Clothing Avatar

Nowadays, luxurious firms for clothes use the basic methods of marketing, which are typical clothes websites, and phone applications. In addition, there are some features which add value to their marketing methods. However, luxurious firms have not been using any innovative ways in order to marketize their products.

 

The newly proposed idea is a clothing avatar. Initially, the idea can be implemented on websites and phone applications.

The first version is that whenever the customer gets into the website or the app, then, five clothed avatars come up on the screen. After that, the customer picks one of them, and it displays other outfits and related clothes based on the chosen avatar out of them.

The critique of this scenario is that the avatars might not cover a certain customer’s taste. specifically, when the customer is from the age of 18-24 because they have a very difficult taste of clothes. On the other side, the customer might like more than one outfit. Then, the customer gets forced to return to the original kind of browsing on the website. Which then, disables the added value of the avatars in this type of marketing.

 

The second version, in this scenario the customer can implement their own taste of clothes. When the customer gets into the website or the app, an unclothed avatar comes up. Then, the customer begins dressing the avatar up. Thus, when the customer is done dressing, the avatar gets submitted, and the customers get a few choices which might be related to their taste of clothes.

This method can be applied to the websites and applications by simple processes of IT and graphical designs to create the avatars and make them look real. However, according to Zax (2011), this method can be defined as an illegal concept. Because, when the customer enters the website, an unclothed avatar comes up. Thus, some of the customers considered it as a semi-nudes. Therefore, some of the customers that are under 18 might deal with it in the wrong way by rotating the avatar to look at its body (abandoned areas). In addition, it may drive the immature customers for sexual harassments to feed their sexual desire.

 

The third version, this scenario integrates more with the customer’s privacy. The customers have to take a photo for themselves as a full body photo, not necessarily to be undressed in the photo. Then the customer submits the photo to the website or the app. After that, the firm creates a personal avatar for the person who submits the photo. Then, the customer can use his avatar to try some clothes on and check if it fits their bodies.

On the other side, there is a counter-argument for the third version. For instance, Some of the customers do not have the confidence to submit a photo of their bodies. The customer is always afraid of the data privacy and the third party affiliates within the websites. Thus, according to Baytar & Ashdown (2015), it may be a reason which hinders the customers from submitting photos of their bodies. Because sometimes the customer accepts the terms and conditions without even reading through the contents. There might be a point in the conditions list, which allows the firm to use the avatars and the submitted photos for marketing purposes.

In order to refute this argument, it is worth mentioning that the customer can request a special case of privacy in order to assure that his pictures and avatars cannot be published in the future. For instance, after creating the avatar, the firm has to delete the pictures in order to assure that the photo of the client cannot be used for any purpose in the future.

 

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the clothing avatar?

Advantages;

According to Spahiu & Shehi & Piperi (2015), these are the advantages of using a clothing avatar;

  • It saves the customers effort when they try to find their taste of clothes.
  • It reduces the browsing time, where it saves the customers time.
  • It attracts customers because it is an innovative marketing method.

Disadvantages;

  • Critically, it can be considered as an illegal method for the people who are under 18.
  • It could drive the customers to sexual harassments.
  • It might lead to a type of scandal if the customer’s body photo or avatar gets published or leaked to a third party.

 

 

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Email Marketing

It is an advertisement about a competition to win a google pixel 3 XL phone, by sending texts to a number in Vodafone Company, then the client has to answer few questions.

it is not an attractive email, and it not likely to open such kind of emails becuase, it does not have a subject that attracts the interests of the customers

It contains a video to watch before going along with the deal, there is a specific design to impact the customer.

There are some images in the email about the coverage of the network signal.

The good about the email is that they have a valid point about the signal coverage of 99% of the UK.

They have invited the customer to send a message to a number of Vodafone Company to get the chance to win by answering questions on texts.

However, they have not mentioned if the texts are free, nor the prices of the texts if they are not free. It is kind of misleading the customers to attract them to follow the deal and send texts then they get charged.

TOP BRANDS

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The sector is Fashion

GUCCI

the effectiveness of the website stands behind the role of advertising the products by informing and attracting customers.

Gucci.com supports multiple languages, currencies and payment types and experience launching international e-commerce sites.

 

the geographic segment is not limited to a specific country, but worldwide, as there are Gucci stores all over the world.

in term of the demographic segmentation, Gucci makes products for both genders, with some unisex products. However, the age of the targeted people is between 20 and 50 years old, but they have recently included children in their market. Therefore, Gucci’s target market has primarily included celebrities, the wealthy, fashionistas, and the upper class. the target market has now been expanded to include the middle and upper middle class to make it more affordable for the middle-class women.

the patterns of usage, usually customers use the website to view the products. Thus, there must be a page for men and women. people sometimes use it in their free time for shopping.

The web experience of Gucci team is hyper strong, as they have achieved the loyalty of their customers by attracting them from viewing products online. certainly, Gucci origin is Italy which demonstrates that the main base of advertising, promoting and manufacturing is in Italy. The website can be accessed anytime and where ever.

a persona of a Gucci customer;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louis Vuitton 

Well-known firms consider digital interaction as a priority segment in order to ensure customer satisfaction. Louis Vuitton is discrete when entering their website. The theme and products sold mainly target higher age groups, ages from 18-40, as it has a variety of different products to meet the specifications of the customers. Due to the brand’s specification, it is not involved in the market for men wear. As it is fixating on leather goods, such as; wallets, belts, etc. Formal footwear is an important target as the brand considers formality over casualty

On the other hand, a totally different market has been segmented for women, as clothing is a huge market. It provides clothing and leather goods such as; bags, wallets, also jewelryCasualty seems to be the new target, and sundresses and shirts are on the market, formality is still included in the segment as formal dresses and footwear is a high target and in high demand. 

a persona of an LV customer;

Armani 

Armani is well known in their great customer service, according to customer feedback. The website provided is very simple and interactive. In comparison to other brands and their products, it is considered an affordable and yet good brand to be owning. It provides clothing on fashion for Men, Women, and Children. So its market attracts the ages of 6-50 years old. 

As it is considered as a general brand which is possible to have, they are not segmenting their market to a single department. As it does have a formal wear, footwear, jewelry, etc. 

a persona of an Armani customer;

   

In comparison, the brands all have a similar idea of targeting their customers. But they are different in the pricing sector, as it attracts customers which are in different classes.

Gucci attracts most of the customers as it is rich in reputation and is famous for the footwear and clothing, they sell. They have sizes for all age groups.

Louis Vuitton is a more complex and distinct brand, it attracts customers who like their specific style as its price compared to other brands is high. It is not involved in the men’s wear market and focuses on their leather goods and the women’s clothing market. 

Armani, on the other hand, is affordable for most classes, it has a wide range of clothes for all ages and genders. It also produces leather goods, its market is flexible and wide.

REFERENCES LIST;

  • Gucci.com. (2018). Gucci Official Site – Redefining modern luxury fashion.. [online] Available at: https://www.gucci.com/uk/en_gb/ [Accessed 9 Dec. 2018].
  • Armani. (2018). Armani. [online] Available at: https://www.armani.com/gb/armanicom [Accessed 10 Dec. 2018].
  • Vuitton, L. (2018). LOUIS VUITTON – Official Website United Kingdom. [online] Uk.louisvuitton.com. Available at: https://uk.louisvuitton.com/eng-gb/homepage [Accessed 11 Dec. 2018].

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