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INTRODUCTION
The creative fashion industry is
currently quite in demand by young people
in Bandung as an alternative to their
business, one of the reasons for choosing
this type of business is because of the
assumption that basic needs are always
sought after by the community and there is
hope for big profits. Promotions are carried
out by large companies as well as small
companies to introduce products and
increase sales, this promotion strategy can
be done through public relations, personal
selling, and other strategies and with
promotional financing schemes that they
have arranged in such a way to maximize
their business. Strategy is a set of important
plans and describes the ways in which an
institution seeks to achieve its goals
(Nidillah, 2021).
According to (Kotler & Armstrong,
2008) corporate marketing communication
is a specific blend of advertising, sales
promotion, public relations, personal
selling, and direct marketing tools used by
companies to provide information and
build relationships with consumers.
Marketing communication is a form of
communication that aims to increase the
intensity of the application of marketing
and marketing strategies that aim to
support the company's promotional
activities. In addition, marketing
communication is an activity that aims to
introduce or establish communication with
business partners, consumers, and
companies that are business actors in
communicating the marketing of their
products to other people, namely
consumers, suppliers, and other
stakeholders (Cangara, 2009).
Sales promotion includes a variety of
promotional tools designed to motivate an
early market response. Sales promotions
can be in the form of consumer
promotions, such as product samples,
coupons, discounts and so on. Trade
promotions such as free products, reduced
purchase prices and so on (Machfoedz,
2010). Promotion in the business world has
a very important role in the stage of
forming customer awareness and
understanding. Thus a company requires
appropriate strategic planning so that it
can be easily accepted by the community.
The marketing communication strategies
carried out by the company also vary, such
as offering products with attractive
packaging, by communicating affordable
prices or strategic sales locations. In
addition, there is also a marketing
communication strategy in the form of
advertising in a number of media or with
the help of influencers. These various
marketing communication strategies are
not only used to introduce the existence of
a product, but also provide knowledge
about the benefits of a product so that it
creates a desire to buy it.
Various strategies are carried out by
companies to market their products or
services. However, Little PEP Jaya itself uses
digital influencers as one of its marketing
strategies. Digital influencers themselves
are currently popularly used by companies.
Digital influencers especially on social
media can open up new channels for them
to connect with customers directly, as well
as get in touch with their daily lives. As the
main link between brands and customers,
influencers through their openness, have