IJMT Volume 2, Issue 4 ISSN: 2249-1058
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International Journal of Marketing and Technology
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126
April
2012
Marketing of Nanobiogarments
Divya Christopher*
Nidhi Maheshwari**
Nitin Kapoor**
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Abstract:
The amalgamation of science and fashion lead to the emergence of “Nanobiogarments”. As the market is
at its recession, the growth of apparel industry is burgeoning year by year. The market of India is also
affected by the overall growth rate of the apparel industry of the world and has been grown from 2008 to
2009 by 68.8%. This creates an opportunity for various companies to enter the Indian market with their
innovative products in clothing and Nanobiogarments are such products.
Nanobiogarments are the garments having anti-allergic, anti-microbial and moisture retaining capacity. It
also helps in improving the physical, mental and spiritual health. The garments are made up of organic
fibres and herbal dyes, also it constitutes of various wellness properties like colour therapy, crystal therapy
and obesity treatments.
The use of nanotechnology is the remarkable work in the area of garments making the cloth as
Nanobiogarments i.e. inculcating nanotechnology and medicinal biology in the clothing. The
nanoparticles used are silver, gold, copper, palladium, silicon etc. Its applications are in both the ways i.e.
medicinal as well as technological.
Since the Nanobiogarments are new to the market and still R & D is going on, its position in the market is
unpredictable as it can be a success if enthused in right direction or it can be a failure. This paper includes
marketing mix analysis, product analysis, industry analysis and quality consciousness which provides an
insight about the present and future market of the product.
Keywords: Fashion, Nanobiogarments, Nanotechnology, Organic fibres, Chromotherapy, Wellness
properties, marketing
* Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh.
** Student, MBA Biotechnology Management.