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Today, the high sales of popular consumer goods reflect the power of advertising and not the real needs of the society in which they are sold. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Nowadays, marketing has improved to the extent that it has been able to convince people to buy some products, which they do not really need. I agree that it is obvious that advertising has an important role in determining trending goods. Marketing has reached a very advanced level of prof
essionality as
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professional
professionally
professions
professionals
well as creativity that made comp
anies inf
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companies'
luence peoples' decisions. In anot
her wor
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
other
ds, old fashioned ways of advertising were replaced by up to date ones.
For instance
, if someone searches for a product or a service on a search engine, relative search results will appear on his personal social media accounts.
Furthermore
, producers can discover much information about customers through their reactions and interests on different social media websites.
Consequently
, they are able to target suitable markets for their goods. Another essential factor is the spreading trend of "showing off mentality". Showing off has been adopted by many to be the new style of living. Reinforced by social media, increasing number of people seem to be competing in how rich
they are
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rich, they
,
hence
, they are forced to buy fancy products which they can hardly afford.
Nevertheless
, they push their selves and resort to loans just for the sake of notable social status.
Such
 people end up with financial problems which put them in real danger. To sum up, on buying a product which is expensive, people should think
first
 about their priorities. At the same time, it is okay for people to p
urchase lux
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purchasing
ury products, just in case their financial status allows them to do so.

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