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

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Submitted by mittonguyen2001 on Wed, 08/12/2020 - 15:18 Many people believe that the reason for the tremendous revenue of consumer items is the power of advertising no to real needs. I totally disagree with
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Firstly
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, customers are getting smarter so they
can not
can not
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be influenced by advertising. Specifically, they only decide to buy
daily product
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a daily product
when they have real demands or after they read
review
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reviews
and feedback of the product
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in
groups or in forum in Internet.
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, a study shows that 70% of customers in a local supermarket joined more than one online group
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to read reviews, feedback or ask other members about the item before they decide to buy it. Another example is Shark Hung, who have supermarket chains in Vietnam, invested 1 billion VND in 2018 for advertising
campaign but
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campaign, but
online reviews
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are
adverse so the sales were still unchanged. It is clear that, companies should
invested
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invest
for product's quality rather than advertising. A multitude of people still
believe
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believes
advertising is manipulating consumers, they state that many teenagers buy items because they only want to advocate their celebrities.
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, I believe
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to be a very shortsighted view because before young people buy some goods, they will ponder their benefit.
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, 60% of Taylor Swift’s fans say that they not only buy her products because they admire
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her, but
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the items is definitely well-designed and sophisticated. It is obvious that the sales of items rely on their quality In conclusion, I do not believe that
the high
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higher
income of consumer goods
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is
thanks to the power of advertising. Not only because consumers
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become wise, but
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they study the good's benefit carefully before buy it
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • consumer behavior
  • perceived need
  • lifestyle aspirations
  • brand image
  • prestige
  • psychological techniques
  • scarcity
  • social proof
  • celebrity endorsements
  • technological advancements
  • product innovations
  • emerging consumer needs
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