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purchasing “desire” items, they tend to be more value minded in a holistic sense. 10) Often project what
seems to be contradictory behavior. Older people are some- times characterized as selfi sh and selfl ess, penurious and profl igate, spontaneous and deliberate, and so on. These confl icting attributes lead some to characterize older people as contradictory. For ex- ample, an older shopper may be penurious in using cents-off coupons in a grocery store, after which she drives off in a Mer- cedes. This is not evidence of contradictory behavior, but an example of the rules of thrifti- ness applied to basics, and the rules of whole value applied to discretionary expenditures. The differences in customer
motivations and decision pro- cesses between customers in the fi rst and second half of life some- times frustrate many marketers, who have yet to fi gure out how to market to older customers. Until recently, this was not a matter of serious concern because the young dominated the market- place. The young are easier to sell to and analyze. Now, with adults over the age of 40 in the majority, marketers are being compelled to fi gure out the values and behavior of older customers. This story was adapted from MediaPost’s, “En- gage: Boomers,” feature. ■
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