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Buckle and BKE jeans : communicating to consumers through a prop metaphor / Heather M. Schulz & Steven A. Schulz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: [London] : SAGE, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473937536 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.8 23
Online resources: Buckle is a clothing retailer, and BKE jeans are its core product. Although this business does not engage in a lot of traditional media marketing communications, it does create sharable content for its website and social media channels. A novel approach to studying consumer behavior is the use of concepts from the theater literature. Just as one can study an actor's use of a costume for a particular role, one can also study how consumers use brands and products as props for their social roles. Using this prop metaphor is a possible new strategic direction for Buckle to communicate to its consumers.
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Buckle is a clothing retailer, and BKE jeans are its core product. Although this business does not engage in a lot of traditional media marketing communications, it does create sharable content for its website and social media channels. A novel approach to studying consumer behavior is the use of concepts from the theater literature. Just as one can study an actor's use of a costume for a particular role, one can also study how consumers use brands and products as props for their social roles. Using this prop metaphor is a possible new strategic direction for Buckle to communicate to its consumers.

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