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Author Clements, Michal, 1963-

Title Tuning into mom : understanding America's most powerful consumer / Michal Clements and Teri Lucie Thompson
Published West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2011

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Contents Tuning into mom : her priorities and hot buttons -- Food : stealth veggies and panini making -- Exercise and sports : moving together -- Education : from leapfrog to college -- Safety and health : safety gates, stranger danger, and designated drivers -- Technology : texting, talking, teaching -- Fashion and beauty : sweater-vests be gone! -- Conclusion : brand sweet spots and actions
Summary American mothers are household CFOs, in charge of an estimated $2.45 trillion in direct spending. They are also an important influence on other family members' buying habits. Many organizations have identified moms as an important customer group, but the broad, age-based definitions these companies work with mask an array of different consumer behaviors. Written by two leading marketers, this book provides a new approach to understanding the "American Mom" market, examining the effect of age of the eldest child on women's values and attitudes to food, exercise, education, health, technology, and fashion. The authors examine the mom's influence on (or control of) the purchasing habits of children of all ages;from infants and toddlers to young adults. In doing so, it brings focus to the frequently-overlooked purchase influence of moms on teenagers. The authors combine large scale quantitative research of more than 4,700 mothers with qualitative case studies from individual participants. The authors also draw on decades of real-world experience to combine their research with implementable examples of best practice. Highly recommended for practitioners in retailing and product development, this book will also be a valuable supplemental text for college courses in consumer behavior and marketing strategy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Mothers -- United States -- Attitudes
Consumer behavior -- United States
Consumers' preferences -- United States
Relationship marketing -- United States
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.
General.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- Motherhood.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Marketing -- Research.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / Research
Consumer behavior
Consumers' preferences
Mothers -- Attitudes
Relationship marketing
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Thompson, Teri Lucie, 1956-
LC no. 2011023368
ISBN 1612491707
9781612491707
9781612491714
1612491715
1283283859
9781283283854