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The Low-Income Consumer
Adjusting the Balance of Exchange


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February 1996 | 208 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Product, price, promotion and place: these are the four key areas in which marketing influences consumers. This innovative book takes the stance that poor consumers are distinctly disadvantaged in each of these areas. Documenting the imbalance of the exchange process by describing the business practice of those who market to poor consumers, issues related to basic necessities such as food, housing and transportation are addressed, as well as the consumption of `sin' products by poor consumers.

The problems faced by those who target low-income consumers are also examined, including the conflict between sound marketing practices and marginally ethical or unethical applications of those practices. The final section of the book presents a revised model of marketing exchange with poor consumers and offers specific directions for a way in which the balance of exchange between marketers and low-income consumers can be adjusted.

 
Introduction
 
Some Relevant Marketing Concepts
 
The Definition of Poverty
 
The Poverty Population
 
Consumption of Products and Services by the Poor
 
Financial Management and Money-Saving Techniques
 
Promotion and Marketing Communications
 
Price Discrimination and Retail Markets
 
Conclusions and Implications
Extending the Theory of Marketing Exchange

 

Linda F. Alwitt

Thomas Donley

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