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Burberry Cosmetics
CAO Yu B00342612
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
While many industries have suffered over the past few years, luxury groups are
a series of changes of management team, the decision to purchase back and to fully
own their beauty license also attracts public attention. Therefore, our group decided
based on the pre-discussion and hypothesis, and the results are analyzed in five
categories: consumer behavior, brand image, marketing tools, digital marketing and
interview result. Based on the main findings we conclude, our group comes up with
a few suggestive managerial implications for Burberry especially its beauty sector,
2. INTRODUCTION
a. Major Problems
Burberry has recently purchased back its beauty license, and it is now ambitious to
further develop its cosmetic line to become a bigger player in the luxury business.
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The study is a research of the new launched Burberry Beauty cosmetics-related
information, including documents and analytical data. Its purpose is to help the
brand build a good understanding of the target clients and consumer behavior in
order to improve the brand image and marketing strategy in French cosmetics
market. More specifically, this analysis aids in defining the original scope,
geographic area, and target cosmetics group of clients and make recommendations
for the future intervention. The managerial problem is how to develop Burberry
Beauty cosmetic business in coherence with its global digital luxury brand strategy?
b. Formulation
We try to find out the consumer perception of Burberry cosmetic products & brand.
Through out the research, we try to find out the perception of the clients in terms of
characteristics among other brands. Through out the analyze consumer behavior in
cosmetic business, we want to know that: (1) Customer preference: whether the
customers buy certain products because of our brand heritage or the quality of the
product. (2) Consumer behavior: how customers approach the products. For
example: shopping online or offline. We also want to know that the marketing
brand worldwide. (3) Impact of brand perception and marketing: whether the brand
image plays a significant role on purchase of cosmetic products and how does
marketing work. We are also interested in the impact of the digital strategy of
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Burberry, how effective and important it is to apply digital strategy in luxury world.
Burberry Beauty is relatively new to the market. It has now in-house fragrances and
cosmetics, and is now enlarging its cosmetic line. This research is aimed to find out
the purchase pattern of the potential consumers, the positioning and perception of
the brand, the impact of marketing in cosmetic business, and also whether digital
a. Market Potential
The global market value of the total cosmetics business is estimated to reach around
180 billion euros, hitting a new record after a steady annual growth of 4-5% since
2010. Asia-Pacific emerging markets remain the strongest driving engines of the
growth, while Africa and Brazil show a promising growth pattern in the near future.
Source: Luxury & cosmetics financial factbook 2013, Ernst & Young
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Regarding the French market has always remained to be a strong market for
cosmetics, with sales in make-ups products exceeding 410 million euros in France
in 2011, representing nearly 15% of the total market value in beauty. According to
NPD Group, sales of perfumes and cosmetics have been flat and slightly decreasing
in the last years, while the sales of prestige beauty market in France (mostly
high-end cosmetics sold through selective retail channels) grew by 3% to reach 2,8
billion euros.
premium cosmetics and other luxury products, while the global market of personal
luxury goods has surpassed 200 billion euros since 2012 and is forecasted to keep
growing at a 5-6% Compound Annual Growth Rate. Many companies are now
expanding product categories to capture the maximum growth of the market, from
b. Competitors:
There are three kinds of competitors in the market: (1) the super luxury brands that
have high status in fashion world and have long stepped in the beauty sector, mostly
French houses, such as Chanel, Dior and YSL; (2) historically dominant players in
Estée Lauder; (3) new entrants in the business, notably fashion designers like
Givenchy, Dolce & Gabbana and Tom Ford, spreading their nets into the premium
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c. Market penetration:
store in Asia Pacific area, 42 mainline and 58 concession stores in Europe and 78
stores in the rest of the world. The brand offers a product mix of accessories, which
generated 734 million pounds revenue in 2012/2013, men’s wear with 464 million
pounds, women’s wear with 618 million pounds and children’s wear with 73
million pounds revenue. The brand sells eyewear and timepieces through licensing
partnerships and has been directly operating fragrance and beauty from 1 April
2013.
d. Geographic portfolio:
Burberry sells its products to the end consumer through both retail (including digital)
and wholesale channels. For 2012/13, the revenue from the region Asia Pacific was
745 millions pounds representing 39% of the global revenue, followed by 560
million pounds from Europe, 463 million pounds from Americas and 121 millions
pounds from the rest of world, representing respectively 30%, 25% and 60% of the
sales.
a. Structure
Part 1 Consumer behavior in the cosmetic industry: to understand the pattern and
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factors of consumer behavior in cosmetic business;
the attitude that customers have towards Burberry and other luxury brands in
the factors that influence the consumers’ attitude and purchase decision on a brand
b. Content
The research questions are primarily around the consumer behavior and brand
a. Overview
Marketing research comprises one of the most important and fascinating facets of
dissemination, and use of information for the purpose of improving decision making
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Each phase of this process is important. The task of marketing research (MR) is to
provide management with relevant, accurate, reliable, valid, and current information.
Marketing research has evolved in the decades since Arthur Nielsen established it as
a viable industry, one that would grow hand-in-hand with the B2B and B2C
economies.
We use SPSS system to analyze the data. SPSS is a widely used program
for statistical analysis in social science. SPSS also used by market researchers,
b. Summary
policy issues provide references. Any decision layer or individual for example
Secondary data consisting of existing data sets, reports, and documents, usually
compiled by other people or organizations, and often for purposes other than those
of the present analysis. When properly incorporated into the process of analysis, it
3.2 Hypotheses
Hypothesis 1: brand image & marketing has a strong impact in cosmetics business
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Hypothesis 2: different markets have different preferences in product categories
business.
4. METHODOLOGY
The scope of the research is the French market. The research includes two parts:
(Appendix 3). Based on the results of the survey we attained at an early stage, we
further explore the reasons behind. In the interviews, we asked open questions to
find out the explanations of the survey’s results as well as to explore new findings.
We used SPSS to collect the online data. There were in total 144 responses, 108 of
which are sufficient and valid. The data analysis done by SPSS and Excel includes
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frequency calculations, correlation analysis and so forth. For the interview data
collection, we recorded the interviews with audio recorder then transformed into
text. To analysis the interview data, we identified highly used words and phrases to
4.3 Measures
Most of the questions in the online survey are continuous rating scales, the
measurement of which is clear and precise. For drag box questions and ranking
We first wanted to know the frequency of our respondents to shop for cosmetic
consumers, and we found out that more than half of them shop more frequently than
once a month, including 9% shop more than once a week and 51% more than once a
month, which is quite frequent. Only 8 out of 108 chose once a year, and we
profiles according to their geographic origin (>30% of the total sample pool) : Asia
34 (including China 26, India 1, Japan 2, Singapore 1 and South Korea 4),
representing 31.5% in total and Europe 62 (including France 53, Italy 3, Germany 2,
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and Norway 2), representing 57.4% in total. This is used in all the following
major age groups, 75 belong to age group of 15 to 24 years old and 33 are over 25,
In order to draw out the consumer purchase pattern of cosmetic products, we wanted
our respondents to rank the products according to what they own the most and what
they use the most, and we found out that the pattern of two answers are quite
rank the highest in both questions (2,35 out of 3 and 4,05 out of 5 respectively),
followed by eye products (2,16/3 and 3,86/5) and lip products (1,88/3 and 3,53/5).
(Graphic 3, Table 3)
preference and countries of origin, and found out that the importance of different
product categories varies slightly from country to country. The difference was not
striking though, may be due to the fact that our sample pool is too small and that
since most of our respondents are ESSEC students, no matter where they come from,
From our sample, the most significant difference is observed in the preference of lip
products, which 33% (18 out of 55) of European ranked as the most important and
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40% (22 out of 55) ranked to be the least important, while the figure of the Asian
group was 40% (13 out of 33) and 30% (10 out of 33), almost the reversal result.
This finding was consistent with our perception and could be studied further to do
tailor our marketing focus to each zone. (Graphic 3.1&3.2, Table 3.1&3.2)
When asked about the main motives for buying a cosmetic product, nearly 70% of
our respondents chose repurchase, while around 40% chose curiosity and 20%
chose follow trends/recommendations, which showed that the consumers are quite
the motives and the age group and found out an interesting fact that only among
those who chose curiosity to be the main reason of purchase, the decision is
positively linked with their age, with a Pearson Sig of 0.77. Giving view that the
respondents in our elder age group are mainly from 24 to 35 years old, it is
reasonable to deduct that they may be more likely to purchase to try out new
products because they are more economically independent and confident. (Graphic
Further looking at the drawing factors for buying decision, product functionality
was ranked the highest at 4,25 out of 5, followed by brand awareness and product
awareness, which were almost the same: 3,78 and 3,76. The price and word of
mouth were ranked after at around 3.6, which remained consistent with the previous
question, that most of our respondents tend to make independent shopping decision
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when buying cosmetic products instead of following others’ advice. Aesthetic
design and packaging are ranked as the least important factors at 2,98 and 2,89,
which means our consumers tend to be more rational rather than impulsive shoppers.
(Graphic 5, Table 5)
Since brand awareness and product awareness were the second strongest factor of
likelihood of one buying a non-star product from his/her favorite brand and that of
one buying a hit-product from an un-known brand. The average likelihood were 3,7
and 3,33, for which more than half of the respondents chose 4 out of 5 for the
previous question and 39,8% chose the same answer for the later. (Graphic 6, Table
6) This result is also correspondent with our previous finding that brand impact
effect is slightly stronger than product impact. Further comparing the result with the
unknown-product from the brand, with an effective correlation sig of 0,63, while
consumer’s buying star product from un-known brand is not related to his/her
As brand image is ranked as the second important criteria during the decision
aesthetic, emotional and professional (Table 7). Brand index is the sum of the
grades of each attribute. We label brands that have a brand index greater than 16 as
“super brand”, and that between 12 and 16 as “premium brand”. With this
classification, Chanel, Dior, Guerlain and YSL are super brands while Lancôme,
Givency and Burberry are premium brands. The strongest attributes of Burberry are
luxury and aesthetic while the relative weak attributes are emotional and
professional. We chose one super brand Dior and one premium brand Lacncôme to
compare with Burberry (Graphic 7). From the perspective of brand image, Burberry
is weaker than Dior in the four attributes; the average grade of each attribute of
Burberry is 3.23 while that of Dior is 4.12. When compared to Lancôme, Burberry
We also studied the relation between the perception of brand image and nationality.
We grouped the respondents into group Europe and group Asia according to their
nationality and conducted a correlation study (Table 8). According to the result, the
brand images of Burberry, Guerlain and Chanel vary from country to country. Each
of the three brands has a brand index that is relevant to nationality. We further infer
from this result that the brand images of these three brands are not consistent in
the brands that pop up in their minds when mentioned certain products. The top
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three brands in lip products category are: YSL, Chanel and Dior; in eye products
category: Chanel, Dior and MAC; in face product category: Chanel, Dior and MAC;
in nail product category: Chanel, Dior and YSL. We noticed that four brands keep
popping up in each category: Chanel, Dior, YSL and MAC, confirming our
classification of super-brand.
The top three key words of brand image of Burberry are British (71.3%), luxury
(65.7%) and classic (57.9%). We believe that the communication is one of the
explanations for the key word “British”. Using famous British celebrities and
models to be the face or ambassador for the brand, Burberry emphasizes the British
recognized with an exception of its fragrance (Graphic 9). More than half of the
respondents are not aware of the existence of beauty products from Burberry (lip
products, eye products, face products and nail products). Average 30% of the
respondents only heard of the products, but have no plan to purchase. Whereas 50%
of the respondents heard of Burberry fragrance and 17% already bought it.
Unlike those relatively less accessible luxury sectors such as fashion and jewelry,
visibility as well as interacting with different segments of target to win over the
market.
cinema, events, press, celebrity endorsement and newsletters. The results indicate
that beauty customers tend to place press, celebrity endorsement, video streaming
websites, social network and sponsored events on top of the ranking according to
the number of respondents, whereas the ranking is drastically different when these
forms are evaluated by the probability of being in TOP 5. Press is undoubtedly the
most dominant form while social network climbs to the second place. TV enters into
the TOP 5 at the 3rd place thanks to a high probability of 75%, followed
The results were initially expected to be highly relevant to the demography of our
sample. Nevertheless, the correlation analysis shows that respondents’ age affects
only the impact of video streaming website on customers (Graphic 10), which could
forms are mutually influential such as social community, events and celebrity
endorsement (Table 10). The main explanatory reason might be that buzz and
via social community. The resonation thus leads to an inter-connection between the
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3 communication forms.
much more appealing to customers when interpreted with models that have a similar
image of the brand than presented separately on a photo. Based on this characteristic,
Aside from these marketing tools, experiential marketing in retail is another main
battlefield for cosmetic brands, where all the upstream marketing forces must take
effect here in order to grad client attention and lead to a final purchase. Yet there are
some retailing factors that might help brands attracting customers more efficiently
than marketing elements at the final stage in face with all competitors present at the
same retailing environment. According to the research, brand name is still the first
behavior as well (Table 11). The fact that different age groups of clients focus on
generation seems to be less interested in limited edition and in-store events than
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older clients (Graphic 11). The former is estimated to have limited budget to afford
a high priced collection and their consumer behavior tend to be idling individually
in the shop by their preference whereas being disturbed by in-store events might
reduce their desire to approach the stand. Similar to what we have seen before about
the communication tools, the fact that price promotion, gift set and in-store events,
which are attractive to price-sensitive clients, have huge influence one to each other
holds here.
Burberry is known for its recent breakthroughs in digital marketing among which
love through the kiss, one of the most iconic and personal symbols of human
emotion. The idea was to send messages sealed with clients’ real kiss and it was
sparked by experiments in facial recognition technology that can detect the outline
Even though this project created a tremendous buzz within the sector, our research
shows that customers’ brand awareness that Burberry wanted to increase is not as
optimistic as they expected to be. Only 19% of our respondents claimed that they
had heard of this campaign before. Nevertheless the campaign itself is considered
Burberry products after watching the video. Video streaming websites and
newsletter are proven to be the most popular forms to promote the video for these
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potential clients while the importance of social network is much lower than we
explained by the small size of the sample, which might lead to a non-representative
result.
The research also points out that Burberry’s online beauty tutorial has extremely
had not watched the tutorial video before (Table 13) even as 61% thought it was
useful (Table 14) and 56% expressed they like it after watching it (Table 15).
(Table 16) whereas only 9% would choose to purchase online (Table 17). The
reason why this online purchase rate is such low is because first our respondents are
physical shops and trying products are necessary for them to make right choice.
customer could have enough time to try colors, texture of product as well as to ask
make-up artists for advices. Which is also why online shopping for the 1st purchase
of luxury cosmetic products does not happen such often in real world.
tend to be very likely to buy Burberry products after watching the tutorial video.
Especially for those who value functionality of beauty products, the rate of online
purchase of Burberry products is significantly high (Table 18). This finding implies
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that developing story telling and buzzes could help brands to recruit some new
customers are always seeking for the most efficient way of shopping regardless of
product category. More interesting findings are discovered in the relation between
online media and clients’ willingness of buying after watching the tutorial video. On
the video with friends circle in social community might possibly lead to a group
purchase with friends at physical stores (Table 19). Video streaming websites,
YouTube for instance, remain as the number 1 digital marking form in this case
Regarding the reasons for customers to go on the website of a brand, most chose for
information of product and price, respectively 72% and 58%, followed buy store
location and brand information. Only 23% of the respondents actually chose for
When asked about the concerns holding them back from shopping on-line, most
respondents chose impossible to try as the biggest issue (85,2%), and more than half
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chose the discrepancy between online images and real products (53,7%). These are
followed by practical operations regarding distribution and return policy (31,5% and
21,3%). The on-line payment doesn’t show to be a big concern, only chosen by 12%
Apart from the online survey, we also managed several individual interviews of
potential users in order to deepen the perception of cosmetics and Burberry make-up
products, as well as to support our online survey result. The individual interview
was divided into ten parts (Appendix 2), and structured in a line with the online
survey.
The first half mainly focused on consumer behavior, 13 girls we interviewed wear
make-up very often because it makes them feel more confident. And the most
frequent concern they have while using make-up is whether the products will harm
their skins. Interviewees have various preferences about the make-up procedures,
but when they are in a hurry, the essential product they will definitely use is
foundation and lipstick. This result is also coherent with our online survey analysis.
word of mouth when choosing a new product. And they prefer to try something new
rather than repurchase previous make-up. However, some do mentioned that they
would repurchase 2 to 3 times of some skin care products to profit the suitable
ingredients. Another result which is beyond our assumption is that most of the
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interviewees will care more about the functionality than packaging even for
make-up products.
At the second half of our interview, we tried to understand the image of Burberry
brand and its products in cosmetics sector. Compared to those highly reputed brands
Burberry has made great efforts to rejuvenate its brand image by fresh design and
digitalized campaign, the brand is still described as English, classic and elegant by
our interviewees. Only few of them know that Burberry has its fragrance, and
seldom do they have an idea about Burberry beauty. After showing the campaign of
Burberry make-ups, most of them admit that the packaging and campaign style is
When discussing about some digital tools that Burberry has taken to communicate
Burberry kiss and make-up tutorials on Youtube provided them a new side of this
brand, but not necessarily attractive to actually purchase their products in the near
future.
Based on our survey and interviews, we did an overview analysis in fifth part. To
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conclude, we would like to emphasize three main findings as follows. In terms of
consumer behavior while purchasing make-up products, the brand image and
perception is the most important factor. Regarding of this, Burberry is still keeping
cosmetics sector, the connection between brand and guests are quite weak. Besides,
even though Burberry made great efforts on its digital development, the influence
and touch point is not strong enough. However, the potential consumers are willing
Burberry Beauty in cosmetic business in coherence with its digital luxury brand
brand image worldwide and build a stronger connection between Burberry and
interesting approach, and Burberry has been making efforts on this. It takes time to
implement digital strategy into luxury industry, but now Burberry is taking a
In terms of limitations, we do have some while doing the research and analyzing the
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results. First of all, the sample is quite small to support such a general theme, and
started designing our survey, there was still some knowledge gaps between the
theory of marketing research and our understanding. Therefore, when dealing with
the data, we unfortunately found out some defaults in the survey logic as well as
question design. For example, we didn’t put a general question such as whether will
you purchase a Burberry make-up product to form up a linear regression in the final
analysis. Last but not the least, our group is formed by single nationality, and it is
impossible to eliminate all the potential cultural bias even though we tried hard to
sample as possible, and also to go through the theory before taking actions. What’s
more, when dealing with an international theme, especially for topic related to
group.
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7. Reference List
1. K. Malhotra, Marketing Research (2010)
2. Jackson, Lesley. The New Look – Design in the Fifties. London: Thames &
3. Claudia D'Arpizio. Luxury Goods Worldwide Market Study, 12th Edition. Bain
study, 2013.
applications in marketing
9. http://www.burberryplc.com/about_burberry/brand_business_culture 25/03/2014
10. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-14/burberry-group-first-half-revenue-jumps-as-
online-sales-rise.html 25/03/2014
11. http://www.bain.com/publications/articles/luxury-goods-worldwide-market-study-fall-2013
.aspx 26/03/2014
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8. Appendix
Graphic 1
Every season
32%
Every month
51%
Table 1
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Graphic 2
Table 2
Graphic 3
4
What product do
3 you own the most?
What product do
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you use the most?
1
Lips Eyes Face Nail
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Table 3
Rank 1-‐2 Rank 3 Rank 4-‐5 Rank 1-‐2 Rank 3 Rank 4-‐5
30%
33%
40%
40%
30% 27%
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Graphic 4
Follow trend/
recommendations of others
0 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108
Table 4
What are the main motives that you buy a Count Percentage
cosmetic product?
Repurchase/replace old ones 75 69,4%
Curiosity/try new products 45 41,7%
Follow trend/recommendations of others 25 22,9%
Graphic 4.1
No Yes
40
18
35
15
15 ~ 24 25 ~ 44
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Table 4.1
Curiosity/try out new 15 ~ 24 25 ~ 44
products & Age
Count 40 18
Total 75 33
Percentage 69,4% 30,6%
Table 4.2
What are the main motives that you buy a Repurchase Curiosity Follow trend
cosmetic product?/What is your age?
Pearson Correlation -.106 0.028 -.104
Sig (2-tail) 0.276 0.770 0.282
Graphic 5
Packaging
Aesthetic design
Shopping experience
Word of mouth
Price Ranking
Product awareness
Brand awareness
Functionality
1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5 4 4,5 5
Table 5
Which of the followings are more important for you Ranking
when buying a beauty product?
Functionality 4,25
Brand awareness 3,78
Product awareness 3,76
Price 3,65
Word of mouth 3,61
Shopping experience 3
Aesthetic design 2,98
Packaging 2,89
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Graphic 6
60,0%
50,0%
How likely will you
40,0% try a non-star product
from your favorite
30,0% brand?
How likely will you
20,0% try a star product
from a brand you
10,0% barely know?
0,0%
1 2 3 4 5
Table 6
Ranking How likely will you try a How likely will you try a star
non-star product from your product from a brand you
favorite brand? barely know?
1 1,0% 5,8%
2 15,2% 26,2%
3 14,3% 12,7%
4 51,4% 39,8%
5 18,1% 15,5%
Average 3,704 3,33
Table 6.1
Which of the followings are How likely will you How likely will you
more important for you when try a non-star try a star product
buying a beauty product? product from your from a brand you
favorite brand? barely know?
Pearson
Brand awareness corerelation 0.048 0.061
Sig (2-tail) 0.630 0.538
Pearson
Product awareness corerelation 0.038 0.119
Sig (2-tail) 0.704 0.231
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Table 7
Please evaluate the following brands in the four aspects respectively from 1 to 5
luxury aesthetic emotional professional brand index
Chanel 4,68 4,46 4,03 4,28 17,45
Dior 4,39 4,22 3,78 4,07 16,53
Superbrand
Guerlain 4,15 4,20 3,72 4,07 16,12
YSL 4,18 4,16 3,63 4,04 16,01
Lancôme 3,36 3,39 3,07 4,03 13,80
Premium brand
Givenchy 3,53 3,58 3,05 3,49 13,65
Target brand Burberry 3,40 3,42 2,87 3,23 12,88
Graphic 7
Dior Lancôme
emotional emotional
Table 8
0 0
40
40
34
30
30
29
28
26
24
30
30
20
18
20
20
15
10
9
8
8
10
6
6
10
0
0
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Graphic 9
Fragrance
loyal
customer/
fan
2%
already
tried/
bought
17%
interested
in/
planning
to
buy
8%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
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Graphic 10
TV
1
Newsletters 0,8 Youtube
0,6
0,4
Celebrity 0,2 Social
0 Age
endorsement networks
Press Cinema
Sponsored
events
Table 10
Burberry Campaigns
Figure 1
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Graphic 11
Brand names
1
0,8
In-store events 0,6 Gift set
0,4
0,2
0 Age
Price Bestsellers
promotion selection
Limited
edition
Table 11
Table 12
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Table 13
Table 14
Table 15
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Table 16
Table 17
Table 18
Table 19
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Graphic 20
0 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108
Detailed info
Price information Yes
Store locator No
Brand information
On-line shopping
Table 20
For what purpose would you go to Count Percentage
a luxury beauty brand website?
Detailed info 78 72,2%
Price information 63 58,3%
Store locator 51 47,2%
Brand information 42 38,9%
On-line shopping 25 23,1%
Graphic 21
0
12
24
36
48
60
72
84
96
108
Impossible to try
Discrepancy in
Delivery issues Yes
Return policies No
Payment security
Insufficient website design
Others
Table 21
What holds you back from Count Percentage
shopping cosmetics online
Impossible to try 92 85,2%
Discrepancy in demonstration 58 53,7%
Delivery issues 34 31,5%
Return policies 23 21,3%
Payment security 13 12,0%
Insufficient website design 11 10,2%
Others 4 3,7%
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Appendix 2 Interview Guideline
I. Preamble (2
- Thank you
- There are no right or wrong answers - all about finding out what people
think.
- Going to talk about cosmetic
- Feel free to pose questions or concerns
II. Intros and warm up
- Do you use make up?
Yes
- What do you like about make up?
It makes me feel more confident.
It is necessary in certain occasions.
- What do you not like about make up?
All the cosmetic products will more or less harm the health of skin.
We can’t wear it 24/7.
I hate removing make up, and it may cause skin problems.
III. Make up usage
- Where do you keep your make up? (Voyage kit, make-up case, bedroom,
bathroom…)
No specific
- Where do you apply your make up? (bedroom, bathroom, metro, etc.)
Bedroom\Bathroom
- When you’re out, what make up do you take with you?
All the basic ones, easy to carry kit
- How long does it take you to complete make up?
15-30 minutes
- What types make up products you use?
No specific
- If you are in a hurry, what are the essential make up you will use?
Foundation\Lipstick\Eyeliner
IV. Past make up purchase ct
Thinking about your current make up products (face, eye, lip, nail), I’d like u to
talk about two things.
First, the process of choosing your make up:
What triggered you to buy these products? Who/What influenced you the most
to make up your mind? How satisfy are you with your purchase? Do you prefer to
repurchase/switch to other products?
Usually, I’d like to search for users’ feedbacks and recommendation online.
Word of mouth, especially from friends and family
I’m satisfied with most of my purchase but I always turn to other products
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because I’m afraid that keeping using one product will worsen my skin condition.
For cosmetics I would like to try something new instead of being loyal to one
brand.
I would never buy a whole kit, and I prefer to buy different products from
various brands, just to choose the one suitable for me.
Second, any criteria you had for the make-up: (packaging, brand name,
functionality, price…)
The functionality and the ingredients.
The brand image is important but I also consider the price.
Whether the products last long and fresh enough.
Not harmful for skin.
V. Desired features (2
- Are there any features/functions your make up don’t have, but you wish that
they did?
Hydrating\Multi-function
VI. Cosmetic brand image
- What brands come up to your mind when you think about cosmetic products
(face, eye, lip, nails)
Chanel, Dior, Lancôme, Estee lauder, Make up forever
- Do you have a dream brand for cosmetic?
Famous brands as Chanel\Dior, or professional brands as MAC\Bobbi Brown
No specific, each brand has its star product.
VII. Burberry brand image
- I’d like to know how you think about the brand Burberry in general.
British icon. Famous for the trench
Classic\Cliche
Simple, tidy, elegant
- What do you think about Burberry’s cosmetic? (if not aware, show pictures)
I don’t they have cosmetics, but the pictures are obvious that those products are
from Burberry.
I’m not aware of the cosmetic products of Burberry before. According to the
pictures provided, it seems that the packaging is attractive and the colours are more
masculine.
I’m only aware of Burberry perfume before. The pictures are not attractive
enough, but very Burberry.
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At least I trust its quality
VIII. Communication impact)
- I’d like to talk about how do you have info about a brand?
WOM, recommendation from firends
Department store, website, magazine, ads…
- I’d like to talk about how do you have info about a cosmetic product?
Recommendation from others\Online review
IX. Digital Strategy (
- What do you think about the Burberry Kiss? (If not aware, please watch the
video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRiZMVEIhas
I think it’s a great campaign. It uses the latest technology to express the emotion
in the digital era. The idea and the practice are simple but the meaning is
profound.
It’s interesting but I don’t think it’s relevant.
This is a quite interesting idea that makes me want to try something of the brand.
But the video didn’t highlight any specific make-up product so that I feel confused
if it’s an advertisement for the overall maison or their make-up products.
Nice song and romantic idea. But I don’t know what the purpose of this video is.
- What do you think about the Burberry make up tutorials (if not aware, please
watch one of the videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EygWnceLPLA
The tutorials are too simplified. Maybe tips shown in format of texts directly in the
video will help audience to remember the process.
Models they chose are already beautiful. I prefer to see tutorials for normal girls.
- Do these videos change your original opinions of Burberry beauty?
It still seems not so feminine.
Unfortunately no, I would never buy a whole kit to copy the tutorial look.
Not really. There are already so many brands for me to choose. Interesting but not
appealing enough to make me go to shop and purchase their products.
X. Closing question
- What do you feel about our interview? – Obvious, profound, serious, silly…
I think the questions sometimes are difficult to answer.
It’s obvious about make-up and Burberry. Maybe more questions about Burberry.
Make me more interested in Burberry cosmetics.
- Thank you
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Appendix 3 Online Survey Guideline
Q2 What are the cosmetic products that you own the most? And that you use the
most?
Please rank the product Please indicate your usage of each product
categories from 1 to 5 categories
by the quantity you
own
1 Never Indispensable
2 3 4 5 2 Sometime 4
use makeup
Lip products
(lipsticks, m m m m m m m m m m
gloss...)
Eye products
(eyeliner,
m m m m m m m m m m
mascara, eye
shadow...)
Face products
(tint,
foundation, m m m m m m m m m m
powder,
blush...)
Nail products m m m m m m m m m m
Others (please
m m m m m m m m m m
indicate)
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Q3 What are the main motives that you buy a cosmetic product? (multiple answer)
m Repurchase/ replace old ones
m Curiosity/ try out new products
m Follow trend/ recommendations of others
Q4 Which of the followings influence you more when buying a cosmetic product?
(1 = not at all, 5 = very much).
1 2 3 4 5
Aesthetic design m m m m m
Functionality m m m m m
Brand awareness m m m m m
Product awareness m m m m m
Word of mouth m m m m m
Shopping experience m m m m m
Packaging m m m m m
Price m m m m m
Q5 How likely will you try a non-star product from your favorite brand?
m 1
m 2
m 3
m 4
m 5
Q6 How likely will you try a star product from a brand you barely know?
m 1
m 2
m 3
m 4
m 5
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Q7 What is your perception of Burberry the brand in general?
1 2 3 4 5
Luxury:Premium m m m m m
Fashion:Classic m m m m m
British:International m m m m m
Q8 Please evaluate the following brands in the four aspects respectively from 1 to 5
(1 = not at all, 5 = very much).
Luxury Aesthetic Emotional Professional
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Dior Beauty m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
Chanel Beauty m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
YSL Beauty m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
Guerlain m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
Lancôme m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
Givenchy
m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
Beauty
Burberry
m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
Beauty
Q9 How well do you know Burberry Beauty? What products do you know of
Burberry Beauty?
Not aware Only heard Interested in/ Already Loyal
of of Planning to tried/bought customer/Fan
buy
Burberry
m m m m m
fragrances
Burberry eye
m m m m m
products
Burberry
m m m m m
face products
Burberry lip
m m m m m
products
Burberry nail
m m m m m
products
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Q10 What are your ideal brands for different product category? (please drag the
brands into the product categories, you may choose more than one brand for each
category, no need to match all the brands)
Lips products (lipstick, gloss, etc.)
______ Burberry
______ Chanel
______ Dior
______ YSL
______ Givenchy
______ Dolce & Gabbana
______ Lancôme
______ Estée Lauder
______ Guerlain
______ Nars
Q11 What are your ideal brands for different product category? (please drag the
brands into the product categories, you may choose more than one brand for each
category, no need to match all the brands)
Eye makeup products (mascara, eyeliner, eyeshadow, etc)
______ Burberry
______ Chanel
______ Dior
______ YSL
______ Givenchy
______ Dolce & Gabbana
______ Tom Ford
______ Giorgio Armani
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______ Bobbi Brown
______ MAC
______ Lancôme
Q12 What are your ideal brands for different product category? (please drag the
brands into the product categories, you may choose more than one brand for each
category, no need to match all the brands)
Face makeup products (foundation, corrector, etc)
______ Burberry
______ Chanel
______ Dior
______ YSL
______ Givenchy
______ Dolce & Gabbana
______ MAC
______ Lancôme
______ Estée Lauder
______ Guerlain
______ Nars
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Q13 What are your ideal brands for different product category? (please drag the
brands into the product categories, you may choose more than one brand for each
category, no need to match all the brands)
Nail products
______ Burberry
______ Chanel
______ Dior
______ YSL
______ Givenchy
______ Dolce & Gabbana
______ Tom Ford
______ Giorgio Armani
______ Bobbi Brown
______ MAC
______ Lancôme
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Q14 Which advertising channel trigger you to buy cosmetic products? (please rank
the following items by the importance of their impact on your decision)
m TV
m Youtube
m Social networks
m Cinema
m Sponsored events
m Press
m Celebrity endorsement
m Newsletters
Q18 How likely will you buy a lipstick from Burberry after watching/receiving the
Burberry Kiss? Please indicate your likelihood
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Q19 Are you aware of the makeup tutorial videos from Burberry?
How well do you know about it
Sometimes
Not at all only heard of love them
watch them
Burberry beauty tutorial m m m m
Q20. What do you think after watching this tutorial? (Please indicate your
likelihood)
not at 2 indiffere 4 very
all nt much
I like it m m m m m
It is useful m m m m m
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Q21 Where do you prefer to shop for cosmetic products?
Please indicate your preference for the following channels
Not at all 2 Sometime 4 Very often
Stand-alone
m m m m m
boutique
Selective
beauty shop
(Sephora, m m m m m
Marionnaud,
etc)
On-line
(official m m m m m
website)
On-line
(selective m m m m m
distributor)
Q22 When you walk into a beauty counter, imagine in Sephora or in a department
store, what are you more attracted by? (please rank the following choices by your
first response)
m ______ Brand names
m ______ Gift set
m ______ Bestsellers selection
m ______ Limited edition
m ______ Price promotion
m ______ In-store events
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Q23 For what purpose would you go to a luxury beauty brand website? (multiple
answer)
m Store locator
m Price information
m Detailed product information
m Brand information
m On-line shopping
Q24 What hold(s) you back from shopping cosmetic products on-line? (multiple
choice)
m Discrepancy between on-line demonstration and real product
m Impossible to try
m Delivery issues
m Return policies
m Insufficient website design
m Payment security
m Other
Thank you!
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