When it comes to fashion brands, social media is essential to speak to your customers and find an audience that love your products. I’m always talking about developing relationships with customers and finding out who they are and what they are about, to gain a better relationship and therefore more sales. Serving your customer and providingRead more ⟶
Category: Social Trends
R.I.P CUSTOMER SERVICE… P.S. IT’S WHY YOUR SALES SUCK!
In this blog post I want to talk about Customer Service, because these days, people don’t even seem to realise what is good and most companies sales are suffering because of it. I’m going to explain why customer service is important. What it does to your brand name and your sales and what you canRead more ⟶
EVERY EMO IS TRULY UNIQUE
Style can sometimes be mistaken for a fashion theme, and sometimes those who have a particular style can sometimes think that they are true individuals. However, there are times where themes or fashion trends can become more than a quick trend or evolving seasonal theme. Sometimes they can also mean more to a group thanRead more ⟶
THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE. ARE YOUR PRODUCTS COPING?
As a woman who has just got engaged, planning to marry next summer and a trained fashion designer, dress pressure is high! But being a laid back kind of girl, as is my partner, we wanted to get married outside, in the great outdoors. We’re great lovers of Tolkien and wanted to replicate an eventRead more ⟶
NEW BUYING TRENDS AND 10 STEPS TO FIND CUSTOMERS
For years the world has been dominated by large corporations and multinational brands, but in recent years that has all changed. The fall of the west, economically, changed everything in retail. The focus for customers has become price since they are all tightening their belts, but in the search for cheaper products, consumers are demandingRead more ⟶
THE ADAPTION PROBLEM FOR TRENDS AND PRODUCTS
‘’My customers don’t like fashion or trends, why should I use them?’’ Now the interesting thing here is that for many reasons, including the fact that the available materials you have and colours available in those materials are down to trends, it’s the wrong question and the wrong attitude. Generally people don’t appreciate the effectRead more ⟶
WHY CROWD FUNDING DOESN’T WORK FOR FASHION!
Crowd funding, sometimes called crowd sourcing, is a way to finance new projects. It allows you to post your idea on a website where people can find it and donate money to the project if they like what they see. The person posting the project details the procedure and states the amount of money needed to get the ideaRead more ⟶
UNDERSTANDING CHOICE CAN IMPROVE YOUR CONVERSION RATE
A few months ago I gave a presentation about making choices and how this can increase your online conversion rate. The topic was so popular we had a waiting list, enough for a second presentation! The concept has proven to be very popular, and I think you’ll be interested to watch a video about it. If youRead more ⟶
CRAFT: THE FUTURE OF FASHION
In the last few years, the world of fashion has changed. Large corporations and multinational brands no longer dominate. Because of the West’s economic fall, people are tightening their belts and paying more attention to how much items cost. They’re also demanding better designed products that are made to last. This has led to manyRead more ⟶
5 BASICS OF TREND PREDICTION
To start the journey of learning how to predict trends, we should always start with the basics. Trend prediction relies on five ideas that work together to produce an overall trend per season: Colour Themes Shapes Key Events or Social Movements Social Customs or Target Market Each of these five trends can be predicted on their own, but some researchRead more ⟶