Wided Batat, Professor of Marketing, Entrepreneur and Keynote Speaker

‘Based on solid original research, Dr. Batat has crafted a must-read for anyone who must understand pre-teens and teenagers. Her results point to a new approach for marketing, whether promoting products or healthy choices, a new approach that takes into account the sometimes-rapid changes that young people go through. Practical and thorough, with clear recommendations and case studies.’

• Contents: Introduction to Youth Marketing to Digital Natives 1. Why youth culture beats age segmentation when it comes to marketing to young consumers 2. From age segmentation to “segmenculture”: introducing a new segmentation method based on the youth culture criterion 3. How do youth become consumers? Exploring consumer socialization from childhood to youthhood 4. Are digital natives competent or vulnerable consumers?A challenge for brands targeting the youth market 5. Consumption, brands, co-creation, and empowerment in youth cultures: how can businesses capture the creative potential of digital natives? 6. Digital natives and social media use in youth cultures: what should brands know about blogging? 7. Advertising to digital natives: a hybrid and disruptive way to communicate 8. How are brands designing attractive customer experiencesto connect with digital natives? 9. How to study youth consumption cultures: towards immersive market research tools 10. Are digital natives eco-friendly consumers? Conclusion

Wided Batat, Professor of Marketing, Entrepreneur and Keynote Speaker

‘Based on solid original research, Dr. Batat has crafted a must-read for anyone who must understand pre-teens and teenagers. Her results point to a new approach for marketing, whether promoting products or healthy choices, a new approach that takes into account the sometimes-rapid changes that young people go through. Practical and thorough, with clear recommendations and case studies.’

• Contents: Introduction to Youth Marketing to Digital Natives 1. Why youth culture beats age segmentation when it comes to marketing to young consumers 2. From age segmentation to “segmenculture”: introducing a new segmentation method based on the youth culture criterion 3. How do youth become consumers? Exploring consumer socialization from childhood to youthhood 4. Are digital natives competent or vulnerable consumers?A challenge for brands targeting the youth market 5. Consumption, brands, co-creation, and empowerment in youth cultures: how can businesses capture the creative potential of digital natives? 6. Digital natives and social media use in youth cultures: what should brands know about blogging? 7. Advertising to digital natives: a hybrid and disruptive way to communicate 8. How are brands designing attractive customer experiencesto connect with digital natives? 9. How to study youth consumption cultures: towards immersive market research tools 10. Are digital natives eco-friendly consumers? Conclusion