ARTÍCULO
TITULO

Branded Apps in Spain as a Means of Communicating Trends in Fashion

Zahaira Fabiola González Romo    
Ruth Contreras-Espinosa    
irene García Medina    

Resumen

Apps are of great interest and curiosity for the users of mobile phones, being already highly unloaded and used for the users of smartphones.The fashion mobile applications represent only a fraction of the mobile global applications (almost 0,2 %), nevertheless they are starting to deserve special attention from designers and researchers in this area. Brands want to know about the new trends in the market to be able to continue surprising and impressing their public. In this study, we seek to identify the most relevant aspects of the applications that help to improve the image of the Spanish prêt-à-porter fashion brands such as Zara, Pull and Bear, Stradivarius, Shana, Bimba y Lola,... The study considers the position in the ranking of downloads, the category, the opinions, valuations of the users and the criteria described by Jami Lawrence (2010): amusement, saving of time and / or comfort in the use.Findings:In this analysis, we seek to identify the most relevant aspects of the applications that help to improve the image of the brand, in this particular case of the Spanish prêt-à-porter fashion brands. - It is indispensable that the applications entertain the user, save time and / or comfort, we have observed that they are these characteristics those that are valued by the users.- Another factor that is valued in the applications, is that the application should make sense for the user and to have an added value that doesn't necessarily have to be related with the nature of the brand. - But it is important that applications to be developed have to be coherent with the identity of the brand. As in any other area, the appearance of new mass media, like the mobile, is the introduction of new challenges. ?Finally, it is important for the brand to adapt constantly to the new technologies, but we must not forget that a precarious incorporation and badly developed app it can be more harmful than beneficial.

Palabras claves

 Artículos similares

       
 
Andrew Vargo, Kohei Yamaguchi, Motoi Iwata and Koichi Kise    
Vocabulary acquisition and retention is an essential part of learning a foreign language and many learners use flashcard applications to repetitively increase vocabulary retention. However, it can be difficult for learners to remember new words and phras... ver más
Revista: Informatics

 
Ujwal Sharma, Uma Shankar Medasetti, Taher Deemyad, Mustafa Mashal and Vaibhav Yadav    
This review paper addresses the escalating operation and maintenance costs of nuclear power plants, primarily attributed to rising labor costs and intensified competition from renewable energy sources. The paper proposes a paradigm shift towards a techno... ver más
Revista: Applied Sciences

 
Yuqing Mao, Yoann Charlon, Yves Leduc and Gilles Jacquemod    
Although Moore?s Law reaches its limits, it has never applied to analog and RF circuits. For example, due to the short channel effect (SCE), drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL), and sub-threshold slope (SS)?, longer transistors are required to implemen... ver más

 
Antreas Kantaros, Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu, Hamed Abdoli, Olaf Diegel, Simon Chan, Mihaiela Iliescu, Theodore Ganetsos, Iulian Sorin Munteanu and Liviu Marian Ungureanu    
Additive manufacturing has been widely used in various industries, including the healthcare sector. Over the last few decades, AM has been playing an important role in the medical field in different areas, including surgical planning, implants, and educa... ver más
Revista: Applied Sciences

 
Farhan Ahmad, Sanket Rawat and Yixia Zhang    
Magnesium oxychloride cement (MOC), an alternative to ordinary Portland cement (OPC), has attracted increasing research interest for its excellent mechanical properties and its green and sustainable attributes. The poor water resistance of MOC limited it... ver más
Revista: Applied Sciences