You Buy The Brand Not The Jeans: Project Lakshya
You Buy The Brand Not The Jeans: Project Lakshya
You Buy The Brand Not The Jeans: Project Lakshya
Background
• International fashion label best known for its clothing line
• Founded by Renzo Rosso in 1978 in Italy
• 300 stores across Europe, Asia and America
• Products include clothing line, shades, shoes, time frames,
fragrances and cosmetics, writing tools and jewelry
• Headquarters: Molvena, North Eastern Italy
• Employs 3,400 employees worldwide
• Renzo Rosso- Ranked no.5 -most influential people in the
retail industry
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Chetana’s
History
• 1978-Creation of Diesel brand name
• 1985-Renzo Rosso completed acquisition of the company
• 1990-Inception of the global marketing strategy
• 1995-One of first clothing companies on the internet
• 1996-Diesel’s first flagship store on New York City’s Lexington
Avenue
• 1998-”Advertiser of the Year” award
• 2003-Ranked no. 15 among worldwide luxury brands
• Leader in pioneering new styles, fabrics, manufacturing
methods and quality control
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Chetana’s
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Chetana’s
Marketing mix
Products:
o Several different apparel lines
o Diesel Stylelab (upscale)
o 55-DSL (sportswear)
o Diesel kids
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Chetana’s
Marketing Mix
Price
• Diesel Jeans ranges from Rs. 5000 to Rs.15000 a pair
• Perfume ranges from Rs. 3000 to Rs. 6000
• Accessories ranges from Rs. 2000 To Rs. 10000
Place
• Diesel products are available in more than 5,500 chain and
department stores in 80 countries worldwide
• In 2009 there were 300 company owned and operated Diesel
Stores worldwide
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Chetana’s
Marketing Mix
Promotion:
Promote products mainly online www.diesel.com
and in high-end magazines such as: Elle, Vogue etc
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Chetana’s
Competition
Competitors include:
• Giorgio Armani
• DKNY
• Calvin Klein
• French Connection
• Bennetton Group
• Esprit
• Guess
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Chetana’s
Annual Sales
Sales in Crores
2009-10 7900
Sales in Crores
2007-08 3700
2005-06 7300
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Chetana’s
Strengths
• One of the 1st clothing companies to have major presence on
the internet, opening it’s site in 1995
• Contains information about all diesel product lines with a
complete archive of diesel advertisements
• Advanced flash media player and interactive 3-D graphics
• Advertise clothes very differently than others
• Create stories around pictures
• Choose quirky, unusual topics that can be perceived in many
ways
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Chetana’s
Weakness
Expensive
• Diesel jeans sell from Rs 5000- Rs 15000
• Only a select group can purchase their merchandise
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Chetana’s
Opportunities
• First thing you see on the diesel website is: “Global Warming
Ready?”
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Chetana’s
Threats
• Competitors:
– Calvin Klein, DKNY, French Connection, Guess, Esprit etc.
• Trade Barriers
• Changing Trends
– Majority of sales comes from designer jeans, if designer
jeans go out of style diesel could see a very large drop in
sales
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