In a society where children are getting a bigger influence over the family’s consumption and where more products for children are purchased, the market for children products has expanded. This growth is due to a higher amount of older parents which have a god economy and are choosing to spend more money on products for their children. Also the fact that parents use fashion products for children as a way to reflect their own status and that children are becoming more fashionable and aware of trends have contributed to the markets expansion. All together this leads to a grown importance of knowledge for marketers concerning the market. What makes the market for children’s products so complex is the fact that marketers needs to considerate the fact that both mother and child is the consumer. From this, two problems have been identified from which this study derives from, and they are how the integrated buying decision making process appears regarding fashion products for children and also which significant factors that should be included in the formation of a marketing mix for this type of products. Through collection of questionnaires from mothers of children in the ages between six and twelve, and also interviews with shop staff in Lindex and KappAhl stores, as well as observations in two of these stores, we have gathered empirical data. This data has combined with chosen theories and former research, been the foundation for our conclusions regarding identified problems. Regarding the buying decision making process we have come to the conclusion that both mother and child are active when choosing products and take on several different roles during the process. We also have come to the conclusion that it is of great importance for companies to have an understanding for both mother and child, in order to be able to communicate their message to them. Regarding the formation of the marketing mix we have come to the conclusion that the four factors price, place, product and promotion must interact whit each other in order to make an effective message. / <p>Program: Textilekonomutbildningen</p><p>Uppsatsnivå: C</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hb-19013 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Ankarling, Pia, Mehlqvist, Lisa |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, University of Borås/Swedish School of Textiles |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | Kandidatuppsats Marknadsföring, ; 2008.1.6. |
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