Abstract:
Purpose- The motivation behind putting forth or picking this specific topic “Impact of fashion shows on brand loyalty, resonance, perception of consumers " is to recognize the consumer behavior of Fashion oriented when presented to this marketing tool.
Methodology/sample- The study involved use of questionnaires filled by 100 respondents and literature reviews. The respondents would be predominantly the teenagers, middle aged and from segment A and B belonging to the major urban areas of Pakistan (i.e. Islamabad, Karachi, and Lahore)
Findings- The analysis of the responses and interviews clearly suggested that fashions shows do have a clear impact on the consumers. However in Pakistan this platform is not being correctly utilized by fashion designers, due to this the retail customers have distorted image of brands. This has led to the Pakistani fashion industry not achieving the level of maturity that it should have gained by now. With better utilization of these fashion shows with core focus on brand messaging, final retail customer Pakistani designers can achieve a dominating position in the region with regards fashion.
Practical Implications- With this study the brand/marketing managers of fashion brands can get better results from their marketing programs which involve fashion shows. And understand and change the common notion in the industry that these shows should put their major focus on the media and in turn media will deliver the intended impact.
