Fashion influence marketing. Study of the new model of consumption in Instagram of university millennials

Abstract

The digital revolution has generated a social change in the consumption of Fashion. In a global market, with a more demanding and informed consumer and maximum levels of competition, brands are obliged to use all the resources at their disposal to maintain and grow. A double challenge arises for companies. On the one hand, take advantage of the profitability, accessibility and proximity of the network to influence the purchasing decisions of a new generation, the millennials. On the other hand, face a new consumer, generally more informed and skeptical, who goes to the opinion of anonymous consumers to share their shopping experience. Know the main digital marketing strategies in the field of fashion companies, discover who are the influencers and the brands most followed by university students and analyze the interaction processes (engagement), the type of comments and the services most valued by these users on Instagram, are the research objectives. Based on a methodology focused on the content analysis and the survey, the results that confirm the initial hypotheses are achieved: the influencers are attraction axes for the university students’ millennial profile, object of study, and it is demonstrated that their comments are more related to the physical image of the influencers, than to the product promoted by the brands.