Screw It: 10 insights into Extreme Buying

Screw It:10 Insights into Extreme Buying

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extreme buying White hot consumerism may have cooled with the recession, but purchasing continuesExtreme buying is like a rush of blood to the head, where barriers come down and a sudden purchasing impulse takes over Extreme buying has many drivers (see below) and is one of the Growth Stories of our age

when friday comes Austerity, new discipline, watching the credit card.... all are fine until they meet human desiresGood behaviour is rewarded by a night out on the town, or a splurge at the Mall

all change Meanwhile, human desires are changing! Many trends point towards thrill, pleasure, fantasy and extremism

excitmentThe desire to live a life full of excitement & entertainment has grown since the 1990s in most countries

cant resistSurvey work by Sociovision Ltd shows a strong correlation between hedonism and consumptionHot hedonists cant resist buying; threetimes as many will purchase compared to ice cold ascetists

lifes getting extreme Risking your credit limit is nothing compared to what you areprepared to do at weekends

fantasy66% of the British are driven by their dreams and their imagination Over one third of the Dutch think that the world around them is not real!

overload Faced with informationoverload, especially when purchasing on the net,many are ultimately taking screw it! snap decisions

too tempting40 years ago, people mayhave been able to resist Today, all resistance is futile!

profitingLVMH (Bulgari, Louis Vuitton, Moet &Chandon, Christian Dior, De Beersand Tag Heuer etc), posted sales of€23.7 billion for 2011, up 16.7 percent on the previous year

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Screw It: 10 insights into Extreme Buying

by Chris Middleton on Feb 20, 2012

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