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• • Technological • • • Legal • • Environmental • Society is a lot more influenced by social media now and it takes up most of our time. So as a brand Ted Baker can use this to their advantage as Georgia Toffolo is a young celebrity who understands how to use social media and this will make her more relatable for consumers. Social media marketing is a massive thing now and many consumers, especially our target market, are influenced by the ads they see online. The younger generation which we are targeting with this collaboration prefers to see digital technology to shop online, whereas he older generation who are Ted Baker’s usual target market prefer to shop in store. This means the collaboration will need to be made accessible on all platforms in order to broaden their target market; which is the aim of the collaboration. If the laws on tax change after the election, Ted Baker may have to alter their pricing strategy. If the laws on minimum wage change and it increases, which Labour have promised if they get elected, the company may have to alter their pricing strategy to compensate for this. Copyright laws mean that the company needs to ensure their designs are unique and aren’t being copied from elsewhere. Environmental factors can cause sourcing problems. As all of the range is going to be sourced from abroad, environmental factors which cannot be controlled could affect this. Climate changes can differ the way consumers react to new products in stores, for example if the weather is sunny and hot it is likely that there will be an increase in summer clothing sales. So, if the weather is cooler a summer collection could be unsuccessful.