FA3S37 - Brand Futures 01 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2025 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: FA3S37
Module Title: Brand Futures
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Fashion, Marketing and Photography
Faculty Sub Group: Fashion Marketing and Photography
Module Leader: Gwyneth Moore, Sally Phillips
Module Team: Steven Wright
First Intended Intake: SEP 2020 Final Year of Intake: 2025
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 6
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes:
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Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2020
Valid To 31 Aug 2025

Module Aims

To provide students with a critical underpinning in the elementary theories of business development and entrepreneurship.
To increase students’ ability to synthesise suitable marketing strategies, to evaluate these activities and identify potential improvements using measurement data.
To consolidate competence in the preparation of a business case for a product/service and progress it to market.
This module includes a six-week immersive learning element.

Content Summary

This module offers opportunities to experience the ‘blue sky thinking’/conception relating to creative ideas and output. It develops of skills required for management and communication within business.
It will facilitate analysis of the fashion sector and of current factors impacting on levels of entrepreneurship and small business activity. Alongside this, it will explore
selection and application of suitable market research methods to foster an understanding of the relevance of findings to marketing plans.
From here, students will develop an understanding of how the development and implementation of a clear marketing strategy can aid business development.
Summary of topics covered:
• Writing a marketing plan
• Pitching/presentation skills
• Ethics
• PEST Factors
• Market Research
• Entrepreneurship
• Small business development
• Strategic marketing
• ‘Blue sky thinking’.
This module contains a six-week immersive learning element.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 19
Seminar 4
Tutorial 1
Practical classes and workshops 6
Supervised time in studio/workshop 6
Independent Study 100
Directed Study 64
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Demonstrate critical awareness and research, in relation to current factors affecting business and entrepreneurship.
LO2 Critically reflect on own practice within fashion marketing and business sector and its impact on future developments.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Project Output 1 Market Research Assignment Detailed Marketing Plan and Pitch 0 4000 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Project Output 1

Reading List

SAUNDERS, J., ARMSTRONG, G., KOTLER, P., Wong. And BURK WOOD, M. 2010. Principles of Marketing. current edn. Oxford: Pearson.
BURK WOOD, M. 2010. Essential Guide to Marketing Planning. 2nd Edn. London: Financial Times, Prentice Hall.
HOOLEY, G., NICOULAUD, B. and PIERCY, N. 2011. Marketing Strategy and Competitive Positioning. current edn. Oxford: Financial Times Prentice Hall.
MC DONALD, M. and WILSON, H. 2011. Marketing Plans, How to prepare them and How to use them. 7th edn. London: John Wiley & Sons
Arnold, C. (2009) Ethical Marketing and the New Consumer: Marketing in the New Ethical Economy, John Wiley & Sons
Drucker, P. (2007) Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Classic Drucker Series), Butterworth-Heinemann
Baker, M. (2007) Marketing Management and Strategy, 4th ed., Palgrave Macmillan