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Targeting Women's Clothing Fashion Opinion Leaders in Media Planning: An Application for Magazines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2004

ÉRIC VERNETTE
ÉRIC VERNETTE
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University of Toulouse 1, France vernette@univ-tlse1.fr
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Abstract

Preparing a media plan aimed at opinion leaders requires accurately identifying and describing the attributes of this target as well as measuring its affinities with different media. Our research findings on women's fashion, particularly magazines, reveal that a media plan targeted at opinion leaders can succeed, that these opinion leaders tend to be positive toward and discuss advertising media, and that they read more women's fashion magazines and have significantly more affinities with such media than nonopinion leaders.

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Journal of Advertising Research , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , March 2004 , pp. 90 - 107
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© Copyright © 1960-2004, The ARF

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