August 5, 2008

What is wrong with marketing to kids?

Kids today have so money to spend on crazy things that must come as no surprise that companies know this; they also know that the parent’s cash is also unlimited so therefore kids are being sold the idea of spending £100’s of your money.

So what are the worst marketing ploys to relieve money from kids?

Abercrombie & Fitch’s Thongs For Kids

Freddy Krueger’s Bed-Time Story 900 Line

Rozerem - Back to School Sleeping Pills

1-900 Santa Scam

Children’s Breakfast Cereals

Partnership for a Drug Free America - Your Brain on Drugs

This of course is just the tip of the marketing iceberg, there are no depths that some companies are willing to go to, in order to relieve that cash from your child’s pocket.

Source [Cracked]