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Acknowledgment
I take this chance to express our appreciation to every single concerning people who have
straightforwardly or in a roundabout way took an interest towards this theory work and I might
want to expand my true appreciation towards the investigation of the adequacy of marketing and
limited time procedures in accomplishing marketing in fashion industry for giving an opportunity
furthermore the assets to chip away at this proposition.
I am likewise truly appreciative to our Faculty members, who upheld me and urged me to go past
the extent of the task and this expanded me adapting on this exploration work. I also show my
gratitude to whose inside help and supported me in the completion of this research work.
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Abstract
The research work has based upon what marketing tools does Laura Ashley adopt or use to make
market of their business. Tools for marketing has been discussed to find out the impact and
relationship with the Laura Ashley. Fashion industry is a product of the current era. In the start
of 20th century with the ascent of new advances, for example, the sewing machine the ascent of
worldwide private enterprise and the improvement of the generation arrangement, and the
multiplication of retail outlets, for example, retail establishments garments had progressively
come to be mass created in standard sizes and sold in the modified costs. In spite of the fact that,
the style business grew first in Europe and America, today it is a global and profoundly
globalized industry, with dress frequently which would be design in on country, fabricated in
another country, and sold in a third country. What would be the role of advertisement and
marketing in this regards, as discussed earlier that old 90s people used to wear what their elders
make them ready for them, but now currently, with the invention of internet and making best use
of marketing activities and tools people understand the main fact regarding fashion industry and
latest trends which are available in the market. People know what they are wearing, people
understand about their wearing and fashion brands which are now currently available in the
market.
Keywords: Fashion Industry, Brands, Marketing, Marketing Tools
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Declaration
I hereby declare that this research work is my own particular work and that, to the best of my insight
and conviction, it contains no material already distributed or composed by someone else nor material
which has been acknowledged for the honor of some other degree or certificate of the college or
other foundation of higher learning, with the exception of where due affirmation has been made in
the content.
Hence I want to dedicate my thesis to my supervisor and all others who help and supported me
throughout my work
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgment......................................................................................................................................... 1
Abstract........................................................................................................................................................ 2
Declaration................................................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter 1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
1.0Fashion Industry Introduction ............................................................................................................. 7
1.1 Significance of Study............................................................................................................................. 8
1.2 Issues in Fashion Industry.................................................................................................................... 8
1.3 Research Objectives.............................................................................................................................. 9
1.4 Research Question ..............................................................................................................................10
Chapter II ..................................................................................................................................................11
2.1 Literature Review ...............................................................................................................................11
2.2 Role of Marketing in Fashion Industry.............................................................................................12
2.3 Role of Social Marketing in Fashion Industry Marketing ..............................................................14
2.4 Role of Media in Fashion Industry.................................................................................................... 14
2.5 Public Relation .................................................................................................................................... 16
2.6 Fashion Retailing ................................................................................................................................18
2.7 Fashion Marketing..............................................................................................................................19
2.8 System of Fashion ...............................................................................................................................20
2.9 World Fashion..................................................................................................................................... 21
2.9.1 Religious Fashion .............................................................................................................................22
2.10 Fast Fashion....................................................................................................................................... 22
2.11 Mass Marketing in Fashion Business ..............................................................................................23
2.12 Digital Marketing..............................................................................................................................23
2.13 Research Framework........................................................................................................................24
2.14 Hypothesis.......................................................................................................................................... 25
Chapter III.................................................................................................................................................26
3. Research Methodology .........................................................................................................................26
3.1 Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 26
3.2 Research philosophy ...........................................................................................................................26
3.3 Research Approach.............................................................................................................................27
3.4 Research Strategy ...............................................................................................................................27
3.5 Research Method ................................................................................................................................28
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Appendix A ................................................................................................................................................59
Appendix B ................................................................................................................................................62
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Chapter 1
1.0 Fashion Industry Introduction
The most important part of todays era is fashion industry bypreceding the mid of 19th century,
practically every dress was hand tailored for people (Kurutz, 2011). The advancements and
inventions of fashion industry i.e. the tools which has been used under fashion designing
i.e.stitching machine, the ascent of worldwide private enterprise and the improvement of the
generationarrangement, multiplication of retail outlets, for example, retail establishments
garments had progressively come to be masscreated in standard sizes and sold in the modified
costs. In spite of the fact that, the style business grew first in Europe and America, today it is a
global and profoundly globalized industry, with dress frequently which would be design in on
country, fabricated in another country, and sold in a third country. Style has been considered as
one of the aggressive industry in whichability has been promptly accessible, so having a very
much outlined and an astounding item is essentially the cost of section. According to the Heikki
et al, in 2002, argued that, the fashion has been connected with social change and it is itself an
instrument for change. The historical mystery of innovative of the fashion designing business
like Laura Ashley would be comprised of people and multiple identities. In finding out about
their achievements, the improvement of the business consequently unfolds. Generally critical to
hold up under at the top of the priority list the accompanying,
Social & conservative changes occurring inside a period
Their effect on customer interest
The response of the mechanical framework
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To look at the systems design business need to receive to add to their brands utilizing the
advertising tools.
To make the oversights design business are at present doing.
To figure out what precisely are the business utilizing now and the adequacy of their
current device.
To make the negatives of web promoting instruments.
1.4 Research Question
Following are the questions of this research work based on what marketing tools being fashion
business uses to market their business,
What is an online social networking communications, and why would that be a vital to be
utilized as a part of a fashion business?
In view of my examination, what would be able to finish up about the advantages and
downsides of online long term informal communication?
What would be the role of designers, brands & consumers in fashion industry?
What advantages does online networking tools have onto their customers?
Which online networking outlets have been best in helping advertising specialists?
In what ways does the fashion business needs to grasp diverse social networking outlets?
Which stages ought to be relinquished?
How has the advancement of social networking stages changed/enhanced the advertising
in the middle of buyer and maker?
Why doesn't retail organizations presently have a real in their showcasing devices?
What procedures do retail business need to receive with a specific end goal to attain to
worldwide introduction status?
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Chapter II
2.1 Literature Review
According to Kurutz in 2011, stated in their article that, fashion has not only grasps attire, as well
as embellishments, adornments, jewelry, haircuts. What people would haveconsume and how
and when they would haveconsume it, there are many few unique generalizations of style
statement which are,
Style exploited person: purchases on pattern, not mark faithful
Progressive: it should not purchase the look of the season, but rather of seasons past
Customizers: buy mixtures inside a strict uniform (Muslim headscarves, dull suits with
new cut
Accessorizes: purchase littler things as emphasizes of statement or optimistic having a
place
Laura Ashley has picked up a worldwideFashion after as a key every day asset for style creative,
products, services and business visionaries in multiple nations. It is habitually depicted that
"basic" "obliged perusing" and "a habit.What at last divides a fruitful fashion business from the
rest is regularly how the brand's story resounds with theircustomers. Textile has been viewed as
the key segments in design business, most molds are created from materials. The divided
computerization of the turning and weaving of fleece, cotton, and other trademark strands was
one of the first achievements of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. In the 21st century
those frameworks are especially robotized and wrapped up by PC controlled fast gear. A
significant region of the material business produces fabrics for use in dress. The regular strands,
(for example, fleece, cotton, silk, and material) and manufactured filaments, (for example, nylon,
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acrylic, and polyester) are utilized. Today, the site has developed to influence a system of clever
authors and style insiders in style capitals around the globe, conveying design business insight on
rising creators, troublesome innovations and worldwide brands that are making their imprint on
the business during an era of uncommon change.
2.2 Role of Marketing in Fashion Industry
In the pre-digital age, brands were fabricated with exemplary advertising methods, by utilizing
the traditional media like print and TV to "push" their most recent marketing campaigns at their
buyers. While these conventional strategies might never totally vanish, today's Internet-time
purchasers have more power than any other time in recent memory and connect with the brands
they esteem deserving of their time by means of various new channels. With the multiplication of
advanced and social networking, the ascent of 'on-interest' substance and administrations, and the
development of miniaturized scale focusing on systems, individuals progressively anticipate that
items and administrations will talk straightforwardly to their individual needs. Marketing and
promoting specialists are in charge of the style business' effect on our advancing worldwide
society (Jackson & Shaw, 2006). The AAS in Fashion Marketing project drenches understudies
in the design business, where they can investigate the connections between outline, promoting,
and advertising. Understudies research both configuration patterns and buyers, examining the
ascent and dissemination of design phenomena and how to effectively oversee style cycles.
Fashion industry experts lead the Fashion Marketing project, which is known for conveying
social and natural attention to plan instruction. AAS graduates frame a piece of a group of
configuration and business experts who imagine a universe of lovely, economical, and significant
design. Graduated class of the project have joined such firms as Marc Jacobs, Christian Dior, and
Burberry. Graduates make their imprint as imaginative masterminds with a comprehension of
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supportable practice, successful showcasing, and new advances. According to Jackson & Shaw
in 2006, argues in their article that the dominating signs of disconnected from the internet
marketing, TV, every day papers, magazines, which has been still hold the strong offer of the
business expansion, however their bit of the general business is depended upon to diminishment
progressively all through the accompanying couple of years. A couple of estimations envision
Internet advancing will hold as much as 10% of the overall publicizing bit of the pie by 2009.
The improvement in Internet publicizing is a result of two interesting components, more
supporters moving headways online and the creating penetration of the Internet itself. Since the
Internet is still a decently new medium when stood out from other since a long time prior settled
publicizing mediums like day by day papers and TV, promoters have not yet comprehended the
most extreme limit for expansion. In 2008, in the event that you're not on an interpersonal
cooperation site page, you're not on the Internet. It's as legitimate for promoters as it is for
purchasers. Long range casual correspondence is a conclusive appearance of customer created
substance, and in that limit, holds more potential for improvement than some other kind of
substance on the Web today. Today's model is synergistic, gather, revamp and granted. It's a
world in which the purchaser is the designer, buyer and wholesaler of substance. Today there are
over a billion substance designers and an immense number of dealers. The increase of quality,
moderate development in the midst of the past 5 years, and a champion amongst the most critical
social effects of the Internet has been the democratization of media. Nowadays, anybody with a
PC and an Internet affiliation is arranged to start TV to the whole world, to no end. Online
instruments, for instance, the without a doubt comprehended Blogger make conveyed on the
Internet amazingly basic and open to people with scarcely any specific data.
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Design
and
Manufacturing,
and
Merchandising, Fashion Shows, and Media and Marketing. Every reach is given to the objective
of fulfilling purchaser eagerness for clothing under conditions that draw in people in the business
to work at benefits.Mobile applications, on enhanced smart phones, for example, the iPhone,
permit clients to shop brand deals, get style tips, and redo design pattern news sustains. Geo-area
innovation gives a significant approach to brands to interface with customers at the purpose of
procurement, issuing them the capacity to registration and discover tips, suggestions, offers and
prizes, bringing about stronger brand steadfastness and spread through verbal.
2.4Role of Media in Fashion Industry
Media assumes a huge part in terms of fashion. Case in point, a vital piece of style is design
news-casting. Publication investigate, rules, it could be found an analysis based on television and
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magazines, newspapers, official web sites, social system, and design web journals. Currently, the
role of internet and some specifics sites like YouTube and many others plays an important role in
making promotion of business. Through these media outlets peruses and viewers everywhere
throughout the world can find out about design, making it exceptionally available.Toward the
start of the 20th century, design magazines started to incorporate photos of different style
outlines and got to be significantly more persuasive than previously. In urban communities all
through the world these magazines were immensely searched for after and had a huge effect on
open taste in attire. Skilled specialists drew decision style plates for the creations which secured
the most recent headways in configuration and perfection Possibly the most celebrated of these
magazines was La Gazette du Bon Ton, which was made in 1912 by Lucien Vogel and
dependably appropriated until 1925 (beside the war years). A few days after the 2010 Fall
Fashion Week in New York City close down, The New Islander's Fashion Editor, Genevieve
Tax, inspected the setup business for running on an intermittent timetable of its own, in light of
present circumstances, to the obstacle of real purchasers. "Since organizers discharge their fall
social affairs in the spring and their spring totals in the fall, diagram magazines, for occurrence,
Vogue dependably and basically imagine the outstanding season, moving parkas come
September while issuing audits on shorts in January", she makes. "Sharp clients, in this way,
have
been
adjusted
to
be
amazingly,
perhaps
unfeasibly,
farsighted
with
their
obtaining.Advancing a Laura Ashley fashion design business is the most obvious objective of an
advertising delegate in this field. Lindsay Green, interchanges chief for the Jill Stuart Company,
uncovered in a 2011 meeting with "The Gloss" that she invests the majority of her energy getting
the word out about the organization's line. This includes working with editors who will compose
articles about the organization for driving design magazines. It takes a business-situated
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personality and additionally an enthusiasm for design to make the materials important to get your
organization's name in the media.
Online networking in the design business alludes to how marks in the named division interface
with their target showcase through online networking outlets, for example, Facebook, Twitter,
and YouTube. As indicated by Macala Wright Lee, CEO of Fashionably Marketing.Me, "Up to
this point, the design business has been stylishly late to the social networking gathering,
declining to embrace it by any means, or just receiving restricted correspondence through
informal organizations and RSS channels for deals and promotions."[1] Many brands at first
accepted person to person communication would debilitate the association with purchasers,
however for most it has transformed into a "certified collaboration in the middle of brand and
client.".[1] These brands use online networking as a contemporary stage to join with more
youthful demographics.
Turning into a piece of the online networking system permits organizations in the design
business to catch an extensive gathering of people. As indicated by Macala Wright Lee, "The
Fashion Industry has embraced online networking as an advertising stage to achieve their clients
online and reignite brand energy and client loyalty." The effortlessly open, conversational nature
of online networking makes it a perfect stage for building customer trust and dependability critical segments of style showcasing. Brands endeavor to separate themselves in online
networking by offering advancements, livens, and rebates.
2.5 Public Relation
Fashion advertising includes being in contact with an organization's gatherings of people and
making solid associations with them, contacting media and launching messages that venture
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constructive pictures of the organization. Online networking assumes a vital part in cutting edge
style advertising; empowering experts to achieve an extensive variety of shoppers through
different stages.The credibility and making of brand building has been key factor for good
marketing and advertisement. At times, extraordinary buildup is assembled about new architects'
accumulations before they are discharged into the business sector, because of the colossal
introduction produced by professionals. Social networking, for example, websites, miniaturized
scale online journals, podcasts, photograph and feature offering locales have all gotten to be
progressively critical to mold open relations.The intelligent way of these stages permits
professionals to connect with and speak with public continuously, and tailor their clients' picture
or campaign messages to the proposed vested party. With blogging stages, for instance,
Instagram, Tumblr, WordPress and other giving areas, bloggers have grown as expert style
investigators, embellishment marks and having an amazing impact on what is 'on example'.
Women in the style publicizing industry, for instance, Sweaty Betty PR creator Roxy Jacenko
and Oscar de la Renta's PR young woman Erika Bearman, have acquired plentiful measures of
enthusiasts on their web organizing destinations, by giving a brand identity and an off cam
explore the associations they work for. Mass publicizing is a business segment scope technique
in which Laura Ashley decides to carelessness business division part complexities and
development the whole business with one offer or one method. The musing is to broadcast a
message that will attain to the greatest number of people possible. Usually mass promoting has
focused on radio, TV and day by day papers as the media used to attain to this extensive
gathering of spectators. By coming to the biggest crowd conceivable presentation to the item is
amplified. In principle this would straightforwardly associate with a bigger number of offers or
becomes tied up with the item. Mass marketing for Laura Ashley is the inverse to Niche
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advertising as it spotlights on high deals and low costs. Mass Marketing intends to give items
and administrations that will speak to the entire business sector. Corner promoting focuses on a
particular section of business sector for instance specific administrations or merchandise with
few or no contenders. Fashion world is reliant on making patterns that draw in and hold the
consideration of a garments cognizant open. The part of an advertising delegate in this industry is
basic on the grounds that she puts the substance of her customer organizations out on the planet.
This individual is in charge of showcasing the most recent forms in an imaginative manner,
making a buzz among compelling writers and bloggers. Elaine Quan, The Bay's senior
advertising director, says that an imperative segment of her time is given to the arranging and
execution of shows and other special occasions. As per a 2011 meeting with Love Sewing, she
guarantees the most imperative part of her employment in advertising is to unmistakably
characterize and keep up her organization's "image." Good advertising delegates must endeavor
to keep their advancements steady by never conveying a blended message. For instance, if your
organization's line is intended for expert dress, you need to make proficient styled occasions that
will draw in clients intrigued by that corner.Laura Ashley has invested a lot of their energy in
associations with organization staff, including planners and showcasing officials, and in addition
with merchants and clients. The advertising authority urges key purchasers to convey the design
line or advance it at occasions. Great relational abilities are fundamental.
2.6 Fashion Retailing
When the garments have been produced, they have to be sold. At the same time, the garments get
from the manufacturer to the final consumers.By buying the garments directly from the
manufacturer rather than the retailer as retailers would makepreliminarypurchase for resale 3to 6
months prior to the client has the capacity purchase the garments in retail outlets. Design
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advertising has the methodology of managing the flood of stock from the beginning
determination of diagrams to be made to the presentation of things to retail customers, with the
target of extending an organization's deals and gainfulness. Fruitful style promoting would
baseupon the perception buyer aching and responding with fitting things. Publicists utilization
arrangements taking after data, respect for media degree, focus get-togethers, and distinctive
system for finding client slants to offer information to makers and makers about the sort and
measure of items to be made. Advertisers are along these lines responsible for perceiving and
describing a shape creator's target customers and for responding to the slants of those customers.
2.7 Fashion Marketing
Advancing of Fashion things at both the wholesale and retail levels. Affiliations that don't offer
their own specific things at retail must place those things at wholesale costs in the hands of
retailers, for occasion, boutiques, retail chains, and online game plans affiliations. They utilize
layout shows, inventories, and a business power outfitted with test things to locate a near to fit
between the maker's things and the retailer's clients. Marketing specialists for affiliations that do
offer their own particular things at retail are essentially concerned with masterminding things to
their own particular client base. At both the wholesale and the retail level, publicizing in like way
joins remarkable exercises, for example, print and other media publicizing took a stab at making
brand certification and brand notoriety for orchestrated qualities, for occasion, quality, negligible
exertion, or popularity. Almost related to publicizing is promoting, which endeavors to improve
plans and advantage by influencing buyers to purchase an affiliation's things. In the standard
significance of the term, promoting joins offering the proper thing, at the right cost, at the ideal
time and spot, to the next side clients.Layout merchandisers should suitably use supports' data
about client inclines as the purpose behind choices about such things as stocking fitting stock in
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satisfactory yet not over the top totals, offering things available to be obtained at engaging yet
meanwhile gainful costs, and diminishing over-weight stock. Propelling in like way joins
indicating stock imploringly and accessibly through the use of store windows, in-store
presentations, and fascinating compelled time occasions. Advancing masters must can react to
surges searched for after by quickly securing new supplies of the favored thing. A stock after PC
program in a retail chain in London, for instance, can trigger a redid sales to a creation office in
Shanghai for a certain measure of bits of clothing of a predefined sort and size to be gone on in a
matter of days. Laura Ashley well fame design brand use web organizing for publicizing.
Distinctive uses fuse reporting news, updates, presentations, events, progressions, and customer
organization. Case in point, affiliations can use Facebook to propel events and give full news
stories. They can use Twitter for shorter overhauls and affirmations. The association picks which
destinations to use and controls how these regions demonstrate their photo. Associations'
consideration regarding society's dependence on advancement drives them to plunge into
interpersonal interaction. A study by Morgan Stanley recommends that versatile web use will
surpass that of desktop web use by 2015. Social networking has enabled customers to feel more
"joined" to associations. It has in like manner shown to give more prologue to individual brands.
2.8 System of Fashion
The fashion industry structures has been a bigger phenomenon including both socio and
culturalwhich recognized as the "fashion framework," an idea that grasps the matter of style as
well as the workmanship and art of style, and creation as well as utilization. The design
originator is a critical variable, yet so likewise is the individual purchaser who picks, purchases,
and wears garments, and additionally the dialect and symbolism that add to how shoppers
consider style. The style framework includes all the elements that are included in the whole
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procedure of design change. A few elements are natural for style, which includes variety of
oddity. Different components are outer. Singular trailblazers additionally assume a part, as do
changes in way of life and music. Style is a complex social sensation, including now and then
clashing thought processes, for example, making an individual personality and being a piece of a
gathering, imitating design pioneers and defying similarity. The style business flourishes by
being various and sufficiently adaptable to satisfy any purchaser's yearning to grasp or even to
reject fashionably, however that term may be characterized.
2.9 World Fashion
Currently, the majority in the world are prefer to wear deigning dress. Theunscrambled and ease
form of Western articles of clothing, consistently a T-shirt with pants or a skirt, created on a
mass scale. In any case, there are besides diverse littler and particular style business meanders in
unmistakable parts of the world that appreciate particular national, provincial, ethnic, or religious
markets. Tests solidify the course of action, period, and advancing of saris in India. These
business attempts work in parallel with the general framework industry on a minor and kept
scale.There is an everyday attitude among some neighborhood SMEs that social networking is
audacious to their business and are hesitant to invest the additional energy and assets on it
(Verztec, 2010). They have a tendency to think little of the experts and degree of compass of
online networking to clients. Numerous Business-To-Business (B2B) SME organizations feel
that utilizing social networking as an advertising procedure would just be helpful if the intended
interest group is youngsters (Verztec, 2010). This is because of the way that children of post war
America are more acquainted with the way of online networking contrasted with x and y eras and
have adjusted the online networking which has a more open viewpoint to protection and
believability as their fundamental device of correspondence. Thus, numerous felt the utilization
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of social networking advertising would not have the capacity to connect with their focused on
buyers, which are working grown-ups.
2.9.1 Religious Fashion
The movement in the field of ethno-religious dress was inconceivable arrangement of the hijab
(religiously fitting pieces of clothing) among Muslim ladies in the Middle east and furthermore
all through the Islamic world in the mid-21st century. With a wonderful various Muslim ladies
living in distinctive nations around the world, veiling rules and styles are bunch. For some,
veiling can mean a withdrawal from the movements of style generally. Diverse ladies, including
those for whom humble vestments are obliged direct, may wear lovely European styles
underneath their more preservationist road dress. Still others have hunt down looks that are
themselves both chic and unassuming. At the start of 21st century the overall business for
humble diagrams was making. Diverse religions like Muslims and non-Muslims originators
made a broadening determination of fitting and smooth looks, and different outline online diaries
and magazines concentrating on Muslim women got the opportunity to be available. A couple of
organizers and producers confronted the style of humble dress and the helpful troubles joined
with moderate dress, as seen in attempts to make unassuming yet practical swimwear and
sportswear for Muslim female contenders.
2.10 Fast Fashion
Laura Ashley fashion has been dened as a declaration that is generally acknowledged by a
gathering of individuals additional time and has been portrayed by a few showcasing
components, for example, low predictability, high motivation buy, shorter life cycle, and high
instability of business sector request (Fernie and Sparks 1998). Accordingly, to be protable in
the industry, style clothing retailers need to take the 'velocity to market' approach to capitalize on
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design that is not in the stores of their rivals. It has been further emphasized that market
responsiveness and deftness through quick consolidation of shopper inclinations into the outline
transform in item improvement increments the prot edges for retailers (Christopher, Lowson,
and Peck 2004).Drawing on the establishments of brisk responsiveness, the design apparel
industry moved from guaging future patterns to utilizing constant information to understand the
needs and yearnings of the buyers (Jackson 2001). The powerlessness to accurately forecast or
anticipate future patterns (Christopher, Lowson, and Peck 2004) or disappointment to quickly
impersonate and produce design clothing as seen on runways (Richardson 1996)can lead to
hazard connected with longer lead times and thus inability to pull in style cognizant buyers.
Utilizing constant information can dispense with this conceivable.
2.11 Mass Marketing in Fashion Business
Traditional media, for example, billboards, banners, newspapers, magazines, TV, radio and
telephone indexes include marketing tools, for example, paid print ads, ads and news discharges.
This methodology concentrates on a restricted deals push and depends on coming to high
quantities of individuals to guarantee achievement. Promoting is an excessive showcasing
instrument; nonetheless, conventional media outlets remain the most trusted wellsprings of data,
as indicated by the 2012 Edelman Trust Barometer review.
2.12 Digital Marketing
Computer programming innovation can achieve potential clients with focused on, quantifiable
interchanges. Particular computerized media promoting apparatuses incorporate website
streamlining, versatile advertising, intuitive online ads, select in email and online associations,
for example, member showcasing and sponsorship. A key part of computerized advertising
devices is Web investigation, which give data on an Internet client's online exercises, IP address
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and inquiry magic words. To take part in advanced media advertising, organizations can contract
computerized media showcasing offices or use programming as an administration applications.
2.13 Research Framework
There are various routines to arrange an activity for an exploration and as I would like to think a
standout amongst the best systems is the utilization of stream outline. It is the most
straightforward however an extensive approach to delineate all the examination arranging just in
a solitary graph. An activity arrangement has been conceived before the genuine examination has
been led.
Websites
Marketing
Social Marketing
H1
H2
Laura Ashley
Marketing
Activities
Mass Marketing
H3
H4
Direct Marketing
Electronic Media
Marketing
Digital
Media
Digital
Media
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2.14 Hypothesis
H1: There has been a strong positive and significant impact of Social marketingwith the Laura
AshleyCompany.
H2: There has been a strong positive and significant impact of Mass marketing with the Laura
Ashley Company.
H3: Direct marketing also has positive and significant impact on the marketing of Laura Ashley.
H4: There has been a strong positive and significant impact of Electronic media marketing with
the Laura Ashley Company.
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Chapter III
3. Research Methodology
3.1 Overview
This section will detail the strategy that has been connected by the author by keeping in mind the
end goal to lead the essential exploration. The ideas driving the examination theory, exploration
configuration, examination methodology, research system and examination systems have been
discusses in this research work. The methodology connected to focus the research methodology
is the exchange of different configuration strategy clarified by academicians and in light of their
reason, the able decision has been chosen. The part likewise points of interest the activity
arrangement for the examination and a sum of five theories are built. Further, the points of
interest of the information so gathered and the apparatuses to investigate the same are resolved.
3.2 Research philosophy
The philosophy of this research has been classified as positivism and interpretative
methodologies (Saunders, Lewis, & Thornhill, 2012). The philosophy would focus the
information improvement that has an orientation on different devices of exploration that are
examination approach and examination methodology. The positivism rationality is utilized as a
part of instances of evaluated methodology and the conclusions are in light of the perceptions
which are quantifiable in distinct quantitative terms. Also, the perceptions and conclusions are
drawn in the wake of applying factual devices and procedures. Interestingly, the interpretative
methodology makes utilization of subjective approach and are meant to answer the more
perplexing circumstances of this present reality which can't be evaluated (Gill & Johnson, 2006).
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quantitative versus subjective and the parameter to vary between the two is the way of
information so gathered. The quantitative exploration system makes utilization of that
information which is gathered and displayed in numerical configuration while the subjective
examination strategy makes utilization of information that can't be resolved in numeric terms and
divisions (Coates & Sloan, 2008). The examination addresses that contain "WHY" angle is
addressed utilizing subjective study. In examination, the "HOW" part of the study is managed
utilizing the quantitative exploration (Coates & Sloan, 2008). In this proposition, the creator is
making utilization of both the essential and additionally auxiliary exploration strategy to achieve
the examination targets characterized toward the start of the examination. The essential
examination is attempted by planning a well- organized survey and the information has been
gathered utilizing the study exploration approach. The study likewise makes utilization of
auxiliary information which has been gathered from different dependable sources like scholastic
diary articles, industry reports and significant daily paper articles. The proposition is perceived to
utilize subjective examination strategy whereby the social conduct of directors and pioneers is
considered by shaping a survey.
3.7 Sampling & Data Collection
There are various approach to make the things less demanding and distinctive devices could be
utilized for that reason. It is best where we need to test more noteworthy information with
slightest time. Examining procedure picked for information gathering is Probability testing. In
likelihood testing simple irregular inspecting is chosen. Basic arbitrary inspecting includes
picking an example as per the necessity of the proposal and out of that specimen, picking the
individuals on irregular. Only anybody in the specimen could be chosen. The survey is made
organized with the target of giving simplicity in filling the same and to get a decent reaction rate
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(Fink & Kosecoff, 1998). The polls were made to fill via seeking profiles of the chiefs and
pioneers at Nike Inc. also, sending them in an appended mail. Further, the study survey was
posted in different dialog discussions, and by removing the subtle elements from expert and long
range informal communication destinations like Facebook and LinkedIn. This medium has been
received since it gives simplicity of coming to the target respondents in minimum time and costs
Invalid source determined. Invalid source indicated. On the other hand, there are various cons
likewise in utilizing the virtual web as the medium of getting the surveys filled. The survey has
been planned utilizing diverse sorts of Nominal, Ordinal and interim scaled inquiries such that a
top to bottom and wide scope of the examination subject is discovered. The guidelines for filling
the inquiries in the poll are likewise settled in the sends such that the importance of the inquiries
is surely known and in the same way for which the inquiries are surrounded. A large portion of
the inquiries are close finished as either numerous decision answers or favored positioning
among the given options.
3.8 Sampling Techniques
It would be find two forms of sampling strategies e.g. probability sampling & non probability
sampling programs. The essential looked at looking at can be of which by deciding on a part of
the elements inside a population conclusions might be drawn regarding the complete populace
(Zikmund, 2003, r. 369). Within this research, by choosing types of lender consumers possibly
designers brands purchaser as well as fashion wear in Pakistan, any bottom line will be drawn
concerning this search and also by making use of methodical sampling tactics facts has become
obtained.
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Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
The review overview included two sections. The major area was on the respondent's
demographic qualified information. The demographic qualified data consolidated variables like:
sexual introduction, age, instruction status, compensation structure, and if the respondents have
ever used web keeping money. The respondents were moreover asked for to show on the off
chance that they at present use fashion design from Laura Ashley. Also from to what degrees
they are using Laura Ashley and general how they rate that particular services.
3.11 Data Analysis
A code in subjective request is frequently a word or short expression that typically assign an
summative, striking, embodiment catching, and/or reminiscent characteristic for a bit of dialect
based or visual information. The information can comprise of meeting transcripts, member
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perception field notes, diaries, archives, writing, ancient rarities, photos etc. The protion of
information to be coded amid first cycle coding procedures can extend in greatness from a
solitary word to a full sentence to a whole page of content to a surge of moving pictures. In
second cycle coding methodologies, the segments coded can be literally the same units, longer
sections of content, and even a reconfiguration of the codes themselves grew up to this point.
Pretty much as a little speaks to and catches a book or film or lyric's essential substance and
embodiment, so does a code speak to and catch a datum's essential substance and pith.
The information which has been gathered from the example respondents is code utilizing
Microsoft Excel and the same has been sent out to the investigation device SPSS.
Some of the testing which has been connected are relationship examination and cross
arrangement, Chi- Square tests and symmetric measures.
The outcomes so got are given the assistance of legitimate tables and bar outlines.
The information so examined is translated in the light of the speculations built and
foreordained exploration targets.
3.12 Data Collection
Data was gathered through individual visits. It involved study having predefined parameters to
answers. The specimen incorporates Questions, various alternatives & seven point likert scales.
Data was assembled by giving over the printed overviews to the respondents in every city & gets
the filled evaluation accumulated meanwhile.
3.13 Research Tools Analysis
To analyze the data SPSS software version 16 & IBM AMOS software version 19 is used. Factor
analysis, AHP, correlation,& ANOVA are conducted through SPSS. While IBM AMOS is used
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to measure the model fit, to formulate the structure equation modeling & to analyze the liner
regression of the proposed conceptual frame work. Both of the software are featured for specific
analysis e.g. SPSS does not provide the facility to measure the model fit, & structured paths
developed in proposed system. So use of both the software make data analysis more detailed.
3.13.1 Research Tools
Correlation
Regression
ANOVA
Sample T-Test
The above mentioned tools have been used to find out the significance relationship between the
independent and dependent variables. To measure the components influencing the selection of
Laura Ashley products in fashion industry.
3.14 Reliability Analysis
Reliability analysis investigation is utilization to quantify the consistency of the elements that
make them. This examination shows the data about association between individual components
of a develop
3.15 Factor Analysis
Component investigation is utilized to recognize the principal variables, or components which
clarify the example of connections inside arrangement of watched variables. Element
investigation habitually utilized as a part of information diminishment to perceive a little number
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of components that clarify a large portion of the change saw in a much bigger number of evident
variables. Element investigation additionally used to make theory concerning principal
instrument or to screen variables for taking after examination (Suhr, 2000).
3.16 Analytical Hierarchal Process
AHP serves to settle on choices about the determinants of elements and these variables are
introduced in a chain of command (Saaty, 2008).Decision making through AHP. Issue
explanation is characterized and all the obliged data is assembled and portrayed as system which
further separated into sub criteria .Some of the elements are discriminating or required to
autonomous variable that must be available and a few components are supporting variables
which help the certain occasion to happen.
3.17 ANOVA
The analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is an arranged of quantifiable models, and their related
measures, in which the viewed change in a particular variable is separated into portions derive
capable from assorted wellsprings of mixed bag. In its minimum troublesome structure, ANOVA
gives a genuine test of whether the system for a couple of social events are all comparable, and
in like manner entireties up t-test to more than two get-togethers (Silicon Genetics, 2003).
3.18 Correlation
In measurements, reliance alludes to any factual relationship between two arbitrary variables or
two arrangements of information. Relationship alludes to any extensive variety of factual
connections including reliance. Relationships are valuable in light of the fact that they can show
a systematic relationship that can be abused practically speaking. Relationship has been done to
get the relationship between distinctive variables.
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Chapter IV
4.1 Introduction
Assembled information was dissected by utilizing SPSS (Statistical Process for Social Science)
programming shape 16 & IBM AMOS Version 19. Assembled components was screened
through the use of SPSS (Statistical Process identifying with Interpersonal Science) application
sort 16. Specifically focus portions part dissection was guided close by varimax wave inside the
preparatory variables, getting a part fragment joined with 0.50 to be a foundation cut-off
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preference. In the event that maybe in the event that any shifted building up an advantage down
beneath from utilizing it, it may be cleared out. Much the same as, every one of us additionally
slipped whatever showing cross-stacking (the numerous enhanced stacking was obliged to move
beyond the second numerous most critical through 0.30) likewise recommended through (Hair,
Anderson, Tatham, & Dark, 1998). Along these lines elements were removed with their separate
number of things which are specified later. Additionally the variables extricated were having
Eigen worth Surpassing 1.0, coordinating the measure of proposed forms and elucidating 61.693
percent of the variance.
AHP has been a plan that is a multi-basis relating to extraction in regards to the choice
parameters has been used. It's utilized to focus the specific equivalent weights from the
estimations inside examine.
Correlation examination, has been utilized to focus the relationship between their builds
inside investigate.
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Last not least T-test to focus the specific change including male or female alongside innovations
utilization.
4.2 Chronbach Alpha
Social Media Marketing
Alpha Value
N of Items
.964
Alpha Value
N of Items
.984
Alpha Value
N of Items
.978
Alpha Value
N of Items
.998
Alpha Value
N of Items
.964
16
Direct Marketing
Media Marketing
Overall
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The measurements of Reliability investigation has been demonstrating that the information has
been entered by indicated variables which is dependable. Social marketing has been indicating
96% quality of information. Mass marketing has been demonstrating 98% dependability. Direct
Marketing has demonstrated a figure of 97% of dependability, media marketing has
demonstrating 74%, development 88%, celebrity endorsement has demonstrated 95%, age & sex
demonstrating the most noteworthy estimation of quality which is 99 % and overall reliability
has demonstrating 96 % which is more prominent than 70% and is said to be sufficiently solid
for further examination.
4.3 Correlation Analysis
The analsysis of correlations is the ley impression proposed for the intensity of relationship
amongst the multiple variables used in the research work. Join assessment wound up being done
to find relationship in the middle of numerous variables. These variables underneath audit of
basically situated notwithstanding free issues.
Social Media Marketing
SM
MM
DM
E-Media
SM
Pearson Corr.
MM
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
Pearson Corr.
35
.346**
DM
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
Pearson Corr.
.000
35
.766**
35
.855**
E-Media
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
Pearson Corr.
.000
35
.350**
.000
35
.480
35
.994**
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
Sig. (2-tailed)
.000
35
.040
.000
35
.404
.000
35
.010
35
.000
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If we talk about the social media marketing then social media marketing has a positive and
significant impact on all the independent variables i.e. mass marketing, direct marketing, and
electronic media marketing, which is the very highly sign for Laura Ashley for using these tolls
for marketing to advertise their products and business. Though it also has strong impact on
gender and demographic segmentation as well.
Mass Media Marketing
SM
MM
DM
E-Media
SM
Pearson Corr.
MM
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
Pearson Corr.
35
.436**
DM
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
Pearson Corr.
.000
35
.894**
35
.765**
E-Media
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
Pearson Corr.
.000
35
.545**
.000
35
.670
35
.824**
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
Sig. (2-tailed)
.000
35
.040
.000
35
.404
.000
35
.010
35
.000
Mass marketing has a positive and significant impact on all the independent variables i.e. mass
marketing, direct marketing, and electronic media marketing, which shows that mass marketing
has a vital role in marketing their products and items. All variables are highly significant and
have positive impact on mass marketing.
Direct Media Marketing
SM
SM
Pearson Corr.
Sig. (2-tailed)
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MM
1
DM
E-Media
MM
N
Pearson Corr.
35
.934**
DM
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
Pearson Corr.
.000
35
.724**
35
.741**
E-Media
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
Pearson Corr.
.000
35
.321**
.000
35
.541
35
.863**
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
Sig. (2-tailed)
.000
35
.087
.000
35
.451
.000
35
.231
35
.000
Direct marketing also has a positive and significant impact on all the independent variables i.e.
mass marketing, and electronic media marketing, which shows that mass marketing has a vital
role in marketing their products and items. All variables are highly significant and have positive
impact on all marketing elements. Direct marketing has also being consider as the main key
player in marketing the products.
MM
DM
SM
Pearson Corr.
MM
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
Pearson Corr.
35
.424**
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
.000
35
35
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E-Media
DM
Pearson Corr.
.854**
.841**
E-Media
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
Pearson Corr.
.000
35
.986**
.000
35
.242
35
.754**
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
Sig. (2-tailed)
.000
35
.088
.000
35
.487
.000
35
.423
35
.000
Electronic media marketing also has a positive and significant impact on all the independent
variables i.e. mass marketing, and electronic media marketing, which shows that mass marketing
has a vital role in marketing their products and items. Electronic media may involve all
electronic items like TV ads, e paper, e magazines and that part of marketing has positive and
significant impact on marketing any type of business. All variables are highly significant and
have positive impact on all marketing elements. Direct marketing has also being consider as the
main key player in marketing the products.
4.4 Analytical Hierarchal Process
In AHP the request of distinctive elements has been arranged in three levels, which known as the
critical, supporting and maintaining variables and those components can be portrayed which has
been specified before in examination and approach part,
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Relative Weights for Analysis of the what marketing tools does the Laura Ashley adopt to
market their business in Fashion industry,
Relative Weights
Value
0.344978
0.285359
0.187988
Mass Marketing
0.169983
Hence the overall (sorted data from highest to smallest value) relative weights of four factors
suggested that social media marketing has the highest value 0.344978, followed by electronic
media marketing having relative weights of 0.285359, and followed by direct marketing with
0.187988, and in the end mass marketing with 0.169983 relative weight. It showing that social
media marketing has been considered to be the most important factor among all four available
factors which customers think is most value able for having strong impact of marketing tools for
Laura Ashley to market their business with the help of fashion industry.
4.5 Analysis of Variance
Research connected with option is used to know regardless of whether any shifting gives
influenced the other and what sort of relationship is accessible between these positive and
additionally negative. Relationship could be impressive and also non-noteworthy. Post hoc with
Anova speak to which thus various blends connected with variables are distinctive through one
another(Silicon, 2003).Least Significant Difference Test (LSD) is directed to discover the pairwise examinations between distinctive cities utilizing = 0.05. Just those variables are
considered which have between the gathering huge contrast of p<.05
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Sum of
df
Mean Square
Sig.
Squares
SM
DM
MM
E-Media
Between Groups
6.801
2.834
Within Groups
306.067
236
1.297
Total
313.967
239
3.174
1.058
Within Groups
282.002
236
1.195
Total
285.176
239
4.659
1.553
Within Groups
229.511
236
.973
Total
234.170
239
.930
.310
Within Groups
196.019
236
.831
Total
196.949
239
Between Groups
Between Groups
Between Groups
2.031
.001
.878
.003
1.697
.001
.374
.000
ANOVA
Df
Mean Square
Sig.
Between Groups
88.047
14.506
9.847
.001
Within Groups
Total
447.310
514.358
294
298
1.458
According to the given result mentioned in above tables are showing that, social media
marketing has positive and significant impact on electronic media marketing, and electronic
media is directly proportional to success of business. It has been prove that to have growth in
company then Laura Ashley des focus on the special tool of marketing knows as e media
marketing as it is the main player in marketing tools.
Sum of
df
Mean Square
Sig.
Squares
SM
Between Groups
DM
6.801
2.834
Within Groups
306.067
236
1.297
Total
313.967
239
3.174
1.058
Within Groups
282.002
236
1.195
Total
285.176
239
4.659
1.553
Within Groups
229.511
236
.973
Total
234.170
239
.930
.310
Within Groups
196.019
236
.831
Total
196.949
239
Between Groups
MM
Between Groups
E-Media
Between Groups
2.031
.001
.878
.003
1.697
.001
.374
.000
ANOVA
Mass Marketing
Sum of Squares
Df
Mean Square
Sig.
Between Groups
44.314
6.264
8.494
.003
Within Groups
387.233
283
.880
Total
379.547
299
As far as the Anova has been concerned for mass media marketing, according to the given result
mentioned in above tables are showing that, mass media marketing has positive and significant
impact on electronic media marketing, and electronic media is directly proportional to success
of business. It has been prove that to have growth in company then Laura Ashley des focus on
the special tool of marketing knows as e media marketing as it is the main player in marketing
tools.
Sum of
df
Mean Square
Sig.
Squares
SM
Between Groups
DM
6.801
2.834
Within Groups
306.067
236
1.297
Total
313.967
239
3.174
1.058
Within Groups
282.002
236
1.195
Total
285.176
239
4.659
1.553
Within Groups
229.511
236
.973
Total
234.170
239
.930
.310
Within Groups
196.019
236
.831
Total
196.949
239
Between Groups
MM
Between Groups
E-Media
Between Groups
2.031
.001
.878
.003
1.697
.001
.374
.000
ANOVA
Direct Marketing
Sum of Squares
Df
Mean Square
Sig.
Between Groups
44.314
6.264
8.494
.003
Within Groups
387.233
283
.880
Total
379.547
299
As far as the Anova has been concerned for direct media marketing, according to the given
result mentioned in above tables are showing that, direct media marketing has positive and
significant impact on electronic media marketing, and electronic media is directly proportional
to success of business. It has been prove that to have growth in company then Laura Ashley des
focus on the special tool of marketing knows as e media marketing as it is the main player in
marketing tools.
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Sum of
df
Mean Square
Sig.
Squares
SM
Between
6.801
2.834
Within Groups
306.067
236
1.297
Total
313.967
239
3.174
1.058
Within Groups
282.002
236
1.195
Total
285.176
239
4.659
1.553
Within Groups
229.511
236
.973
Total
234.170
239
.930
.310
Within Groups
196.019
236
.831
Total
196.949
239
2.031
.001
.878
.003
1.697
.001
.374
.000
Groups
DM
Between
Groups
MM
Between
Groups
E-Media
Between
Groups
ANOVA
Df
Mean Square
Sig.
Between Groups
44.314
6.264
8.494
.000
Within Groups
387.233
283
.880
Total
379.547
299
Electronic media has positive and highly significant impact on all variables including in market
their business in Fashion industry. Laura Ashley does needs to look into the electronic media
marketing as it has very highly significant impact and relationships amongst all variables.
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Gender
Social Media
Marketing
Mass Marketing
Electronic Media
Marketing
Std. Dev
Std. Er
100
100
3.532
3.432
.82176
.93698
.06436
.08005
Female
100
100
100
100
3.5686
2.7567
3.6272
3.8058
.77136
.97914
.97904
1.16685
.06042
.08365
.07668
.09969
Male
100
2.9447
.80388
.06296
Female
100
3.2110
1.02922
.08793
Male
Female
Male
Female
Direct Marketing
Group Statistics
N
Mean
Male
The above output result from T-Test analysis has been showing that the social media marketing
has been more affected by the male user, though there has been very slight difference amongst
them but on the record male users are more affected by the social media.
In second variable, mass media marketing in this marketing tools males has been dominating
with the higher points that makes are affected higher than the females.
In third variable, direct marketing females are more affected than the male, as the structure and
design of the this marketing tools are very much specified that marketers designed with the
instructions of their target audience as they like to target to them those have shown some interest
in the products. So females have more passion and interest towards the fashion industry that why
the impact of direct marketing has higher than the male, who always have lesser interests in this
regards.
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Last variable has shown females are more impacted by the electronic media marketing, as they
have access of TV and fashion magazine and latest trends in fashion industry more than the
males, thats why the impact of females are higher than the males.
Chapter V
Findings, Conclusion& Recommendation
5.1 Findings Analysis
As far this research has been concerned we are supposed to find out what marketing tools does
Laura Ashley adopt to market their fashion business. The methodology connected to focus the
research methodology is the exchange of different configuration strategy clarified by
academicians and in light of their reason, the able decision has been chosen. The part likewise
points of interest the activity arrangement for the examination and a sum of five theories are
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built. Further, the points of interest of the information so gathered and the apparatuses to
investigate the same are resolved.
As per the findings of this result stated in above chapter and illustrated in their findings that,
marketing tolls has become the most important part of fashion industry to advertise and market
their products to the final consumers. As because marketing and advertisement is the only way to
communicate the message to their final consumers. Different tools has to adopt by Laura Ashley
to advertise their product and convey their message to their consumers. As mentioned above in
the literature part that, different tools have been used and adopt by Laura Ashley to make growth
in their business in the field of fashion industry, those are, direct marketing tools, mass
marketing tool, social media marketing tools, and electronic media marketing tools. As we know
that the above mentioned marketing tools play an vital role in making growth in any type of
business hence it has been proved that the new era has come up with an ;attest techniques in the
field of marketing. There has been great revolution has found in the field of information
technology which has increase the access to every persons and make the growth towards the
marketing tools, thats why social media campaigns and tools has been ranked higher with the
marketing and according to tools which has been conducted and make shows that there has been
great relation of these tools in the field of information technology with marketing.
With the
reference to framework of those research work, all independent variables have positive and
significant relations with the dependent variable. Which shows that Laura Ashley has to adopt
mentioned marketing tools to market their business and hence they proved the hypothesis of this
research.
With the reference of reliability test analysis of all independent and dependent
variable all are reliable and have positive impact on theoretical framework. As per correlation
analysis has been concerned, it shows all variables analysis separately and showed that the all
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variables are highly correlated and significant with each others, which means all variables have
positive relation with each others. With the reference of AHP analysis, we found relative
weights which shows that which variables have strong impact on this research work, and
according to analysis we found that the overall relative weights of all four independent variables
suggested that social media marketing has the highest value which means they have most higher
impact, followed by electronic media marketing and then direct marketing, and in the end mass
marketing. It showing that social media marketing has been considered to be the most important
factor among all four available factors which customers think is most value able for having
strong impact of marketing tools for Laura Ashley to market their business with the help of
fashion industry.
According to ANOVA, the analysis has been made separately with all variables of framework,
and finding from this tool has quite wonderful, which shows that each variable has positive and
significant relationship with each other, According to the given result mentioned in above tables
are showing that, social media marketing has positive and significant impact on electronic media
marketing, and electronic media is directly proportional to success of business. It has been prove
that to have growth in company then Laura Ashley des focus on the special tool of marketing
knows as e media marketing as it is the main player in marketing tools. Mass media marketing
has also positive and significant impact on electronic media marketing, and electronic media is
directly proportional to success of business as same with all others variables. The t-test analysis
has been conduct to find out the impact between gender, that how they perceive the marketing
tools of Laura Ashley and findings from this analysis has shown that, social media marketing has
been more affected by the male user, though there has been very slight difference amongst them
but on the record male users are more affected by the social media. Mass media marketing in this
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marketing tools males has been dominating with the higher points that makes are affected higher
than the females. direct marketing females are more affected than the male, as the structure and
design of the this marketing tools are very much specified that marketers designed with the
instructions of their target audience as they like to target to them those have shown some interest
in the products. So females have more passion and interest towards the fashion industry that why
the impact of direct marketing has higher than the male, who always have lesser interests in this
regards.
5.1.1 Summaryof Findings
The summary of findings shown that all variables have positive and significant relation with each
others. Though few variables are highly significant and few are not but they have positive
impact on adoption of marketing tools for Laura Ashley.
5.2 Conclusion
As far this research has been concerned, the research work has been concluded that Laura Ashley
should adopt different mentioned tools to market their business in the field of fashion industry.
Those are,
Mass marketing tools would be conduct to convey their message to mass audience involving all
types of market audience which are, male, female, child, younger and older every one. With the
launch of internet in this era, people would be using internet more often that why the marketing
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tools has become more important to market any type of business specially fashion business same
on internet have strong impact on marketing or advertisements. As we know in this current era
internet has become more strong and powerful tools for advertisement and marketing campaigns
without having geographical barriers, and mass marketing tools has been specialized in
marketing or advertising business or products to mass audience. Mass marketing also has very
strong positive and significant impact of advertisement of Laura Ashley in fashion business. As
they have proved the hypothesis that mass marketing tools has significant and positive impact on
marketing of Laura Ashley fashion business.
In direct marketing tools, Laura Ashley can convey their message to direct their target audience
because according to marketing terms, companies can identify their potential marketing to target
them according to their requirements therefore, Laura Ashley should have to mark their potential
target audience and target them according to their needs and wants. That is the only reason why
Laura Ashley take up to use direct marketing to market their activities related to their business
which would be useful for their use for future considerations.
Marketing Tool for Social media has been the most important and mostly ranked tools which has
been in use in this current era. Social media has become the most powerful weapon in
advertising world. There would be no objections that the growth of internet has bring the new
turn in marketing or advertising world. Many other companies from multiple sectors has
identified that social media has become the most powerful tool for marketing and advertising
world.
into the current scenario, internet has increasing worldwide, people like to make
shopping over internet, as it is the most easiest and relaxing mood for shopping. Female are fond
of reading e-magazines and look for new arrivals in Laura Ashleys retail outlet. Internet
marketing or social marketing has already taken over the marketing tools for the growth of
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business Laura Ashley. As per the report of marketing that, internet share has been increase to
14% by the end of year 2013, in global marketing. Social marketing has become the most
successful for their consumers, as they holds the potential growth because of the utilizations of
internet rapidly. Internet users and social networks are transforming the eco system of media.
Electronic media has also having positive and significant impact over Laura Ashley business
marketing. Electronic media has also very strong and devoting impact over Laura Ashley
business as electronic media may involve many forms of marketing i.e. Television marketing, EPaper marketing, E-Magazines marketing, with the help of those electronic media holds the large
amount of share and they are expecting to get more by the end of the year. Electronic media
would help the Laura Ashley in understanding the behavior of their consumers, as consumer
would make voice for their requirements and needs wants. According to Barlow in 2000, stated
that the companies gathered data from different location to get the needs and requirement of their
consumers. Same is with Laura Ashley, they gather data about their user needs and wants to get
market their business according to their consumers.
5.3 Future Recommendations
Fashion industry has very greater time ahead, people are getting aware with different fashion
designers and design not because of their wealth just because of the different brands adopted
marketing tolls to market their business globally, and for these concerns there has been many
tools which we have discussed and described deeply in above literature. With the development of
fast internet and people have access to them and for thats point of view people are getting aware
and understand and built their requirements against fashion industry so with Laura Ashley.
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Laura Ashley needs to focus their target and potential market to get the maximum output
from them and make value of their products with the help of marketing tools discussed in
literature.
Laura Ashley needs to adopt all mentioned tolls for market to get the growth of their
company.
Make effective use of marketing and advertisement to gain market share and make
healthy company.
Laura Ashley needs to focus and make consideration of CSR through their marketing
tools.
By using the social marketing, Laura Ashley does needs to make sure about their social
message to the audience.
Design and make effective marketing campaign before the launching of any new arrival
so that target people may understand or know about their requirements.
items will offer in fundamentally bigger numbers in business sectors like India, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka furthermore UK, Canada, United States and the Middle East, wherever there is an interest
for Pakistani style. Social networking itself is developing rapidly. The Facebook that you utilize
today is not the same as the Facebook that you utilized 3 or 4 years back. Interest are getting to
be progressively vital. Specialty interpersonal organizations for design, as RNKD, are heading
up. Versatile applications like Pose are changing the way design photography happens now
everybody is a model. For individuals, a standout amongst the most energizing things about
meeting expectations in the social networking space is that it changes at regular intervals, with
something new heading up from time to time. The other reason is that we adore seeing our
brands catch the creative energy of our masses, and ideally soon, the world.
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Appendix A
Anova
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Mean
Std. Error
Sig.
which age
group you
are ?
Difference (I-J)
are ?
Direct
Marketing
Under 19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
Mass
Marketing
Under 19
20-24
25-29
30 above
.89714
.83278
.282
-.7436
2.5379
25-29
.45915
.82129
.577
-1.1589
2.0773
30 above
.77403
.82041
.346
-.8423
2.3904
Under 19
-.89714
.83278
.282
-2.5379
.7436
25-29
-.43799
.23658
.065
-.9041
.0281
30 above
-.12312
.23351
.599
-.5832
.3369
Under 19
-.45915
.82129
.577
-2.0773
1.1589
20-24
.43799
.23658
.065
-.0281
.9041
30 above
.31487
.18847
.096
-.0564
.6862
Under 19
-.77403
.82041
.346
-2.3904
.8423
20-24
.12312
.23351
.599
-.3369
.5832
25-29
-.31487
.18847
.096
-.6862
.0564
30 above
.05022
.23833
.833
-.4193
.5198
Under 19
-.82424
.83414
.324
-2.4677
.8192
20-24
.07290
.27793
.793
-.4747
.6205
25-29
-.36509
.24133
.132
-.8406
.1104
30 above
-.05022
.23833
.833
-.5198
.4193
20-24
.63429
.79359
.425
-.9292
2.1978
25-29
.37746
.78263
.630
-1.1645
1.9194
30 above
.52987
.78180
.499
-1.0104
2.0702
Under 19
-.63429
.79359
.425
-2.1978
.9292
25-29
-.25682
.22544
.256
-.7010
.1873
30 above
-.10442
.22252
.639
-.5428
.3340
Under 19
-.37746
.78263
.630
-1.9194
1.1645
20-24
.25682
.22544
.256
-.1873
.7010
30 above
.15241
.17960
.397
-.2014
.5062
Under 19
-.52987
.78180
.499
-2.0702
1.0104
.10442
.22252
.639
-.3340
.5428
20-24
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Social
Marketing
Under 19
20-24
25-29
25-29
-.15241
.17960
.397
-.5062
.2014
20-24
1.09143
.72259
.132
-.3322
2.5151
25-29
1.09296
.71262
.126
-.3110
2.4970
30 above
1.20260
.71186
.092
-.1999
2.6051
Under 19
-1.09143
.72259
.132
-2.5151
.3322
25-29
.00153
.20527
.994
-.4029
.4060
30 above
.11117
.20261
.584
-.2880
.5104
Under 19
-1.09296
.71262
.126
-2.4970
.3110
-.00153
.20527
.994
-.4060
.4029
30 above
.10964
.16353
.503
-.2125
.4318
Under 19
-1.20260
.71186
.092
-2.6051
.1999
20-24
-.11117
.20261
.584
-.5104
.2880
25-29
-.10964
.16353
.503
-.4318
.2125
20-24
1.25714
.66118
.058
-.0455
2.5598
25-29
1.08803
.65206
.097
-.1967
2.3727
30 above
1.23052
.65136
.060
-.0528
2.5138
Under 19
-1.25714
.66118
.058
-2.5598
.0455
25-29
-.16911
.18783
.369
-.5392
.2009
30 above
-.02662
.18540
.886
-.3919
.3386
Under 19
-1.08803
.65206
.097
-2.3727
.1967
20-24
.16911
.18783
.369
-.2009
.5392
30 above
.14249
.14963
.342
-.1523
.4373
Under 19
-1.23052
.65136
.060
-2.5138
.0528
20-24
.02662
.18540
.886
-.3386
.3919
25-29
-.14249
.14963
.342
-.4373
.1523
20-24
30 above
E-Marketing
Under 19
0-24
25-29
30 above
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Appendix B
Questionnaire
Survey Questionnaire
The study of what marketing tools does Laura Ashley use to market their business
Your co-operation will be appreciated if you kindly provide the below mentioned queries.
Provided information will be used only for this exclusive study & kept confidential
1. Name:
3. Gender: Male
Female
20 24
25 29
30& above
6. Email: _____________________________
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2: Agree
3: Somewhat agree
4: Disagree
5: Strongly Disagree
Mass Marketing
23 4 5
1 23 4 5
1 23 4 5
23 4 5
23 4 5
23 4 5
23 4 5
23 4 5
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23 4 5
E-paper advertisement is inspiring to get latest updates from desired fashion outlet
23 4 5
1
23 4 5
Direct Marketing
I receive SMS and email from my fashion retail outlet 1
23 4 5
23 4 5
1
23 4 5
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