U. S. Kids' Buying Power Tops $18 Billion

Good Evening Folks,

I hope you are well and prosperous. It looks like most of the neighborhood kids are doing fairly well. Here is an article about how well kids are doing with respect to their buying power. I believe that we can take some notes here and do some targeting of our sales if we have not already done so in this area. Here is the article:

NEW YORK, May 9: According to a new study from market research publisher Packaged Facts, kids aged 3 to 5, 6 to 8 and 9 to 11 in the U.S.—an estimated 36 million children—had a combined purchasing power of $18 billion last year.

The Kids Market in the U.S. further notes that this amount will rise to $21.4 billion in disposable income by 2010. Concurrently, families spend more than $115 billion on kids in key consumer areas, such as food, clothing, personal-care items, entertainment, and reading materials. Almost half of this total, $58.3 billion, is devoted to food expenditures. By Packaged Facts estimates, annual expenditures by families on consumer goods for kids will reach approximately $143 billion by 2010.

In announcing the release of the study, Don Montuori, the publisher of Packaged Facts, noted, "The major industry-wide efforts to proactively respond to kid issues, such as obesity, Internet safety, and the appropriateness of marketing and promotions directly targeting children, have certainly impacted the market. While these need to continue to be major concerns, marketers would be wise to adapt to the rapidly evolving consumer attitudes and habits of today's media-saturated kids-and their families-by going beyond what's politically correct to find more meaningful and age-affirming ways to reach this demographic where they are." ###

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Quote of the Day:

"Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes
more difficult to acquire than the second million." -- Jean Jacques Rousseau

I hope that this has helped some of you in some way. Thanks for your time. Usually time spent learning is time well spent. You are always welcome as are your comments. Do come back soon. A J