Now, I don’t mean to be crude – or rather, I fully intend to be crude but want to feign a modicum of propriety while I do it – but something funny struck me about the list of demographic types, which includes:
- Dormitory Villagers
- Squires Among Locals
- Country Loving Elders
- Side Street Singles
- Golden Retirement
- Balcony Downsizers
- Shop Floor Affluence
- Asian Attainment
- Footloose Managers
- Domestic Comfort
- Brownfield Pioneers
- First To Move In
- Small Block Singles
- Deprived View
- Back-To-Back Basics
- Study Buddies
I don’t mean the sheer torrent of bullshit, although there is that. What I mean is that an awful lot of these categories sound like downmarket porn mags.
7 comments:
"Squires among Locals" sounds very much like a cover story from Enrazzlement...
Golden Retirement
That's an image that will haunt me for a while.
I shudder to think what a brownfield pioneer is.. On the other hand I can just see Asian Attainment on the top shelf of the local sweet shop...
What do you mean? 'Downmarket'??
They sort of remind me of that bit out of the Chris Morris Paedo-geddon show.
"You're a shrub rocketeer" etc
As a veteran adgit I can say that I've never found a use for Mosaic. The classifications are supposed to represent different residential types, but the plethora of terms make accuracy less, not more, likely. I much prefer the TGI Lifestages, which are all about who you live with and how much you earn.
I work in advertising and have no soul.
This is a smart move by political parties to use a very successful marketing strategy "Nice Marketing Strategy". I hope that this strategy is not even successful in marketing or politics but in every field as every field has its own niches which are untouched and under served. So, potential is there, we just need to identify it and serve it.
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