Ads offering cars as a gift idea seem to miss the mark. (Or do they?)

Observation:  According to a recent story from Marketing Daily, few consumers are wooed by those campaigns that suggest a vehicle would make a great Christmas gift.  Click here to see the story.

Implications:   What the study does not adequately acknowledge is that Lexus is not after “most consumers” when they run a commercial suggesting their upscale cars would make a great gift idea.  They’re targeting folks for whom the idea does not seem over-the-top.

Personally, I don’t see myself buying anyone a car for Christmas.  But in this case, I’m not the target.

Mike Anderson, for the Elm Street Economics consumer trends blog. A service of The Center for Sales Strategy, Inc.