There are three main market groups they use to sell. There is the "primary" market where kids directly control and spend. The "influence" market which is the amount of parental spending that children can directly or indirectly influence. And there is the "future" market, which is the purchasing that children will do for the rest of their lives. ... In conclusion many products, such as soft drinks, fashion and items affiliated with music, are directly targeted towards teenagers and youth. ...

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The mining of silver in Colonial Spanish America and gold mining in Colonial Portuguese America dominated the international commerce and economic markets of the world for many centuries. ... As the earlier sources of gold depleted and with the massive discovery of silver deposits in Zacatecas of Mexico and Potosi in Peru during the first century and a half following the conquest of America, Silver bullion monopolized the European and other world markets as the primary mode of exchange for next few centuries to come shipping over 16,000 tons of silver. ... The challenges presented by poor tech...

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XM can charge premiums on advertising space because of their abilities to align the commercials with certain demographics (based on the target audience of the station) and to reach consumers nationwide. ... BUSINESS One of the most important questions for any new company with an emerging technology is what market they should enter and how to effectively position themselves with customers in that market. Because 42% of all radio use occurs in automobiles, XM initial market should focus on car users. ... While focusing on the car market, XM should also find secondary markets where they can a...

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By emphasizing the cachet of owning modernized products, companies could target the millions consumers looking to become contemporaries of society (Pope 45). ... The emergence of radio sets allowed advertisers to target people in their homes, an unprecedented feat at the time. The radio was first marketed to the public for personal use in 1920 and by 1923 roughly 3 million Americans owned radios. ... Coca Cola was originally marketed as a medicine, claiming it had properties which ""revived and sustained" a person. ... Advertising established centrality during the 1920s as a result of the pro...

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Human civilization efforts have been integrally revolutionized through the many technological inventions that have hit the American and global market (Hughes, 2011). ... Target drones by the U.S army have allowed for easy surveillance in the case of military warfare. This is because the drones are unmanned robots that can be targeted on the desired area. ... The modern digital cameras in today's market owe it to American William Talbot who invented the calotype cameras that used the negative films (Falk, 2013). ...

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Boomers are a huge market and because of the group's size, their economic and personal choices have led to the creation of vast new business opportunities. How to market to this critically important group is vitally as important to the market mix. ... Lifestyles are highly segmented, as a result, which makes it tough to forge and maintain mass markets, but easier to open niches for targeted specialty products. ... Age, disposable income, and ethnic background impact taste, preferences, and target markets, thereby influencing demand. ... Before a company can hope to make sense of the mark...

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In order to fully understand the sexualized nature and gender-targeted cigarette campaigns, one must analyze Phillip Morris' use of the Marlboro Man in their ads. ... The dilemma was that the filter-market primarily appealed to women and Marlboro tried to compensate by targeting the hyper-masculine portion of the smoking population. ... While this ad is aimed at the male population, many tobacco companies have targeted women in their advertisements by employing the same tactics as Phillip Morris did with the Marlboro Man. ... The ad undeniably targets women, specifically young women. ......

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The basic activities of the mafia are extortion, hijacking, narcotics trafficking, gambling, high class robberies, contractual murder, stock market fraud and money laundering. ... This was the beginning of the mafia in America and the market for their business was not as high yet. ... "The decline in the mob's power came with the federal RICO or racketeering laws which allowed the FBI to focus less on gambling and loansharking cases and target the heads of New York's five crime families." ... Such industries include the Garment District, Fulton Fish Market, John F. ...

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That's why terrorist decide to bomb buildings and other civilian targets, because they need to bring attention to themselves and to there cause. ... All a terrorist has to do is put a bomb in the middle of a square or a small market, even though only a Figueroa 2 Couple will get hurt, it affects everyone. Now people have the mentality saying that it could have been them in that market place. ... Department of State say that groups in this category are responsible for 70% of the terrorist activity targeted at America today. ...

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The stock market crashes at the end of this decade and the hard working men and women find themselves not only broke, but also without jobs. ... During this period of time the stock market is booming and those investors, who brave the chances of loosing it all, are being rewarded with large capital gains on their investments. ... The failure of her losing a little bit of money, in the stock market, might hurt her ratings on her prime time shows. ... She then could end up as the target, of Jay Leno, on the Tonight Show. ...

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The policy is targeted at low to middle income families which would allow them to choose between public, private, and religious schools for their children's education. ... This enables parents to purchase education in a free market system while education remains funded by the government. ... The main assumption in applying school vouchers relates to the target population. ... The policy to improve education quality in our public schools has to target teachers. ...

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To make things even worse management decided to lay-off some people just before Christmas shutdown to save some money by not paying holiday and as well they targeted older employees. ... It has simply taken new forms in today's job market. ...

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By observing and comparing the physical aspects of the automobile design and market in their separate environments, an ethnographic approach can be used to illustrate this American aesthetic as compared to other cultures or environments. ... It is obvious that the target consumers are those of around the middle class who appreciate simplicity and economical, affordable means of transportation. ...

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America takes the brunt of these attacks for the sole reason that as the most powerful western country in the world, it is the figurehead that these terror groups will target. ... This could then result in a dangerous influx of nuclear and biological weapons on the black market. ...

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This is just a random research of what goes on theatres: 1. 35 out of 44 randomly selected movies rated R for violence were marketed directly at children under age 17. 2. Ads for 83 out of 118 video games rated M for violence were targeted at the same age group. 3. 54% of 395 movie theaters selected by the FTC permitted minors unaccompanied by an adult to purchase tickets to R-rated movies. 4. ... Thus, it makes economic sense for the industry to market R-rated films to minors, with the expectation that they will either urge their parents to take them or sneak in themselves. ...

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Many parents and experts argue that rappers and musicians use vulgar, profane, sexually explicit lyrics to target the teenage market. ... Yet it seems that music is an easier target because pro-censorship groups claim that they are helping the youth of America. ...

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Just as they have redefine every stage of their lives because boomers will be the largest generation of elderly, they will impact everything from housing to health care as the market and society caters to their wealth, longevity, and interest in new technology (Dytchweld K. 1999). ... Television programming may not specifically target baby boomers, but since baby boomers fit into the prime eighteen to forty nine year old or twenty five to fifty four year old demographics that are preferred by most advertisers, the baby boomers are, by default, the biggest part of many network audiences (Walthe...

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The National Organization for Women, or NOW, has been promoting this equality in the job market since its "Statement of Purpose" was written in 1966. ... Equality in the job market is one more step toward the true equality of all as stated in our Constitution. ...

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One cause of homelessness is the competitiveness of the business market. ... This is mainly achieved by not allowing the homeless to use public property as a place to rest or sleep, placing restrictions on begging, and targeting specific areas where homeless are and forcing them to relocate or in some cases arresting them. ...

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At noon ,Japan time, the freedom flyers had reached Japans mainland and in a single file line at low altitudes the dropped their bombs on Japan's military targets. ... World War II although tragic, happened at good time for America because it helped pull them out of the awful situation the crash of the stock market had put them in and it helped with equality in African Americans and women....

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Assault rifles are high-powered guns that can eliminate many targets (even those at great distance) in seconds. ... However, theft is already a major problem in out country and theft of guns would become a major street market. ... Are they going to lock our guns up and let us sign them out for target practice and hunting season? ...

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One such cause is the competitiveness of the business market. ... This is mainly achieved by not allowing the homeless to use public property as a place to rest or sleep, placing restrictions on begging, and targeting specific areas where homeless are and forcing them to relocate or in some cases arresting them. ...

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One such cause is the competitiveness of the business market. ... This is mainly achieved by not allowing the homeless to use public property as a place to rest or sleep, placing restrictions on begging, and targeting specific areas where homeless are and forcing them to relocate or in some cases arresting them. ...

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"Wifi and cell phones are slowly killing off the human race!" preached a crazy lady who lives on the rural Western Slope of Colorado. Cell phones and wifi might not be causing cancer or killing people, but technology might be more harmful than helpful. With every breath a new technological advanceme...

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Coverage for mothers was introduced in 1950; then in 1962 ADC was renamed Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) to reflect a targeting of families (including mothers) rather than individual children. ...

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