Can "Whatsapp" be the new luxury "app"? (c2018)

Although Internet growth and social media expansion have a significant impact on the luxury fashion industry, studies tackling the latter subjects are still limited in number and scope. As the luxury market reached saturation due to its gradual expansion and rapid customer growth, luxury brands felt...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Mehdi, Nour I. (author)
التنسيق: masterThesis
منشور في: 2018
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8597
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2018.77
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/thesis.php
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Branding (Marketing)
Customer relations
Digital media
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description Although Internet growth and social media expansion have a significant impact on the luxury fashion industry, studies tackling the latter subjects are still limited in number and scope. As the luxury market reached saturation due to its gradual expansion and rapid customer growth, luxury brands felt compelled to embrace various social media platforms. Whereas some brands use the Internet cautiously and exclusively for branding purposes, others update their online strategies continuously to reserve a place at the vanguard of social media usage for communication, retailing, advertising and customization purposes. Recently, luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior, Chanel, Hugo Boss, and Porsche Design, among others started adopting the usage of “WhatsApp” as a communication platform with their loyal consumers. This movement came complementary to the increase in the number of active WhatsApp users especially in the MENA region. The main aim of this study was to explore luxury brands’ loyal consumers’ attitudes toward WhatsApp usage as a communication mean in the luxury industry. The findings of the study indicate that, regardless of the informality of the WhatsApp service, luxury consumers are willing to adopt it under strict conditions. Indeed, WhatsApp gave customers in the MENA region the ability to fulfill some of their shopping needs by receiving personalized responses whilst removing time and geographical constraints from the equation.
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spelling Can "Whatsapp" be the new luxury "app"? (c2018)a study on loyal consumers' attitudes toward WhatsApp usage in the luxury industryMehdi, Nour I.Lebanese American University -- DissertationsDissertations, AcademicLuxury goods -- Internet marketingBranding (Marketing)Customer relationsDigital mediaAlthough Internet growth and social media expansion have a significant impact on the luxury fashion industry, studies tackling the latter subjects are still limited in number and scope. As the luxury market reached saturation due to its gradual expansion and rapid customer growth, luxury brands felt compelled to embrace various social media platforms. Whereas some brands use the Internet cautiously and exclusively for branding purposes, others update their online strategies continuously to reserve a place at the vanguard of social media usage for communication, retailing, advertising and customization purposes. Recently, luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior, Chanel, Hugo Boss, and Porsche Design, among others started adopting the usage of “WhatsApp” as a communication platform with their loyal consumers. This movement came complementary to the increase in the number of active WhatsApp users especially in the MENA region. The main aim of this study was to explore luxury brands’ loyal consumers’ attitudes toward WhatsApp usage as a communication mean in the luxury industry. The findings of the study indicate that, regardless of the informality of the WhatsApp service, luxury consumers are willing to adopt it under strict conditions. Indeed, WhatsApp gave customers in the MENA region the ability to fulfill some of their shopping needs by receiving personalized responses whilst removing time and geographical constraints from the equation.N/A1 hard copy: viii, 61 leaves; 31 cm. available at RNL.Bibliography : leaves 42-58.Lebanese American University2018-10-09T10:01:30Z2018-10-09T10:01:30Z20182018-10-092018-02-26Thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesishttp://hdl.handle.net/10725/8597https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2018.77http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/thesis.phpeninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/85972021-03-19T10:43:24Z
spellingShingle Can "Whatsapp" be the new luxury "app"? (c2018)
Mehdi, Nour I.
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
Luxury goods -- Internet marketing
Branding (Marketing)
Customer relations
Digital media
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title Can "Whatsapp" be the new luxury "app"? (c2018)
title_full Can "Whatsapp" be the new luxury "app"? (c2018)
title_fullStr Can "Whatsapp" be the new luxury "app"? (c2018)
title_full_unstemmed Can "Whatsapp" be the new luxury "app"? (c2018)
title_short Can "Whatsapp" be the new luxury "app"? (c2018)
title_sort Can "Whatsapp" be the new luxury "app"? (c2018)
topic Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
Luxury goods -- Internet marketing
Branding (Marketing)
Customer relations
Digital media
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