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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, many
people
 believe that
people
 purchase
products
 due to various attractive
advertisements
 and they do not put the real needs into account. I completely agree with
this
. Hot sale
products
 manifest the power of advertising. The main reason why I believe
this
 is because advertisers use
advertisements
 to encourage
people
 to associate certain brands with a higher status and to follow the latest trends.
Therefore
,
people
 collect many
products
 that have
similar
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. They do not consider it is necessary for them to buy the
products
. A good example here is that package companies attract women by hiring glamorous and successful celebrities to represent their
products
.
Thus
, in order to imitate them, women will buy their
products
 despite they have hundreds of similar ones at home.
Furthermore
, another reason is that advertisers use popular cartoon icons to create funny and artistic
advertisements
 to attract
children
.
Therefore
,
children
 will put pressure on their parents to buy them things despite they have lots of similar toys.
For instance
, companies use popular Disney icons to create interesting
advertisements
 for their
products
. Many
children
 will pester their parents to buy their
products
, even though it is not useful for them. From
this
 perspective,
children
 choose
products
 just because of the funny
advertisements
. They do not consider whether it is necessary for them. In conclusion, I completely agree that popular
products
 reflect the power of advertising, not the real needs of
community
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.
This
 is because
people
 are encouraged to connect some brands with a higher status and to follow the latest fashions.
Also
,
children
 are convinced by interesting
advertisements
.
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  • 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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