ANALYSING TRADEMARK AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY: TOOLS THAT COULD REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR

Social media is a new platform for CEOs to build their image and create a strong personal brand to represent themselves and their company. This research examines an outstanding Malaysian fashion icon and social media–savvy businesswoman with over a million followers on Instagram, Vivy Yusof, the youngest Malaysian e-commerce mogul and an example of a successful CEO who has used personal branding to build an empire in the fashion industry. The objectives of this research are to identify the type of messages Vivy Yusof communicates to her audience through her personal Instagram posts and to identify the ways Vivy Yusof’s audience engages with her posts on Instagram. Her Instagram post content is classified using the Honeycomb framework that comprises seven functional building blocks, namely, presence, relationships, reputation, groups, identity, conversations, and sharing. In this study, the content of Vivy Yusof’s Instagram posts is categorized by how she focuses on the various functional building blocks in her posts and the implications these blocks have on how her audience interacts with the posts. Her social media presence confirms the importance of CEO personal branding because of her role and influence on the masses evidenced by the willingness of her followers to interact (through likes and comments) and engage with her posts on any subject matter, relating either to her business or personal life. The study contributes to a growing body of literature on personal branding strategies by shedding light on the association between content strategies and engagement with social media content.

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How Social Media users’ Drive Influences Purchase Intention in Indian Fashion Industry

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.f9944.038620 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 5153-5160

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Purchase Intention ◽

Research Study ◽

Popular Media ◽

Social Media Marketing ◽

Special Focus ◽

Fashion Industry ◽

Online Purchase ◽

Convenience Sampling ◽

Online Buying

Social media is very popular media in glob for communication as well as transaction for millions of people. As social media is widely and effectively use for commercial, marketers have also emphasized on utilization of social media like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Blogs for promoting their products as well as services. However, instead of having wide utilization of social media for promotion, Indian marketers don’t have concrete idea on users’ attitudes towards SMM (social media marketing) and influence of social media advertisement. Moreover, few researches have been carried out in this regards. There is a gap of understanding on social media user’s drive that affect their attitudes and intension of purchase of products in the sense of SMM and social media advertisement with special focus. The reason behind carrying out this research is to focus on influence of social media users’ drive on the intentions of online purchase in the context of SMM in the fashion business of India. In addition, it examines affection of social media advertisement on online buying intension. Data was congregated from 414 respondents through convenience sampling from the major cities of Gujarat and defined premises were measured with multiple regression method. The outcomes revealed that functional drive, entertainment drive and social media use have significant influence on social media user’s attitudes towards social media marketing. Further, results also revealed that there is influence of attitude towards SMM and social media advertisement on intension of online purchase by social media users. The results of the research study would be used by Industry in taking decisions regarding social media strategies. Markers in Industry would know attitude of users towards social media better and perform well as far as social media marketing is concern. Finally, theoretical and functional suggestions are also mentioned. The research study ends up with some shortcomings and direction for further study in discussed area.

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Becoming a personal style blogger: Changing configurations and spatialities of aesthetic labour in the fashion industry

International Journal of Cultural Studies ◽

10.1177/1367877917752404 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 119-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Taylor Brydges ◽

Jenny Sjöholm

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Illustrative Case ◽

Full Time ◽

Fashion Industry ◽

Personal Style ◽

Personal Lives ◽

Case Study Analysis ◽

Illustrative Case Study ◽

Full Time Employment

The increasing pervasiveness of social media and digital technology has had a particular impact on the geographies and nature of work in the fashion industry. A new segment of entrepreneurs – fashion bloggers – are utilizing these digital technologies, such as blogs and social media, to transform their personal lives and style into online businesses. This article draws on an in-depth case study analysis of an American personal style fashion blog; tracing its nine-year evolution from an ‘outfit-of-the-day’ personal style blog, to one that encompasses her entire personal life, including diets, fitness, home décor and pregnancy. By focusing on one blog, we provide an in-depth exploration from its roots as a hobby for personal expression to a means of full-time employment in the fashion industry. Through this examination, emphasis is given to the process of becoming a blogger and the intensification of the ways in which the self is presented and commodified over time. We argue that personal style fashion bloggers provide an illustrative case study, not only for expanding our understanding of aesthetic labour in the digital age, but also highlighting the spaces and temporalities of work that these new formations and engagements of work give rise to. These processes highlight the changing configurations and spatialities of aesthetic labour online.

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The Strategic Use of Social Media in the Fashion Industry

Social Media Marketing ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5637-4.ch057 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1209-1233

Author(s):

Hanna Kontu ◽

Alessandra Vecchi

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

New Media ◽

Business Environment ◽

Critical Assessment ◽

Strategic Marketing ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

Fashion Industry ◽

Research Findings ◽

Marketing Tool ◽

Use Of Social Media

The importance of social media is evident as millions of people use it to connect with others, share content, and discuss different topics (Kaplan & Haenlein, 2010; Kim & Ko, 2010). Although it is clear that social media is powerful and ubiquitous, many fashion brands have been reluctant or unable to develop strategies and allocate resources to effectively engage with the new media. The goal of this chapter is to critically review the literature that explicitly addresses the adoption, application, and impact of social media by fashion brands. In particular, the purpose of this chapter is to provide a critical assessment of the adoption of social media amongst three well-established fashion brands in order to identify the importance of social media as a strategic marketing tool and to propose a number of alternative social media strategies for fashion brands. Such a critical assessment is necessary since, as demonstrated by the research findings, implementing these strategies will allow brands not only to survive, but also to create new competitive advantages and thrive in the new global fashion business environment.

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