A 50 page paper that provides a comprehensive report of the luxury fashion industry. There are several headings: Introduction, which offers comments about the luxury fashion industry in today's environment; the High/Luxury Fashion Industry, which discusses the competitive nature of the industry, the effects of 9/11 on companies, which house owns which other houses, the elements used in competition, changes in the operations, the impact of the consolidations on other aspects in the industry with examples; Self-concept and Ego Needs, which addresses the relationships between these characteristics and the purchase of luxury fashion products; Motivation as Related to Purchasing High Fashion products, which includes Maslow's hierarchy with examples of the types of businesses an individual would patronize at each level of need and also includes discussions of other motivations to purchase high fashion; Branding, Fashion Companies and Consumers; and Marketing & Media Impact on Fashion Industry and Consumers, a comprehensive discussion of the interrelationship between marketing communications. A focus is naturally on European designers but others are also mentioned in the text. Numerous specific examples are included. Far too many subtopics to mention in this abstract. 1 Graphic illustration is included. Bibliography lists 25 sources.

This 17 page paper looks at the way that a new branding strategy could be developed for a fashion company which has a target market of male and female 14 – 22 year olds. The paper examines the target market and the influences on that target market, determines the brand message and values and proposes a brand strategy that can be used to communicate that brand message to the target market in a way that will be well received. The bibliography cites 8 sources.

A 9 page paper discussing considerations for marketing high-quality fashion accessories in the home of the fashion capital of the world. France always has possessed the attitudes on which we can build success through marketing high-quality costume jewelry; its rather new but consistent economic prosperity now makes it attractive for its potential markets as well. There is good opportunity here, but it will be imperative to understand the market and to protect the brand image in promotion. This jewelry is upper-end, and marketers need to avoid any low-price volume retailers in order to protect the brand image and command desired sales prices. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

Taiwanese-born David Chu founded Nautica International and created products that appeal to people of all ages worldwide. Nautica not only attracts consumers of all ages, its clothes and accessories range from sport to hip-hop to ski fashion to women’s perfume. It sports the worlds largest distribution of jeans (which includes The North Face, JanSport and Eastpak brands), among others. These products are sold in 1,300 department and specialty shops in the United States and in 82 retail stores in Asia, Europe and Latin America. jvRetMar.rtf

An 8 page paper that begins with a discussion about brands and branding and the importance of branding. The essay then reports the most recognized brands and the top global brands, according to different reports. One report includes a comparison of the top brands in different geographic regions. Another study reports top brands in terms of brand value. Brands are identified. 1 Table included. Bibliography lists 9 sources.