Studien syftar till att undersöka och analysera flera olika varumärkens möjligheter att samsas i en stor koncern, samt hur man på bästa sätt exponerar dessa varumärken i ett gemensamt showroom.The purpose of the study is to explore and analyze a variety of brands ability to combine in a large group and how to expose these brands the best in a combined showroom. / Program: Textil produktutveckling med entreprenörs- och affärsinriktning

An action research based study focusing on the organization of Red Cross in Vänersborg Sweden and on increasing the sales in the second hand store by the help of retail design and visual merchandising theories. The study is conducted with the help of observations and interviews in Vänersborg and with the Red Cross Sweden. / Program: Master programme in Applied Textile Management

O comércio foi uma das razões que impulsionaram os amplos investimentos em infraestrutura e desenvolvimento dos meios de transporte, com o intuito de facilitar o deslocamento por grandes distâncias. Além de influenciar diretamente o surgimento dos contratos mercantis, das instituições financeiras e da moeda. O comércio, na forma como conhecemos hoje, teve início com o escambo, que ocorria em feiras itinerantes. Com o tempo, houve a necessidade de se estabelecer um local fixo onde fossem promovidas tais trocas. Com isso, surgiram os primeiros armazéns de secos e molhados, que propiciaram a base para a arquitetura comercial. A pouca relevância dada a este tipo de arquitetura, bem como a influência clara do comércio na paisagem urbana, foram os impulsos necessários para este projeto. Os ambientes comerciais são a estética dos espaços urbanos e, muitas vezes, são projetados sem a devida preocupação em conciliar a arquitetura com ferramentas de design visual, como o merchandising visual, que permitem projetar ambientes que se comuniquem melhor com os consumidores e com a cidade. O presente mestrado consiste em uma pesquisa para levantar, identificar e indicar parâmetros pertinentes ao design visual aplicados em fachadas de estabelecimentos comerciais e as influências do modo de consumir do sujeito pós-moderno na concepção destes espaços. / Commerce was one of the main reasons that boosted investments in infrastructure and development of transportation systems with the intent to facilitate long-distance movement. It also influenced directly the emergence of commercial contracts, financial institutions, and currencies. Commerce, as we know it, began with the exchange of goods and services that happened in roving markets. With time, as the demand grew, there was a rise in the need for an established location where trade could expand. That enabled the development of the first warehouses of dried and liquid goods which formed the base for commercial architecture. The low level of importance given to this type of architecture along with the influence of commerce in the urban landscape were the key motivations for this project. The places of trade area the aesthetically shape urban spaces and, in many cases, these places do not align the architecture with tools of Visual Design, such as visual merchandising, which allow us to design environments that better communicate with the consumers and the city. This present study aims to find out, identify and specify parameters relevant to the visual design applied in commercial storefronts and influences the way of consuming the postmodern subject in the design of these spaces.

Klädindustrin har förändrats betydligt de senaste 30 åren. Detta har lett till nya affärsmodeller som bygger på trendigt, billigt och snabbt mode. Dessa affärskoncept benämns fast fashion och i Sverige finns kedjeföretagen H & M, Lindex och Gina Tricot för att nämna några. Konceptet uppmanar konsumenter till att ständigt konsumera kläder som därmed stimulerar konsumenternas behov av att bära det senaste modet till ett rimligt pris. Detta beteende får i längden konsekvenser för miljön vilket leder till att media och samhällsaktörer ifrågasätter dessa affärsmodeller. Kedjeföretagen förhåller sig till detta genom att ta in ekologiska produkter i sortimentet som en del av deras hållbarhetsarbete. Den stora frågan är då hur konsumenterna uppfattar detta eftersom de handlar hos kedjeföretagen, för att tillfredsställa behovet av att bära något nytt och trendigt till ett bra pris. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur konsumenter uppfattar det ekologiska sortimentet hos fast fashion företag, med tanke på att begreppet, i praktiken såväl som i tanken, strider mot ett hållbarhetsperspektiv. Detta undersöks via en kvantitativ metod i form av en enkätundersökning som sedan fördjupas i en kvalitativ metod, genom en aktiv deltagande observation. Därmed undersöks konsumenternas attityder till ekologiska produkter i fast fashion företagen. Enkätundersökningen syftar även till att besvara hur konsumenterna förhåller sig till ekologiska produkter i fråga om pris, design och kvalité. Dessutom användes en passiv observation, för att se hur ett fast fashion företag kommunicerar det ekologiska sortimentet i butik. Den slutsats som framkom var att konsumenterna hos fast fashion företag prioriterade andra faktorer före ekologiskt framställda kläder samtidigt som fast fashion företaget som undersökts i studien inte alls kommunicerar de ekologiska kläderna. Detta kan därmed tolkas som ett imageproblem ut mot kund. I och med att företagen arbetar med ett hållbarhetsperspektiv som dock kommunicerades ytterst lite. / Apparel industry has changed significantly during the last 30 years. This has led to new business models based on trendy, cheap and fast fashion. H & M, Lindex and Gina Tricot are some Swedish supply chain retailers with a fast fashion concept. The concept encourages consumers to constantly consume clothing and stimulates the need of consumers to wear the latest fashion at a reasonable price. This behaviour has a long-term impact on the environment, which has led to companies wanting to be more responsible. The companies need to take more responsibility to avoid media and stakeholders from questioning their business models. Retail chain companies have started to produce organic products to meet their expectations. The big question is how the consumers perceive this, considering that the customers want to satisfy their needs to wear something new, trendy and cheap. The purpose of this thesis is to examine how consumers perceive organic products in fast fashion companies, given that the concept, in practice as well as in thought, is contrary to a sustainability perspective. This was examined through a quantitative method in the form of a survey and for an in-depth examination through a participant observation, to study consumer attitudes to sustainable products in the fast fashion companies. It also had examined how a fast fashion company communicates their organic products in their store through a passive observation. The conclusion that emerged was that fast fashion consumers prioritize other factors like price, design and quality over sustainability when they shop. This study indicates that the fast fashion company does not communicate their organic products actively to their customers. This can be interpreted as a defensive marketing to avoid problems with their image out to the customers. Since companies are working with a sustainability perspective but does not communicate this to the customers.

O comércio foi uma das razões que impulsionaram os amplos investimentos em infraestrutura e desenvolvimento dos meios de transporte, com o intuito de facilitar o deslocamento por grandes distâncias. Além de influenciar diretamente o surgimento dos contratos mercantis, das instituições financeiras e da moeda. O comércio, na forma como conhecemos hoje, teve início com o escambo, que ocorria em feiras itinerantes. Com o tempo, houve a necessidade de se estabelecer um local fixo onde fossem promovidas tais trocas. Com isso, surgiram os primeiros armazéns de secos e molhados, que propiciaram a base para a arquitetura comercial. A pouca relevância dada a este tipo de arquitetura, bem como a influência clara do comércio na paisagem urbana, foram os impulsos necessários para este projeto. Os ambientes comerciais são a estética dos espaços urbanos e, muitas vezes, são projetados sem a devida preocupação em conciliar a arquitetura com ferramentas de design visual, como o merchandising visual, que permitem projetar ambientes que se comuniquem melhor com os consumidores e com a cidade. O presente mestrado consiste em uma pesquisa para levantar, identificar e indicar parâmetros pertinentes ao design visual aplicados em fachadas de estabelecimentos comerciais e as influências do modo de consumir do sujeito pós-moderno na concepção destes espaços. / Commerce was one of the main reasons that boosted investments in infrastructure and development of transportation systems with the intent to facilitate long-distance movement. It also influenced directly the emergence of commercial contracts, financial institutions, and currencies. Commerce, as we know it, began with the exchange of goods and services that happened in roving markets. With time, as the demand grew, there was a rise in the need for an established location where trade could expand. That enabled the development of the first warehouses of dried and liquid goods which formed the base for commercial architecture. The low level of importance given to this type of architecture along with the influence of commerce in the urban landscape were the key motivations for this project. The places of trade area the aesthetically shape urban spaces and, in many cases, these places do not align the architecture with tools of Visual Design, such as visual merchandising, which allow us to design environments that better communicate with the consumers and the city. This present study aims to find out, identify and specify parameters relevant to the visual design applied in commercial storefronts and influences the way of consuming the postmodern subject in the design of these spaces.

This diploma thesis deals with merchandising. Merchandising is a new discipline achieveing a high development potential and being more and more important in the competitive business environment. The teorethical part describes the basic concepts of the merchandising, its definitions, types and possible merchandising strategies. The practical part explains and shows whole merchandising process of the make up merchandising on a real examples from the chosen international company.

El estudio tuvo como objetivo el análisis de distintas variables que se encuentran presentes tanto en el interior como exterior de los espacios físicos de un retail minorista que pueden guiar a los consumidores, dentro de una tienda, a modificar su proceso de compra. Para ello, se definió un conjunto de variables del visual merchandising a las que los clientes están expuestos como parte de una estrategia y táctica de marketing que los conlleven a tener o experimentar una intención de compra. Dichos componentes están relacionados al ambiente y diseño del espacio de compra. Por ello, se estudiaron variables como el color, iluminación, window display y diseño interno. Ante ello, se realizará un estudio cuantitativo a jóvenes mujeres que asisten a retailers minoristas de ropa femenina y compran constantemente. / The objective of the study was to analyze different variables that are present both inside and outside the physical spaces of a retail retailer that can guide consumers, within a store, to modify their purchase process. To do this, a set of visual merchandising variables was defined for customers who are exposed as part of a marketing strategy and tactic that lead to having or experiencing a purchase intention. These components are related to the environment and the design of the shopping space. Therefore, variables such as color, lighting, shop window and internal design were studied. Given this, a quantitative study will be carried out on young women who attend women's clothing retailers and shop constantly. / Trabajo de investigación

Impulse purchases on mobile applications are an important source of income for clothing companies in today's society. Thoughtful store communication on shopping apps is therefore necessary in the competitive clothing industry. Environmental elements are various communication tools in online visual merchandising (OVM) which have a great influence on consumers' purchasing behavior but whose impact on impulse purchases separately has not yet been explored. The purpose of the study is therefore to elucidate which environmental elements stimulate impulse buying behavior online on mobile shopping apps in the clothing industry. To investigate this, a qualitative study was conducted in the form of semi-structured interviews. According to the study, all environmental elements besides audio on video stimulate online impulse buying behavior on mobile shopping apps within the clothing industry. However, certain conditions exist for the execution of these environmental elements for this stimulus to occur. The study's results therefore show a problem that exists in securing which environmental elements stimulate impulse buying behavior when there are many embodiments of environmental elements that are experienced in different ways depending on who is exposed to them that causes an element to be able to stimulate but also prevent impulse purchases depending on this. / Försäljning genom impulsköp via mobilappar är en viktig inkomstkälla för klädföretag i dagens samhälle. Behovet av genomtänkt butikskommunikation på shoppingappar är därför stort i den konkurrenssatta klädbranschen. Miljömässiga element är olika kommunikationsredskap inom online visual merchandising (OVM) som har stort inflytande på konsumenters köpbeteende men vars påverkan på impulsköp var för sig ännu inte har utforskats. Syftet med studien är därför att belysa vilka miljömässiga element som stimulerar impulsköpbeteende online på mobila shoppingappar inom klädbranschen.  För att undersöka detta har en kvalitativ studie genomförts i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Enligt gällande studie stimulerar alla miljömässiga element förutom ljud till video till impulsköpbeteende online på mobila shoppingappar inom klädbranschen. Dock förekommer vissa premisser för utförandet av dessa miljömässiga element för att denna stimulans ska ske. Studiens resultat visar således en problematik som förekommer vid säkerställandet av vilka miljömässiga element som stimulerar till impulsköpbeteende då det förekommer många utföranden av miljömässiga element, som i sin tur upplevs på olika vis beroende på vem som exponeras för dem att det gör att ett element många gånger verkar kunna stimulera men också förhindra impulsköp beroende av detta.

The purpose of this study was to develop a conceptual integrated online visual merchandising framework containing online visual merchandising themes that South African apparel e-tailers could use when developing an effective apparel e-store, with the main aim of possibly influencing consumer purchasing behaviour. The study adopted a consumer-centred response approach to online visual merchandising in an attempt to holistically consider this area of the South African e-tail industry from the consumer’s perspective. The study followed a pragmatic paradigm that implemented a mixed-method approach. The qualitative section of the mixed-method approach primarily comprised four focus group interviews as the main data-collection instrument. The data obtained during the qualitative section was analysed by Tesch’s inductive descriptive coding technique, better known as thematic analysis. The findings obtained during the qualitative section were used as the basis for the quantitative section of the mixed-method approach, which implemented a self-administered web-based questionnaire as the data-collection instrument. The data was analysed by means of the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23. The findings of the study delivered a conceptual integrated online visual merchandising framework that consists of 13 themes and 82 items. This conceptual integrated online visual merchandising framework will contribute to the South African apparel retail and e-tail industry, as both apparel brick-and-mortar retailers and apparel e-tailers in South Africa can benefit from using the conceptual integrated framework as a guideline. The value of the conceptual integrated framework lies in the fact that it includes consumers’ views regarding the online visual merchandising themes. Therefore, apparel e-tailers, as well as brick-and-mortar retailers that want to develop an e-store, or update an existing e-store, can use this conceptual integrated framework as a guideline to make their online offering as attractive as possible. This way involves the least possible online risks to ensure that online trust is created, and ultimately, that consumer purchasing behaviour has been influenced. / Business Management / D. Phil. (Management Studies)

Research on consumers’ attitude on shop window displays is still a sphere that lacks attention from researchers in the field of consumer behaviour. Moreover, one of the most upcoming research fields recently is Islamic marketing field. Thus, this work is focused on the research of Saudi Arabia consumers’ attitudes on international brands shop window displays. For this purpose the questionnaire was created and spread out in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. There were 61 respondents who answered the questionnaire. Collected results were analysed using mix of qualitative and quantitative methods. Analysis showed that international brands make adjustments of shop window displays in Saudi Arabia. To add more, and most important, local consumers are willing to have more internationalised shop window displays with less cultural adaptation. / Program: Master programme in Fashion Management