Advertising

ADVERTISING IN CLOTHING INDUSTRY

Presented to

Mr. Phillip D. Thomas
Santa Monica College

Prepared by

H. Umit Atamer

June 4, 2007

TABLE OF CONTENT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3

Purposes of the Study 3

INTRODUCTION 4

Advertising from 19th Century to Today 4
Scope of the Study 5
Sources and Methods 5

DEFINITION AND TYPES OF ADVERTISING 6

Advertising in Clothing Industry 6

MEDIA ADVERTISING 8

T.V Broadcast 8
Radio 9
Newspapers 9
Magazines 10

OUTDOOR ADVERTISING 11

Billboards 11

WEB ADVERTISING 12

E-mails and Web Sites 12

GUERILLA MARKETING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES 14

CONCULUSIONS 16

RECOMMENDATIONS 17

WORKS CITED 18

LIST OF FIGURES

1.1 Top 10 U.S Imports 7
1.2 Calvin Klein Billboard 12
1.3 Online Shopping Rates in the United States 13
1.4 Ikea’s Guerilla Marketing Strategy 15

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Purposes of the Report

The purpose of this formal report is to analyze and report the best suitable advertisement techniques for my clothing store called Miti’s.   Our store’s target customers are between the ages of 15-30.   Miti’s store is similarly as Abercrombie which serves for younger generation.   In addition to that, the store sells jeans, shirts, watches, shoes etc.   Therefore, the focus will be on the businesses which are successful in promoting their products and other various advertising methods.   In addition, investigating the important similarities and differences between web and other advertising, in terms of content, design, and most importantly, cost, will be significant for this particular formal research.   Moreover, the task will be to develop specific criteria for each type of advertising, used by clothing firms, and when using each is appropriate.
Advertising should be quick because companies have limited time; therefore, many approaches in promoting goods through advertising fail.   For this reason, positive and negative affects related to advertisement procedures will be...