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Bravissimo: A Brand

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BRIEF: Develop a marketing strategy to launch Bravissimo into the US market, including a seasonal range plan.
WHO ARE BRAVISSIMO?
Company Overview
UK locations: National
UK sites: 22
Sector: Retail
Definition: Multi Channel Retailer
Founded: 1995
Staff: 651
Average Age: 26
Male/ Female: 5% / 95%
Earning £35,000+: 6%

AWARDS
Cosmopolitan 's Woman Achiever Award
Entrepreneur of the Year Best Lingerie Retailer Award 2000-2011’
BRRAVISSIMO- A BRAND
Bravissimo is a British retailer specialising in lingerie, swimwear, clothing, nightwear and bras for bigger breasted women of cup sizes D to KK.
Catering for women who are usually called curvy, though their lingerie chain, which sells online, …show more content…

EXPAND CLOTHING LINES
In 2010 Bravissimo moved away from focusing solely on selling underwear to expand into women’s wear. However, it wasn’t until February 2011 that a full women’s clothing range was established called Pepperberry. The collection includes women’s clothes in sizes 8-18, rather than the garments for larger bust sizes that it currently sells. The garments come in three cuts: Curvy, Really Curvy and Super Curvy. Throughout the next few years Bravissimo will grow their clothing line with a focus on increasing market share in the UK clothing market.
GO GLOBAL
The success of Bravissimo is indicative that standalone specialised offers for non-standard sizes can work, and segmented brands are likely to have increasing relevance, as people place greater emphasis on fit when choosing clothes. Bravissimo aim to take their winning combination of great choice for the big boobed woman and an easy to use online shopping service and translate the success of Bravissimo into the international lingerie market.
BRAND HISTORY
Bravissimo, the purveyor of bras for what its founder calls the "big-boobed woman” is a real British success story. For its founder, Sarah Tremellen, it 's a true zero to hero story. She launched the company from her sitting room in 1995 after giving birth and discovering the range of bras she was used to didn 't exist

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