Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Sterling Parfums

In March of 2011 Sterling Parfums officially launched three new fragrance brands, the Armaf collection, the Estiara collection and the Cosmo collection, all at the same time. Firstly the Armaf collection is a premium fragrance targeted toward mid to high level customers. Secondly the Estiara collection which is targeted to professionals and is chic and affordable. Thirdly the Cosmo collection which is an assortment of trendy and affordable fragrances designed for the mass market.
All of these new brands were developed with the companies target market in mind. They also closely collaborated with their clients to come up with the perfect fragrances. The company is ready to move into a global level so that they can cater to a more diverse group of customers.


The company is expanding and has obviously put a lot of thought into their expansion. Do you think that releasing all three fragrances at the same time was a smart move? ..Or do you think it would have been more beneficial for the fragrances to be released separately if even by only a couple of weeks?

Monday, March 19, 2012

In Response to Aislynn Sherry

Above the Influence Campaigns
Which campaign do you think is more successful? Or will be more successful? Do you think these ads are useful and preventative at all?


I agree that the Above the Influence commercials have changed, pretty drastically since they first started airing. I specifically remember the commercials with the dog talking to the human telling him he shouldn't do drugs and the person would always make some excuse like "I can stop whenever I want". Or that commercial that was this girl sunken into the couch. These commercials were so negative and even funny that they didn't sink in to the viewers.. I don't think their point was really getting across. I cannot recall seeing commercials about teens doing things in the community rather than doing drugs, but it definitely sounds like it will be more successful. Teens like to rebel, and if a commercial is showing them drugs and alcohol are bad, then they're going to want to do them. Overall, I think that both commercials used in unison would be preventative and helpful because both sides are being shown.


Do you think the new commercials will be more successful because they are positive rather than negative?