Youth Marketing in Cosmetics and Toiletries - Business Insights
Youth Marketing in Cosmetics and Toiletries - Business Insights
Youth Marketing in Cosmetics and Toiletries - Business Insights
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CONSUMER<br />
<strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Market<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Cosmetics</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Toiletries</strong><br />
By Piers Berezai<br />
Table of Contents
Piers Berezai<br />
Piers Berezai is an analyst <strong>in</strong> Datamonitor’s Consumer Goods Practice Area. S<strong>in</strong>ce<br />
jo<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Datamonitor, after graduat<strong>in</strong>g from Cambridge University, Piers has worked on<br />
a number of consultancy projects <strong>and</strong> reports that have focused upon market<strong>in</strong>g mix,<br />
market entry <strong>and</strong> new product development strategy with<strong>in</strong> the cosmetics <strong>and</strong> toiletries<br />
<strong>in</strong>dustry.<br />
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Tweenagers, the 10 to 13 year old category 42<br />
Teenagers, the 14 to 17 year old category 44<br />
Ethnic segmentation 46<br />
The purchas<strong>in</strong>g decision 47<br />
The purchas<strong>in</strong>g decision of children 48<br />
The purchas<strong>in</strong>g decision of tweenagers 49<br />
The purchas<strong>in</strong>g decision of teenagers 49<br />
The pester power factor 51<br />
Pester power <strong>and</strong> young consumers 54<br />
Chapter 5 <strong>Market<strong>in</strong>g</strong> mix: The key variables 56<br />
Product <strong>in</strong>novation 57<br />
Packag<strong>in</strong>g 61<br />
Br<strong>and</strong> development 62<br />
Media advertis<strong>in</strong>g 63<br />
In-store market<strong>in</strong>g 67<br />
Chapter 6<br />
Children, the 3 to 9 year old age<br />
category 72<br />
Target<strong>in</strong>g child consumer characteristics 73<br />
Bipartite purchas<strong>in</strong>g decisions 73<br />
No personal <strong>in</strong>come 74<br />
Different <strong>in</strong>terpretation of br<strong>and</strong>s 74<br />
Will<strong>in</strong>g to learn but have short attention spans 75<br />
Lack of self-awareness 76<br />
The pester power factor 76<br />
<strong>Market<strong>in</strong>g</strong> mix: The key variables 77<br />
New Product Development (NPD) 77<br />
Media advertis<strong>in</strong>g 82<br />
In-store market<strong>in</strong>g 83<br />
Future outlook 84<br />
Case study: L’Oréal Kids 85<br />
Chapter 7<br />
Teenagers, the 10 to 13 year old<br />
age category 88<br />
Target<strong>in</strong>g teenage consumer characteristics 89<br />
The grow<strong>in</strong>g ability to underst<strong>and</strong> br<strong>and</strong> image <strong>and</strong> advertis<strong>in</strong>g 89<br />
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Bipartite purchas<strong>in</strong>g decisions 89<br />
Limited disposable <strong>in</strong>come available 91<br />
Self image <strong>and</strong> self-awareness develop<strong>in</strong>g 91<br />
Desire to grow up quickly 91<br />
Will<strong>in</strong>g to experiment but not comfortable with entirely new products 92<br />
<strong>Market<strong>in</strong>g</strong> mix: The key variables 92<br />
New Product Development (NPD) 92<br />
Media advertis<strong>in</strong>g 97<br />
In-store market<strong>in</strong>g 98<br />
Future outlook 99<br />
Case study: Brendon Cologne 100<br />
Chapter 8<br />
Teenagers, the 14 to 17 year old<br />
age category 103<br />
Target<strong>in</strong>g teenage consumer characteristics 104<br />
High degree of consumer knowledge 104<br />
Ability to work gives degree of f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>dependence 104<br />
Decision mak<strong>in</strong>g is mostly <strong>in</strong>dependent but can be constra<strong>in</strong>ed by parents 105<br />
Trends are adopted <strong>and</strong> discarded quickly 105<br />
Access to large amounts of <strong>in</strong>formation <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> new media 106<br />
<strong>Market<strong>in</strong>g</strong> mix: The key variables 106<br />
New product development 106<br />
Media advertis<strong>in</strong>g 110<br />
In-store market<strong>in</strong>g 111<br />
Future outlook 111<br />
Chapter 9 Industry op<strong>in</strong>ion survey 113<br />
Introduction 114<br />
The rate of growth of the youth cosmetics <strong>and</strong> toiletries market 115<br />
Growth opportunity by product category 116<br />
The key growth drivers for the youth market 117<br />
Key drivers for the child age group 117<br />
Key drivers for the tween age group 118<br />
Key drivers for the teen age group 119<br />
Manufacturers or br<strong>and</strong>s target<strong>in</strong>g the youth market 119<br />
The most important features of New Product Development 120<br />
The most important features of NPD for children 120<br />
The most important features of NPD for tweenagers 121<br />
The most important features of NPD for teenagers 122<br />
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The most effective advertis<strong>in</strong>g media 123<br />
The most effective advertis<strong>in</strong>g media for children 123<br />
The most effective advertis<strong>in</strong>g media for tweenagers 124<br />
The most effective advertis<strong>in</strong>g media for teenagers 125<br />
The most important distribution channels 126<br />
The countries that lead youth market<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> cosmetics <strong>and</strong> toiletries 128<br />
List of Figures<br />
Figure 0.1: Segment<strong>in</strong>g the youth market 9<br />
Figure 3.2: <strong>Cosmetics</strong> <strong>and</strong> toiletries sales by country (US$bn), 1998 21<br />
Figure 3.3: Sales by product category (% value), 1998 22<br />
Figure 3.4: The US is the most developed youth market 24<br />
Figure 3.5: Population by age group, 1998 29<br />
Figure 3.6: Child pocket money <strong>in</strong> Europe, 1998 31<br />
Figure 3.7: Average pocket money levels per annum by country (US$/child), 1998 31<br />
Figure 3.8: Women’s share of the labour force <strong>in</strong> Europe <strong>and</strong> the US (%), 1995-99 33<br />
Figure 3.9: Spend<strong>in</strong>g on toys <strong>and</strong> games by country (US$m), 1998. 35<br />
Figure 4.10: Segment<strong>in</strong>g the youth market 39<br />
Figure 4.11: The <strong>in</strong>dependence of age categories as consumers 46<br />
Figure 4.12: The bipartite purchas<strong>in</strong>g decision 47<br />
Figure 4.13: Parental <strong>in</strong>fluence <strong>and</strong> youth <strong>in</strong>come. 51<br />
Figure 4.14: Factors contribut<strong>in</strong>g to the <strong>in</strong>creased effectiveness of pester power 52<br />
Figure 5.15: Factors contribut<strong>in</strong>g to NPD 57<br />
Figure 5.16: Henkel’s Schauma Kids features child k<strong>in</strong>d formulas 58<br />
Figure 5.17: Summary of media advertis<strong>in</strong>g for young consumers at present 66<br />
Figure 6.18: Differ<strong>in</strong>g child <strong>and</strong> parental concerns <strong>in</strong> the purchas<strong>in</strong>g decision 74<br />
Figure 6.19: Colgate, offers products that feature cartoon characters. 80<br />
Figure 6.20: Summary of media advertis<strong>in</strong>g effectiveness to children 82<br />
Figure 6.21: L'Oréal Kids Range 85<br />
Figure 7.22: Tween <strong>and</strong> parental concerns <strong>in</strong> the purchas<strong>in</strong>g decision 90<br />
Figure 7.23: Summary of media advertis<strong>in</strong>g to tweenagers 97<br />
Figure 7.24: Brendon Cologne 100<br />
Figure 8.25: Teen <strong>and</strong> parental concerns <strong>in</strong> the purchas<strong>in</strong>g decision 105<br />
Figure 8.26: Tommy girl by Tommy Hilfiger 109<br />
Figure 8.27: Summary of media advertis<strong>in</strong>g to teenagers 110<br />
Figure 9.28: Current <strong>and</strong> future growth rates <strong>in</strong> youth market<strong>in</strong>g 115<br />
Figure 9.29: Relative importance of growth by product category 116<br />
Figure 9.30: Key drivers for the child age group 117<br />
Figure 9.31: Key drivers for the tween age group 118<br />
Figure 9.32: Key drivers for the teen age group 119<br />
Figure 9.33: Most important features <strong>in</strong> child NPD 120<br />
Figure 9.34: Most important features <strong>in</strong> tween NPD 121<br />
Figure 9.35: Most important features <strong>in</strong> teen NPD 122<br />
Figure 9.36: Most effective advertis<strong>in</strong>g media for children 123<br />
Figure 9.37: Most effective advertis<strong>in</strong>g media for tweenagers 124<br />
Figure 9.38: Most effective advertis<strong>in</strong>g media for teenagers 125<br />
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Figure 9.39: Overall relative importance of distribution channels 127<br />
Figure 9.40: Countries driv<strong>in</strong>g youth market<strong>in</strong>g 128<br />
List of Tables<br />
Table 3.1: Overall cosmetics <strong>and</strong> toiletries sales by country (US$m), 1994-98 20<br />
Table 3.2: <strong>Cosmetics</strong> <strong>and</strong> toiletries sales by category (US$m), 1998 21<br />
Table 3.3: US youth expenditure spend on cosmetics <strong>and</strong> toiletries by age group (US$/head),<br />
1998 23<br />
Table 3.4: <strong>Youth</strong> spend<strong>in</strong>g on cosmetics <strong>and</strong> toiletries (US$m), <strong>in</strong> 1998 24<br />
Table 3.5: Future youth spend<strong>in</strong>g on cosmetics <strong>and</strong> toiletries <strong>in</strong> (US$) 25<br />
Table 3.6: Population (0-4 years), by country (millions) 27<br />
Table 3.7: Population (5-9 years), by country (millions) 27<br />
Table 3.8: Population (10-14 years), by country (millions) 28<br />
Table 3.9: Population (15-19 years), by country (millions) 28<br />
Table 3.10: Pocket money for 4 to 14 year olds <strong>and</strong> total pocket money of 4 to 14 year olds per<br />
country, 1998 30<br />
Table 3.11: Average weekly pocket money <strong>in</strong> the UK(£m), 1994-98 32<br />
Table 3.12: Spend<strong>in</strong>g on toys <strong>and</strong> games per capita (US$m), 1998 35<br />
Table 4.13: Divorce rate as a % of marriages by country, 1998 53<br />
Table 4.14: Household sizes <strong>in</strong> per capita per house 1994-1998 53<br />
Table 5.15: Global c<strong>in</strong>ema admissions per country <strong>in</strong> millions, 1993 –1997 64<br />
Table 5.16: PC households by country 1998-2003 65<br />
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