ESSAY ON: Children And Youth As Consumers

Number of Pages 15

This research paper: This 15 page paper begins by providing data about the population of children in the U.S., divided into age groups. The paper then discusses the astounding buying power of children under the age of 18, both in terms of direct purchases and in terms of influencing parents' purchases. Data are then reported regarding the types of purchases children make. Following these data is a comprehensive discussion of the consumer socialization process as it relates to youngsters. This discussion inherently includes cognitive and social developmental processes and the identification of three specific types of consumer segments in which children are categorized. At the end of this section, the writer comments about how marketers use children to influence their parents' purchasing decisions as well as their own direct purchases. Bibliography cites 15 sources.


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