Winner of the 1997 Atticus Award-Strategy Catogory
“Fantastic! Creating Ever-Cool is a ‘must-read’ for all manufacturers and advertising agencies that are marketing to children.”
—Bennett Wolk, Director Worldwide Consumer Research Mattel Toys
By its very nature, “cool” is a nebulous distinction. What is cool one year, or even one month, may not be the next. Yet some products are able to remain consistently cool year-in and year-out. In their quest for a share of the $171 billion of purchases that kids influence every year, marketers strive to develop such cool products. These the author terms “Ever-Cools.”
The Barbie doll represents a perfect example of an “Ever-Cool” product. Barbie rides the trends and fads, assuming various guises to reflect current coolness. Mothers who had Malibu Barbie dolls now buy Baywatch Barbies for their daughters. This is an exploration of achieving the elusive Ever-Cool status.
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About the Author
Author Gene Del Vecchio is the president of his own consulting firm in Valencia, California. He is the former senior partner, director of planning & research in the Los Angeles office of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, the world’s sixth-largest agency network. While there, he developed products targeted toward children for companies including Baskin-Robbins, Disney, Good Humor-Breyers, Hershey, Kraft Foods, and Mattel.
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CREATING EVER-COOL
A Marketer’s Guide to a Kid’s Heart
By Gene Del Vecchio
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / General
208 print pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Illustrations Tables
Download file size: 2.9 MB
ISBN: 9781455603084 epub file