Dynamiken mellan sändare och mottagare- en studie av Acne Jeans, Filippa K och konsumenten i Stockholm och Göteborg

Sammanfattning: The consumer today is affected by a considerably larger number of world surrounding factors than she used to be, borders between different cultures and other consumer differences are being erased to a growing extent. The consumer can easily get its inspiration from many different directions which become clear in the common life. We eat sushi for lunch, we’re driving German cars and we’re having dinner with international business partners. The community also exposes the consumer for a more intense noise from offers, impact and marketing. Never before have so many different actors on the market been competing about the consumers’ attention. In a community where the noise constantly grow more and more intense, the importance of the product function is decreasing to make room for an increasing importance of the brand’s position on the market. The customer no longer buys a garment for its function, but for image or perhaps even the personality it brings along. Acne Jeans and Filippa K are two successful Swedish companies that are established in both Stockholm and Gothenburg. Both of these trademarks offer the customer a lifestyle instead of just a simple product. The purpose of this study is to examine, describe and analyze what Acne Jeans and Filippa K wants to provide with their trademarks and how the customer see these brands concerning consumer buying behavior and attitude. The study will be seen partially from a sender perspective and partially from a receiver perspective. In this essay we have used a human-hermeneutic way of interpretation. We have conducted a qualitative study of how Acne Jeans and Filippa K want to provide their trademarks and what the consumers think about the both brands in Stockholm and Gothenburg. The empiric material in our essay consists of observations of Acne Jeans and Filippa K, and interviews with consumers in both Stockholm as well as in Gothenburg. Through our research we have achieved the conclusion that Acne Jeans wants trough its trademark provide fashionable garments to the customers. The respondents that have made themselves an opinion about the company have a positive image of Acne Jeans. The respondents whom cannot identify themselves with Acne Jeans have a more negative attitude to the company. In Gothenburg the customer has a stronger relationship to the trademark than the Stockholm respondents.Filippa K wants through its trademark provide timeless clothing of high quality to a commercial price to the customers. All the respondents were familiar with the trademark and in one way or another had a connection and relationship with the company. Regardless of age, respondents in both Stockholm and Gothenburg had a positive attitude towards the company; the customer has a high rank of awareness to Filippa K. The associations to the brand are strong and the consumer has a mentally loyal attitude towards Filippa K.