lifespan. Look at Kohlberg‚ Fowler‚ and Piaget. You will discover other have worked on this topic as well. You can certainly use Scripture‚ but good research is required. Be sure to support your opinions. 3. Forever 21: Dealing with America’s fear of aging and death American culture cannot seem to come to terms with growing
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Target Market American Apparel promotes a provocative‚ physical‚ natural‚ appealing look. They believe with this look they have achieved the attention of the younger generation. “Our provocative‚ real‚ unpretentious aesthetic has struck a chord with today’s young trendsetters‚ and has drawn us an intensely loyal following” meaning the company’s target market focuses on the younger generation‚ ageing from teenagers to young individuals (aged 18 – 25) as seen in their advertisements below. We believe
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The genre of the ‘texts’ being analysed are ‘American Apparel’ print advertisements. The actual audiences of these advertisements are teenagers and young adults. Their target/implied audience‚ however‚ are adults that are older than 18 years of age. They tend to steer away from people under the age of 18‚ as the clothes are quite expensive and people within the ages of 18-25 normally have ‘entry-level jobs.’ However‚ the models’ ages range from 18-35‚ there are a few anomalies where they used a 62-year-old
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Brand Positioning American Apparel itself wants to be seen as a stylish‚ no-factory‚ domestically made brand‚ inferring from its headline “Fashionable Basics. Sweatshop Free. Made in USA.” The company also wants to be seen as a socially and environmentally conscious brand that sells high quality knitwear with a simple design aesthetic. American Apparel will continue to target a large‚ diverse market of young urbanites that see themselves as unique instead of as part of a generic‚ mainstream
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Critically analyze the promotional strategies of American Apparel’s current advertising campaign by discussing: segmentation strategy‚ target market selection‚ and positioning strategy as well as brand image. American Apparel was founded on passion‚ built on ethics‚ and advertised with sex. Montreal-born Dov Charney determined that there was an unfulfilled need in the apparel market for American-made tshirts and other cotton basics that could appeal to all types of people‚ thus founded the company
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S.W.O.T for our competition- American Apparel Strengths: Their profitable idea is the plain T-shirt which never goes out of style and is something everyone has or wants. This makes their store have a wide range for many different demographics making it appeal to a huge amount of customers. They also have a very creative mission statement and are a very loyal brand. Weaknesses: They have a very young CEO who has already been accused of sexual-harassment within the company numerous amount of
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CONSUMER PROFILE American Apparel have a cult status worldwide for sexy‚ guilt free clothing which wont fall apart or cost a bomb. The American Apparel consumer profile is a young‚ sexy‚ gritty‚ metropolitan type. Dov Charney aims his company towards “metropolitan adults” he says “Our customers are educated‚ sophisticated‚ creative types who adapt to economic dislocation. They don’t own cars. They don’t own stocks. They probably don’t have a lot of dependants. They don’t have a lot of savings
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American Apparel is a clothing manufacturer‚ distributor and retailer based in Los Angeles‚ California. Founded in 1989 by Canadian entrepreneur‚ Dov Charney‚ the company functions as a vertically integrated manufacturer that creates and develops their own advertising and branding campaign. American Apparel stresses the importance of mandating and promoting labour policies that reject clothing manufactures in sweatshops (AmericanApparel.net). First‚ this section of this paper will illustrate that
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Compare and Contrast Forever 21 and Abercrombie & Fitch Generally‚ almost every girl who likes shopping has her favorite clothing stores. In my case‚ Forever 21 and Abercrombie & Fitch are my favorite and each time I would like to start shopping with either one of them. As I usually shop in those two stores‚ I would like to share some of my opinions about them. Although Abercrombie & Fitch is popular for young people‚ Forever 21 may get more positive feedbacks‚ as it has tons of different types
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Passion and Innovation for the Apparel Industry. That’s American Apparel. CONSUMER PROFILE Maddison Kain 25/03/2013 CONSUMER PROFILE Maddison Kain 25/03/2013 AMERICAN APPAREL CONSUMER PROFILE DEMOGRAPHIC American Apparel is a relatively “young” fashion line that caters for the 20-30 age bracket‚ with a largely female skew‚ however they have a diverse range that caters for the growing male market—who are becoming more and more “fashion conscious” in an age where merchandise rules who’s
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