This is a three part assessment: Part 1: Research characteristics of the teenage market and cite the URL's where you find the information. Part 2: Find five companies worldwide that target teens and list them with the URL's. Part 3: Choose three of the companies and analyze the marketing mix of each company. Include the following: How the company caters to the teen market (what the product is, why teens like it, why teens were chosen as the target market) Pricing strategies used to market the product Distribution of the product (how it gets to you) Promotion of the product (how it is advertised to entice you to want it and purchase it) Assignment Guidelines:

8. agreement and disagreement among economists suppose that bob, an economist from a university in arizona, and cho, an economist from a public television program, are arguing over saving incentives. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: cho: i think it's safe to say that, in general, the savings rate of households in today's economy is much lower than it really needs to be to sustain an improvement in living standards. bob: i think a switch from the income tax to a consumption tax would bring growth in living standards. cho: you really think households would change their saving behavior enough in response to this to make a difference? because i don't. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? rent ceilings reduce the quantity and quality of available housing. immigrants receive more in government benefits than they contribute in taxes. having a single income tax rate would improve economic performance.

The uptowner just paid an annual dividend of $4.12. the company has a policy of increasing the dividend by 2.5 percent annually. you would like to purchase shares of stock in this firm but realize that you will not have the funds to do so for another four years. if you require a rate of return of 16.7 percent, how much will you be willing to pay per share when you can afford to make this investment?

Describe how to write a main idea expressed as a bottom-line statement