Exploring Kiddo Land

Today s children are tomorrow s future. This book explores parents buying behavior regarding toys with an attempt to see how their decision to buy certain toys helps in their kids development, their ability to learn, build their knowledge/skill and increase their intellect in Pakistan s toy market. The objective is to study the stages of children s development through the consumption pattern of toys, the buying behavior of parents, the choices available in the market, the status recognition of reputable brands and the commitment of kids towards particular brands in Pakistan. The book emphasis that majority of the parents are very particular about the kind of toys they give to their children to play with. They prefer age appropriate toys, with high play value, something educational and discourage media related non educational toys. Fisher price and Lego has exceptionally good reputation in the market due to their safety element, quality, and value for money, and mainly due to the high play value that their toys offer. Parents are seen to be brand conscious when it comes to buying educational toys only. Understanding these behaviors can ultimately shape children s future.

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Nida Kamran has recently done an MBA in Marketing from Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan.She is an educationist by profession. Nida is amongst the few Pakistani's to have worked on Postmodern Marketing. Her recent work has been an exploratory study on development and early learning of kids.

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Today's children are tomorrow's future. This book explores parents' buying behavior regarding toys with an attempt to see how their decision to buy certain toys helps in their kids' development, their ability to learn, build their knowledge/skill and increase their intellect in Pakistan's toy market. The objective is to study the stages of children's development through the consumption pattern of toys, the buying behavior of parents, the choices available in the market, the status recognition of reputable brands and the commitment of kids towards particular brands in Pakistan. The book emphasis that majority of the parents are very particular about the kind of toys they give to their children to play with. They prefer age appropriate toys, with high play value, something educational and discourage media related non educational toys. 'Fisher price' and 'Lego' has exceptionally good reputation in the market due to their safety element, quality, and value for money, and mainly due to the high play value that their toys offer. Parents are seen to be brand conscious when it comes to buying educational toys only. Understanding these behaviors can ultimately shape children's future.