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CONSUMER TRENDS. Presented By: Kandice Scrigner Alison Tang. AGENDA. Trend vs. Fad Current Trends - Woman Fever - The Bold and The Beautiful - Materialism What Marketers Can Do Questions?????. TREND vs. FAD. FAD Very short lived Adopted by relatively few people TREND
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CONSUMER TRENDS Presented By: Kandice Scrigner Alison Tang
AGENDA • Trend vs. Fad • Current Trends - Woman Fever - The Bold and The Beautiful - Materialism • What Marketers Can Do • Questions?????
TREND vs. FAD • FAD • Very short lived • Adopted by relatively few people • TREND • Change in performance which is unlikely due to a random variation • Appearance of a newly presented consumer need, desire, want or value
CURRENT TRENDWOMAN FEVER • The ability to market to women • Women hold 80% of purchasing power • Components - Think Pink - Female Friendly - Playtime
CURRENT TRENDWOMAN FEVER • Think Pink • Companies are repackaging to cater to women • Female Friendly • Difference in male and female needs • Benefits that women would find useful, attractive and helpful
CURRENT TRENDWOMAN FEVER • Playtime • Liquor flavours are created to stimulate the women’s desires • Packaging changed to focus on pretty colors and labels
CURRENT TRENDTHE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL • The mass population loves to look at “the beautiful people” • Purchasing is one step closer to being that celebrity • Components • Vanity • The Skinny Society
CURRENT TRENDTHE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL • Vanity • Love and pure enjoyment of looking at glamorous people • Desire to look, act or buy like all the famous people
CURRENT TRENDTHE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL • The Skinny Society • People want to be skinner and healthier • Consumers seek celebrities as models for their own bodies
CURRENT TRENDMATERIALISM • Focusing solely on possessions and material goods • Having the nicest, newest and flashiest products • Components • Self Gratification • Maturialism • Massclusivity
CURRENT TRENDMATERIALISM • Self Gratification • The act of pleasing or satisfying oneself • The gratifying of one's own impulses, needs, or desires • Maturialism • Mature customers wanting “the best of the best” • The pleasure of consuming
CURRENT TRENDMATERIALISM • Massclusivity • Immense need for respect and privilege • They want exclusivity and status
CONCLUSION • What Marketers Can Do • Observe, understand and adopt new trends • Focus marketing strategies on meeting the currents trends • Capitalize on opportunities • Prepare for threats