The topic discussed will focus on a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the wedding market in Italy and on the changes that have affected it in the last twenty years. The wedding is a particularly interesting area given the involvement of a very high number of professionals: from the fashion sector to the horticultural sector, passing through photography, graphics, videomaking, catering and much more. Never as in this period has the business of the wedding sector expanded to new horizons, responding to the needs of consumers who increasingly invest in the personalization of the event. The overall dynamics have changed, starting from the professional point of view with a greater preparation of professionals and an increase in quality standards; passing through digital change, which brings with it a showcase to be exploited for consumers and all the suppliers involved, from which enormous opportunities derive from the point of view of marketing and communication. In this dynamic scenario, the COVID-19 health emergency is knocked down in 2020, professionals in the sector are among the most financially affected, the health situation and the restrictions adopted for events paralyze the work of suppliers for more than a year . Starting from June 2021, the market resumes with a boom in general turnover due to the recovery of all previously canceled events. The project will present the characteristics of the context created in the last two years following the pandemic events, always referring to the world of wedding. In this context, a figure emerges that has by now become of fundamental importance for the sector: that of the Wedding Planner, a figure who starts from the American scene, who responds to the needs of personalization of consumers and who, especially in the pandemic period , assumes a fundamental role in the total management of the event. Starting from the sources, this project aims to analyze the general sector and the changes in which it has been invested in the last twenty years, first making an overview of the current context, then moving towards the past and, finally, deepening the activity of Wedding Planning, which is perhaps the least widespread and known in Italy but which in the last decade is becoming increasingly popular. Subsequently, the analysis of the market, consumer preferences, the perception of the wedding environment today and its development over the last twenty years, will take on a purely empirical way, through the administration of in-depth interviews and questionnaires. As regards the in-depth interview, the methodology will follow the typical structure of this modality: the identification of the research object, the description of the phases that compose it, the presentation of the methodology used for data collection, the administration of a -test, the description of the considerations that emerged in the pre-test phase, the administration of the interview to a sample of about 20 consumers and the final considerations (contact, start-up, development, conclusion). The coding, processing and analysis of the collected data will follow. The questionnaire will instead foresee a series of closed questions administered through CAWI modality, following the general principles for the construction of the questionnaire. The techniques that can be used for the construction of the questions are: rating scales, pick any and semantic differential. The questionnaire will be subjected to a reference population that will count about one hundred statistical units, whose specific characteristics will be outlined on the basis of the considerations that emerged from the theoretical analysis (sex, age, social condition). The collected data will be analyzed through the use of software, and then be interpreted.
L’argomento trattato verterà su un’analisi qualitativa e quantitativa del mercato del wedding in Italia e sui cambiamenti che lo hanno interessato negli ultimi vent’anni. Quello del wedding è un ambito particolarmente interessante visto il coinvolgimento di un numero elevatissimo di figure professionali: dal settore della moda, a quello florovivaistico, passando per la fotografia, la grafica, il videomaking, la ristorazione e molto altro ancora. Mai come in questo periodo il business del settore dei matrimoni si è allargato verso nuovi orizzonti, rispondendo alle esigenze dei consumatori che sempre di più investono sulla personalizzazione dell’evento. Le dinamiche complessive sono mutate, a partire dal punto di vista professionale con una maggiore preparazione dei professionisti e un innalzamento degli standard qualitativi; passando per il cambiamento digitale, che porta con sé una vetrina da sfruttare per i consumatori e per tutti i fornitori coinvolti, da cui derivano enormi opportunità dal punto di vista del marketing e della comunicazione. In questo panorama così dinamico nel 2020 si abbatte l’emergenza sanitaria COVID-19, i professionisti del settore sono tra i più colpiti a livello finanziario, la situazione sanitaria e le restrizioni adottate per gli eventi paralizzano per più di un anno il lavoro dei fornitori. A partire da giugno 2021 il mercato riprende con un boom del fatturato generale dovuto al recupero di tutti gli eventi annullati precedentemente. Il progetto presenterà le caratteristiche del contesto creatosi negli ultimi due anni in seguito agli eventi pandemici, facendo sempre riferimento al mondo del wedding. In questo contesto emerge una figura che ormai è diventata di fondamentale importanza per il settore: quella del/la Wedding Planner, una figura che prende le mosse dal panorama americano, che risponde alle esigenze di personalizzazione dei consumatori e che, soprattutto nel periodo di pandemia, assume un ruolo fondante nella gestione totale dell’evento. A partire dalle fonti, questo progetto ha lo scopo di analizzare il settore generale e i cambiamenti da cui è stato investito negli ultimi vent’anni, facendo dapprima una panoramica sul contesto odierno, spostandosi poi verso il passato e, infine, approfondendo l’attività di Wedding Planning, che è forse la meno diffusa e conosciuta in Italia ma che nell’ultimo decennio si sta affermando sempre di più. Successivamente l’analisi del mercato, delle preferenze dei consumatori, della percezione dell’ambito del wedding oggi e del suo sviluppo nell’ultimo ventennio, assumerà una modalità prettamente empirica, attraverso lo svolgimento di interviste in profondità e di questionari. Per quanto riguarda l’intervista in profondità la metodologia seguirà la struttura tipica di questa modalità: l’individuazione dell’oggetto di ricerca, la descrizione delle fasi che la compongono, la presentazione della metodologia utilizzata per la raccolta dati, la somministrazione di un pre-test, la descrizione delle considerazioni emerse in fase di pre- test, la somministrazione dell’intervista a un campione di circa 20 consumatori e le considerazioni finali (contatto, avvio, svolgimento, conclusione). Seguiranno la codifica, l’elaborazione e l’analisi dei dati raccolti. Il questionario prevederà invece una serie di domande chiuse tramite modalità CAWI, seguendo i principi generali per la costruzione del questionario. Le tecniche che potranno essere utilizzate per la costruzione dei quesiti sono: rating scales, pick any e differenziale semantico. Il questionario sarà sottoposto a una popolazione di riferimento che conterà circa cento unità statistiche, le cui caratteristiche specifiche saranno delineate sulla base delle considerazioni emerse dall’analisi teorica (sesso, età, condizione sociale). I dati raccolti saranno analizzati tramite l’uso di software, per poi essere interpretati.
Il mercato del wedding, l'evoluzione degli ultimi vent'anni e la percezione del consumatore odierno
LAGO, ALESSIA
2021/2022
Abstract
The topic discussed will focus on a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the wedding market in Italy and on the changes that have affected it in the last twenty years. The wedding is a particularly interesting area given the involvement of a very high number of professionals: from the fashion sector to the horticultural sector, passing through photography, graphics, videomaking, catering and much more. Never as in this period has the business of the wedding sector expanded to new horizons, responding to the needs of consumers who increasingly invest in the personalization of the event. The overall dynamics have changed, starting from the professional point of view with a greater preparation of professionals and an increase in quality standards; passing through digital change, which brings with it a showcase to be exploited for consumers and all the suppliers involved, from which enormous opportunities derive from the point of view of marketing and communication. In this dynamic scenario, the COVID-19 health emergency is knocked down in 2020, professionals in the sector are among the most financially affected, the health situation and the restrictions adopted for events paralyze the work of suppliers for more than a year . Starting from June 2021, the market resumes with a boom in general turnover due to the recovery of all previously canceled events. The project will present the characteristics of the context created in the last two years following the pandemic events, always referring to the world of wedding. In this context, a figure emerges that has by now become of fundamental importance for the sector: that of the Wedding Planner, a figure who starts from the American scene, who responds to the needs of personalization of consumers and who, especially in the pandemic period , assumes a fundamental role in the total management of the event. Starting from the sources, this project aims to analyze the general sector and the changes in which it has been invested in the last twenty years, first making an overview of the current context, then moving towards the past and, finally, deepening the activity of Wedding Planning, which is perhaps the least widespread and known in Italy but which in the last decade is becoming increasingly popular. Subsequently, the analysis of the market, consumer preferences, the perception of the wedding environment today and its development over the last twenty years, will take on a purely empirical way, through the administration of in-depth interviews and questionnaires. As regards the in-depth interview, the methodology will follow the typical structure of this modality: the identification of the research object, the description of the phases that compose it, the presentation of the methodology used for data collection, the administration of a -test, the description of the considerations that emerged in the pre-test phase, the administration of the interview to a sample of about 20 consumers and the final considerations (contact, start-up, development, conclusion). The coding, processing and analysis of the collected data will follow. The questionnaire will instead foresee a series of closed questions administered through CAWI modality, following the general principles for the construction of the questionnaire. The techniques that can be used for the construction of the questions are: rating scales, pick any and semantic differential. The questionnaire will be subjected to a reference population that will count about one hundred statistical units, whose specific characteristics will be outlined on the basis of the considerations that emerged from the theoretical analysis (sex, age, social condition). The collected data will be analyzed through the use of software, and then be interpreted.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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