Britain’s Young Consumers

What do you spend your money on? clothes and accessories household bills eating out mobile phone cards sweets and snacks rent bus fares petrol computer games CDs/DVDs going out (cinema, concerts, sport events) magazines/books/comics supermarket shopping

Britain Young Consumers There are over 9 million of them in Britain and they are the most powerful group of consumers. Who are they? Teenagers! A retailer's “dream come true”. Each year they spend 6 billion pounds.

What do British teenagers spend their money on?

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