Marketing to Mature Consumers: Ten Things You Need to Know


Many marketing campaigns aimed at older audiences produce poor results because they are based on stereotypes and concepts that are out of touch with reality. Understanding the minds of older consumers is essential to connecting brands and products. The 10 aspects listed below come from international literature, since there is almost no knowledge about the behavior of Brazilian senior consumers. Even so, it is highly recommended that a marketing strategist – interested in attracting 57 million Brazilian tourists over 50, people who have R$2 trillion in their wallets to spend every year – take these aspects into consideration:


An older shopper may seem stingy when asking for a discount at a store just before driving off in an imported car. This is not evidence of contradictory behavior, but an example of item 9: in some purchases, price matters. In purchases of desired items, the value that the consumer attributes to the good matters. On the same trip, the customer may choose to pay for the cheapest plane ticket but choose a high-end hotel. Spending two hours on a plane is not exactly a tourist experience. The customer probably travels often and sees the plane as a mere means of transportation. But the hotel is part of his imagination for a relaxing and enjoyable trip. It is where he chooses to invest the most.

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Author: Fabio Nogueira

Fabio Nogueira is CEO of the Longevity Observatory. Nogueira studied civil engineering at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo...


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