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Understanding the "Four-Eyed, Four-Legged" Consumer: A Segmentation Analysis of U.S. Moms

Sabrina M. Neeley, +1 more
- 01 Jul 2007 - 
- Vol. 15, Iss: 3, pp 251-261
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In this article, the authors demonstrate links between mothers' interactions with children and general attitudes, values, and behaviors and demonstrate how knowledge of these cluster similarities and differences can be used by companies in their product and promotion strategies.
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This study demonstrates links between mothers' interactions with children and general attitudes, values, and behaviors It combines consumer socialization theory with psychographic and behavioral syndicated data and segments moms into six distinguishable and actionable clusters that explain information exchange, influence, and decision-making dynamics between mother and child in the marketplace Examples are given of how knowledge of these cluster similarities and differences can be used by companies in their product and promotion strategies

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Corporatising Sport, Gender and Development: postcolonial IR feminisms, transnational private governance and global corporate social engagement

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Causal Path Modeling Of Grocery Shopping In Hypermarkets

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined attitudinal and behavioral shopping patterns related to hypermarket shopping in an Asian market, which has undergone a revolutionary transition from traditional to modern trade food retailing in the past decade.
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Theoretical Modeling of Influence of Children on Family Purchase Decision Making

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Shopping with mum - mother and daughter consumer socialization

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate daughters' perceptions of shopping with their mothers and find that the four major themes that emerged from the interviews with the young women were: gaining independence; trust in mother; the bank of mum; quality time with mum.
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The influence of parental styles on children's consumption

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine parental styles based on levels of nurturing and authoritarianism to determine mothers' awareness of children's media exposure, likelihood of setting media and consumption limits and communications with children about commercial messages.
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The Influence of Familial and Peer-based Reference Groups on Consumer Decisions

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of peers on individuals' product and brand decisions for products that range in their degree of conspicuousness is examined for comparable samples in the United States and in Thailand to assess the validity of the original framework over time and across cultural contexts.
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Authoritarian vs. authoritative parental control.

Diana Baumrind
- 01 Jan 1968 - 
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The Role of Family Communication in Consumer Socialization of Children and Adolescents

TL;DR: In this paper, the role of interpersonal communication in the development of consumer behavior of young people is examined, focusing mainly on the effects of mass media (advertising in particular), while studies of communication effects on consumer behaviour of the young have focused mainly on advertising.
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Parental Style and Consumer Socialization of Children

TL;DR: This article examined the differences in parents' consumer socialization tendencies and found that mothers with alternative parental styles differ in communicating with children about consumption, number of consumer socialisation goals, restricting and monitoring consumption and media exposure, and views on advertising.
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