Keisha Stephen l Sona Martirosian l Diana Mella Roca l Jennifer Mininno NYU MS Integrated Marketing
E-Commerce Business Development
Company Information
http://thecloset.com
The Closet is every fashionista’s homepage. Your favorite fashion blogs,
stores, news, and media are now hanging in one place. Like a really good outfit, you
can edit it, tweak it, accessorize it and customize it to evolve with your personal
style.
Mission
YOUR VIRTUAL WALK IN CLOSET
All the fashion news, street style pictures, fashion blogs, online stores and online
editorials have become more overwhelming than a pile of clothes on your bed before an important night out. The Closet solves this problem by giving fashionistas one simple
place to organize it all.
Value Proposition
By giving you a highly personalized new organization system, The Closet
saves you time by aggregating all your favorite fashion news, blogs, and retail sites and ensures that you don’t miss
out on the latest “it”.
The Closet: Not Your Average Fashion Site
• Highly personalized• Summarizes • Keeps Fashionistas in the loop• Saves you time
Users
• Behavioral targeting• Geo Targeting• Highly engaging campaigns • Highly targeted e-mail lists
Advertisers
Revenue Model
Details Target
Advertising Fees from advertisers in exchange for display ads
Fashion retailers, Fashion publications, Female-
targeted products
AffiliatePayment in percentage of sales
based on referrals from TheCloset.com
Fashion E-Retailers, Beauty E-Retailers
Sponsored Widgets
Customized widgets made for clients on a case by case basis
Fashion retailers, Fashion publications, Female-
targeted products
Dedicated Newsletter
Customized news piece in “The Essentials”
Fashion retailers, Fashion publications,
Female-targeted products
Market Opportunity
• The U.S. female population will increase 9%, from 150 million in 2005 to 165 million in 2015
• Nearly nine out of 10 women report that they have shopped for clothing themselves in the past year, and eight out of 10 women have made a purchase during that time.
• 156 million consumers in the US ages 14 and older will buy online in 2013
Market Opportunity: Consumers
Almost 9 out of 10 internet users in the US will browse, research or compare products online
this year.
Market Opportunity: Consumers
Market Opportunity: Consumers
Market Opportunity: Fashion Industry
MARKET OPPORTUNITY: FASHION INDUSTRY
Competitive Environment
COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT
• No direct competitor• Varied and saturated market of indirect
competitors
Fashion Blogs
Fashion News Sites
Fashion Magazines
Sites
Fashion E-retailers
Fashion Online
Community
Fashion Apps
• Our indirect competitors will be also potential B2B advertising partners
COMPETITION: FASHION BLOGS
COMPETITION: FASHION BLOGS
COMPETITION: FASHION NEWS SITES
COMPETITION: FASHION MAGAZINE WEBSITES
COMPETITION: FASHION E-TAILERS
COMPETITION: FASHION E-TAILERS
COMPETITION: FASHION COMMUNITIES
COMPETITION: FASHION COMMUNITIES
COMPETITION: AGGRIGATOR APPS
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
fashion
blogs news sites magazines sites
e-tailers online communities
apps
focus personal coverage on fashion and brands
news, updates, interviews
digital version of print magazine and online-only content (editorials)
sell merchandise
social commerce reader, games, mobile commerce
business model
ads, product placements, brand advocates
ads, sponsored news
ads, product placement in editorials
e-commerce affiliate (usually a % on sales)
various (ads, purchase, subscription)
advertising high high high low medium medium
loyalty high medium medium medium high high
personalization
none none none none high medium/high
• First mover advantage: • first fashion-only content aggregator
• Differentiation strategy: • offer a product with features that are not
yet offered by competitors (uniqueness)
• Superior value: personalization of content• users customize their own experience• “à la carte” content consumption leads to
high and immersive user engagement
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Target Audience
Who needs The Closet?
she has wallpapered the rental apartment
Who needs The Closet?
Who needs The Closet?
B2B Target Audience
A range of retail stores and fashion brands that appeal to our target audience and want more exposure in a competing environment. These include both middle
end and high end businesses, small boutiques, vintage stores, etc.
Market Strategy
The digital fashion world organized the way you like it
Media Strategy & Promotion: B2B Acquisition
• Use SRDS to target CMOs, execs and movers and shakers in the fashion world: • Direct mail
teasers• Media Kits• Invites to
exclusive launch party
• Targeted online advertising
• Press Releases
Media Strategy & Promotion: Influencers & Strategic Partnerships
Use Social Listening tools to find influencers and high volume fashion bloggers and form partnerships
CRM Strategy• Use Salesforce software to manage B2B & B2C
audience
• B2C audience:• Collect names & email addresses• Collect RFM data into a database and segmented
to set up Loyalty programs
• Two levels of Loyalty Cards:• Fashion Forward• Ultimate Fashionista
Customer Service Channels
• Email• Twitter• Live Chat• FAQ & how-to videos on website• Forums & Reviews
Storefront platform
site map
Home
Fashion Blogs Designers Shopping Beauty Mail About Contact Advertise
Media Kit
Help
FAQ
Register
Banner Ads
Sponsored Content
Takeovers
Sponsored Widgets
Mobile app
Social profiles
Content Strategy
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