This work deals with a market segment that is so far little studied in Brazil: children up to 14 years old who come from low income families. With this focus and using the theory on this theme, the behavior patterns of this market segment are detected and analyzed within a retail supermarket, as is their influence on this particular environment. This work is supported by the main theoretical works that deal with psychological development and the process of child socialization, as well as by specific texts taken from the area of consumption by children. The empirical part of this research resorted to observation and interview techniques to obtain a greater understanding of the object of the study. This work's contribution is that it has generated categories that help with the construction of a holistic view of behavior and of the socialization process of children in a retail environment.
Consumer behavior; child consumer; retail; low income families; supermarket
