Final Analysis of Victoria Secret

Billy Collins wants us to realize that advertisement can grab the audience’s attention by assuming the audience’s need. The poem, Victoria’s Secret by Billy Collins, is about a man looking at the catalog, which have women that are wearing lingerie on the pages. In the second verse of the poem, he describes the model that looks at him over her bare shoulder and cannot hide the shadow of annoyance in her brow. He is receiving a feeling that the model is saying you have interrupted me…Now please leave me alone. The advertisement is grabbing the man’s attention by using the model’s facial expression, which lead to curiosity for the man. We know that the man is curious about the model’s facial expression because he analyzes the model’s facial expression.

Victoria’s Secret goal is to increase its profits by 10% and also to maintain and gain customers’ loyalty and their satisfaction. Company’s main goal is to maintain existing customers and gain new ones. Victoria’s Secret is very profitable and well-known brand all over the world and especially in US. Therefore, by launching this new line, Victoria’s Secret does not necessarily aims for enormous increase in profitability but increase in customer-company relationships.

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Abercrombie & Fitch ANALYSIS REPORT Fundamentals Of Retail Design Group 03 Erik, Herr | I-Chu, Liao | Karan, Shah Kuan-Ling, Tseng | Chen-Hua, Wang ABSTRACT This report intends to analyze the unique brand values, the distinct marketing strategies and the compelling competitive dynamics of Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F), the noted American retailer of casual luxury wear. The purpose of this analysis being to understand the context and motives that drive brand A&F; to draw insights from it‘s past and current strategies and use these to launch a, new sneaker offer‘ within it‘s existing product ensemble. For doing this, we‘ve researched the story of the brand; it‘s original and potential target market, it‘s financial

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Victoria's Secret has a stronghold on the lingerie market. Its store sales this year brought in over $6.1 billion, Even so, some are saying that Victoria's Secret's explosive success might start tumbling because of the paramount demographic of millennials and their changing attitudes. Research analyst Nikki Baird of research firm RSR explained in Forbes how many retailers are trying to cater to millennials to save themselves, but millennials' preferences may not fall in line with what Victoria's Secret stands for. The lingerie industry is going through enormous changes. Thin, models have been replaced by body types that more similar to the everyday

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The purpose of this paper was to observe the consumers of a retail store of my choice; I chose to observe Victoria’s Secret and Targets consumers, because I myself am consumers of those stores quite often, then to analyze the behavior of the consumers of Victoria’s Secret and Target. Victoria’s Secret and Target consumers differ because of the difference in type of retail they offer and sell. Victoria’s Secret consumers know what they are going to be shopping for women and certain needs or wants they are looking to satisfy. Target consumers shop for any age and any gender,

Being an upscale industry, Abercrombie and Fitch would appear to be a successful corporation. Although the company was once successful for a number of years, it’s apparent that there has been a significant decline in its overall appeal and how much revenue the company acquires each year. With just over 1,000 retail stores in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, Abercrombie and Fitch has thrived to be one of the most avid corporate extensions.

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