<p>”Burberry - En studie om byggandet och profileringen av ett varumärke utifrån visuell metodologi” är skriven av Charlotte Wennström, student på institutionen för journalistik, medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap på Stockholms universitet.</p><p>I denna uppsats analyseras den visuella framställningen av ett varumärke i reklamannonser sända av Burberry under hösten 2009 respektive våren 2010. Uppsatsen undersöker huruvida stereotypa framställningar av varumärket speglas i bildmaterialet utifrån semiotisk analys, vad det avser att förmedla och till vilken målgrupp. Arbetet genomförs med hjälp av bildanalys som är en kvalitativ metod. Uppsatsen utgår ifrån de semiotiska begreppen denotation och konnotation. I arbetet används också kvalitativa intervjuer. Dessa metoder används för att analysera det empiriska materialet dvs. reklamannonser. Intentionen med denna uppsats är att belysa framställningen och uppbyggnadsaspekten av ett etablerat varumärke i samtida reklamannonser. Samtliga annonser som undersöktes porträtterade omprofilering, former av stereotypisering och märkesproduktens kärnvärde. Jag kom fram till slutsatsen att varumärkets framställning genom det urval jag hade är ett lyckad och framgångsrik metod för att nå önskad målgrupp och visualisera sitt varumärkes profil.</p>

”Burberry - En studie om byggandet och profileringen av ett varumärke utifrån visuell metodologi” är skriven av Charlotte Wennström, student på institutionen för journalistik, medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap på Stockholms universitet. I denna uppsats analyseras den visuella framställningen av ett varumärke i reklamannonser sända av Burberry under hösten 2009 respektive våren 2010. Uppsatsen undersöker huruvida stereotypa framställningar av varumärket speglas i bildmaterialet utifrån semiotisk analys, vad det avser att förmedla och till vilken målgrupp. Arbetet genomförs med hjälp av bildanalys som är en kvalitativ metod. Uppsatsen utgår ifrån de semiotiska begreppen denotation och konnotation. I arbetet används också kvalitativa intervjuer. Dessa metoder används för att analysera det empiriska materialet dvs. reklamannonser. Intentionen med denna uppsats är att belysa framställningen och uppbyggnadsaspekten av ett etablerat varumärke i samtida reklamannonser. Samtliga annonser som undersöktes porträtterade omprofilering, former av stereotypisering och märkesproduktens kärnvärde. Jag kom fram till slutsatsen att varumärkets framställning genom det urval jag hade är ett lyckad och framgångsrik metod för att nå önskad målgrupp och visualisera sitt varumärkes profil.

Purpose:The purpose of this thesis has been to study, describe and analyze how luxury fashion brands have responded to fast fashion. Background:It has been stated that the life of luxury fashion brands has become more difficult since the proliferation of fast fashion brands. The Italian luxury fashion designer Giorgio Armani has said that &quot;Fast fashion is a growing reality in our sector&quot;. Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of American Vogue has credited Zara for creating a ‘seasonless cycle for fashion’. Fast fashion brands such as H&amp;M, Zara, Mango and Topshop have through interpreting catwalk trends with a speedy time-to-market been extremely successful at attracting the fashion conscious consumer. Even loyal high-end customers have started to mix their luxury fashion with fast fashion. Luxury fashion brands once dismissed the fast fashion brands as irrelevant to their high-end business, which however have started to drain away sales from the luxury fashion brands.Method:A qualitative research approach was taken to meet the purpose of collecting the relevant data. An interview was made with PR and Marketing Manager at Group 88, Robert Meeder who manages brands such as Gucci, Burberry and Bottega Veneta in Copenhagen. We also did a content analysis on articles collected that address the issue of how different luxury fashion brands have responded to fast fashion for the empirical study.Conclusion:Luxury fashion brands have responded to fast fashion by inclining towards the fast fashion model or reacting against it. Some of the reactions have been to offer lower priced lines under their own sub-brands. They have also allowed their customers to buy products during online webcasts in order to ensure early deliveries. Improvements have been made within logistics in order to speed up the time-to-market. The luxury fashion brands are also working more ‘seasonless’ than before and focusing on their heritage to portray a slower and more indulgent image to the consumer. / Program: Magisterutbildning i Fashion Management

<p>In today’s competitive environment, companies compete for the same customers. Therefore, it is important to be able to satisfy the ever changing needs of customers. Companies can satisfy customer demand by learning about the customer and by alternating offerings in accordance to changing needs. These are actions undertaken by market driven companies. Alternatively, market driving companies satisfy customer demand by being creative and by focusing on customers’ future needs, an action which implies educating customers. However, there are also companies which pursue both of these strategies simultaneously. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine how companies implement a dual-market strategy, and how the strategy is incorporated into the business. Based on literature on closely related research fields, a framework is developed. This framework suggests that certain components influence a dual-market strategy. A study is conducted on the luxury fashion company Burberry. Through semi-structured interviews with employees at Burberry, this study investigates how the company’s use of a dual-market strategy affects the organisational culture and vision. The results indicate that the phenomenon of duality is noticeable in the company’s culture and vision. Due to the lack of research on a dual-market strategy, this study attempts to provide a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of duality. Companies can use the conclusions drawn from this study, as guidelines for how to pursue a dual-market strategy. However, more research is necessary before any generalisations can be made.</p>

In today’s competitive environment, companies compete for the same customers. Therefore, it is important to be able to satisfy the ever changing needs of customers. Companies can satisfy customer demand by learning about the customer and by alternating offerings in accordance to changing needs. These are actions undertaken by market driven companies. Alternatively, market driving companies satisfy customer demand by being creative and by focusing on customers’ future needs, an action which implies educating customers. However, there are also companies which pursue both of these strategies simultaneously. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine how companies implement a dual-market strategy, and how the strategy is incorporated into the business. Based on literature on closely related research fields, a framework is developed. This framework suggests that certain components influence a dual-market strategy. A study is conducted on the luxury fashion company Burberry. Through semi-structured interviews with employees at Burberry, this study investigates how the company’s use of a dual-market strategy affects the organisational culture and vision. The results indicate that the phenomenon of duality is noticeable in the company’s culture and vision. Due to the lack of research on a dual-market strategy, this study attempts to provide a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of duality. Companies can use the conclusions drawn from this study, as guidelines for how to pursue a dual-market strategy. However, more research is necessary before any generalisations can be made.

This thesis is about how high level brands communicate their brands to the audience. The thesis consists of analyses of the identity and images of two luxury brands, Gucci and Burberry and two premium brands, Lacoste and Morris. The purpose is to clarify the identity of the brands, by carrying out analysis as well as interviews with key personnel. Furthermore there is an analysis of the advertisement images for the respective brands in order to clarify the brands images. Finally there is an analysis of the alleged conformity between identity and image and also a section about the luxury and premium brand differs, or rather not differ from each other in the identity-image connection. The methods used are Aakers identity system, to establish the respective brands identity. An image analysis with inspiration from Panfosky and leading semoticians are also used to scrutinize the advertising images from the Spring/Summer 2010 campaigns. The results show that there is indeed a good conformation among the brands when it comes to the identity-image connection. The brands identities are thorough and well articulated and the advertisement images are well executed with the identity well in mind which makes for that the campaigns are contributing in building a good brand image among the target audience. There are several areas where the premium brand advertising images congregate with the ones of the luxury brand. / Program: Magisterutbildning i fashion management med inriktning modemarknadsföring