is how football clubs can increase their revenues through brand equity and different marketing activities. The purpose is to develop a professional attitude towards football brands among the Swedish clubs and to increase the awareness of aspects possible to improve. Due to current regulations the Swedish league differs in some aspects from other leagues in Europe. Therefore this thesis will provide guidelines of how Swedish football clubs could increase their revenues. The theoretical framework includes concepts such as brand equity, stakeholders and the European revenue model. In addition to this a general discussion about sport marketing and its differences from regular marketing will be provided. In order to answer the main research question; "How can Swedish football clubs increase their revenues through marketing activities in order to keep a competitive squad?" interviews with people associated to Swedish football have been conducted. Different aspects have been identified that will provide the Swedish football clubs with important insights of how to improve their revenue stream. Recommendations will be given of how to proceed with increasing the clubs revenues.

There has been an increase of the consumption rate and consumers are buying garments that they dispose in too early of a stage of the product lifecycle. This has caused an increase regarding landfill of waste. The aspect of implementing environmental oriented material science and garment technology has not been taken into consideration in the design process, something that quickly became an issue when the consumption rate increased. Therefore it is essential to rethink and restructure the business models applied today. The implementation of a circular economy, which focuses on giving textiles and garments a second life and basing production on used fibres whilst not harming the natural resources in the process, is a good start of the long journey to recovery which lies ahead. Both fast fashion companies and premium lifestyle brands are nowadays applying and integrating new business models into their daily operations, Tommy Hilfiger is an example of such a company. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore the relationship between material science, garment technology and the concept of circular economies from a premium lifestyle brand perspective The researcher will explore how material science and garment technology can prevent faulty items and short product lifecycles. Furthermore, the researcher will investigate how a company develops underwear collections with regards to material science, garment technology, and the concept of circular economies. The company Tommy Hilfiger will be implemented as an exponent throughout this report. Research questions: • What is the relationship between material science, garment technology, and the concept of circular economies? • What does a premium lifestyle brand take into consideration regarding the concept of circular economies when developing a collection of underwear? Methodology: This thesis was conducted by applying a qualitative method and by implementing a deductive approach. The gathering of secondary data was done through assembling suitable concepts and theories. The researcher collected the primary data through a participating observation and four qualitative interviews. The participating observation corresponded of an internship at the European headquarters of Tommy Hilfiger in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The researcher executed the interviews via email with key people within the departments of Design, Production, Central Sourcing and Production, and Corporate Responsibility. Conclusion: Material science and garment technology are correlated given that the choice of material and manufacturing technique utilized in production determines the durability and sustainability level of the fabric output. Therefore the two concepts are further correlated to the product aspect, which can enable a closed textile value chain loop, of a circular economy based business model. A premium lifestyle brand takes the aspects of design out waste, build resilience through diversity, work towards using energy from renewable sources, and think in consecutive processes into consideration regarding the concept of circular economies when developing a collection of underwear.

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Athletes have become more than sports professionals; they are million dollar investments for brand images. Businesses worldwide have transitioned old promotional schemes to athlete endorsements and have experienced positive reactions to the public change. Athletes connected with consumers on a heroic level and translated the brand’s message to purchasers through the theory of transference of affect (White, Goddard, & Wilbur, 2009). Subsequently, there had been an equal rise in the caution businesses exercised as several athletes found occupancy in negative press. Those involved in scandals posed reputational risks for businesses and could reduce positive transference to consumers. The purpose of this study was to test the impact of negative media portrayal (reputation) about athlete endorsers on male consumer’s purchase intentions and attitude favorability towards high or low involvement products. Online surveys were distributed to a Midwestern University, 196 surveys were analyzed. Findings showed purchase intention was affected by reputation for high involvement products; reputation was not an accurate predictor of consumer attitude toward high or low involvement products. Athletes involved in scandals remained effective as endorsers for low involvement products whereas, athletes with positive reputations succeeded when promoting high involvement products.

Sponsorship is one of the main methods through which a number of companies perform marketing and advertising functions. Athletes can serve as brand ambassadors of various products which are believed to help increase sales and/or enhance the image of a firm. Although a lot of research has been done regarding the subject of how sponsorship announcements affect sponsoring companies, not much research is available regarding how non-economic events and individual performances affect sponsors in the short-run. This study hypothesized that ‘good news’ would cause positive abnormal returns while ‘bad news’ would cause negative abnormal returns for the sponsoring companies. A total of nine events relating to three athletes and ten sponsoring firms were analyzed. Although not many significant results were found, this study helped establish the idea that the temporary images of athletes and emotions related to athletes do not affect the financial markets in a large capacity. This study also lays out some further areas of research in the similar field.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-303).

Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T20:08:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 1999-12-13T00:00:00Z / O estudo, fundamentado na teoria do Comportamento do Consumidor e nos Princípios do Marketing Direto, procura identificar as atitudes e as reações dos consumidores em relação às propagandas em forma de programas de televisão. Por seu caráter não invasivo, essas propagandas, por nós denominadas de shopping na TV, despertam a atenção voluntária da audiência e são, elas mesmas, um programa a ser assistido. Através de uma pesquisa exploratória, com 15 entrevistas em profundidade, buscamos identificar as atitudes e os comportamentos das pessoas em relação a esse novo estilo de propaganda. Com a demonstração dos produtos, o testemunho de usuários e a disponibilidade de um número de telefone para solicitação imediata das ofertas, essas propagandas têm se mostrado, segundo os entrevistados, mais eficientes no estímulo à ação de compra do que as propagandas tradicionais, mais eficazes para campanhas institucionais. As entrevistas apontaram também que, além do interesse pela compra dos produtos, essas propagandas servem hoje como um ‘catálogo eletrônico’, sendo utilizadas para comparação de preços e produtos, para conhecer novidades e até como fonte de divertimento. Os resultados da pesquisa bibliográfica e da pesquisa de campo possibilitaram o levantamento de algumas hipóteses que servirão de apoio a estudos futuros e poderão nortear empresas que desejarem uma melhor definição do seu investimento em propaganda. Sendo uma propaganda massificada, com características de marketing direto, o shopping na TV, mais do que um estilo de comunicação, representa um novo conceito de venda e distribuição de produtos, permitindo a personalização em massa da relação da empresa como seu mercado.

Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T20:15:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 1992-12-15T00:00:00Z / Analisa os programas de televisão que são, exclusivamente, para anunciar produtos e serviços. Para esse tipo de programa foi criada a denominação 'Shopping na TV' utiliza como estudo de caso o Shop Tour, um desses programas, exclusivo para anúncios de produtos e serviços a preços promocionais. Analisa esse novo estilo de propaganda sob o enfoque da teoria de marketing, abordando como referencial teórico: o processo de comunicação, a propaganda, a promoção de vendas e o comportamento do consumidor diante dessas formas de comunicação. Apresenta resultados da pesquisa de campo realizada com os anunciantes do Shop Tour.

This study is designed as an exploratory empirical attempt to audit the effectiveness with which retail buyers select fashion wearing apparel that meets needs and wants of their constituent target markets. This study presents the retail buyer of fashion wearing apparel as the "gatekeeper" who controls the flow of apparel products through various "checkpoints" as these products move from producer to consumer, thus controlling product availability. This study has a three-fold purpose. The first is to determine if significant differences exist between retail buyers' selections (ratings) and constituent market selections (ratings) when given like; alternatives on manufacturing levels. The second is to determine whether differences exist between the extents to which department store retail buyers and specialty store retail buyers meet the needs and wants of their constituent markets. The third purpose is to determine if significant differences exist between sales performances of like and unlike retail buyer/consumer choices.

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