
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, August 26, 1993                   TAG: 9308260082
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: CHICAGO                                LENGTH: Short

STUDY: BLACKS SPEND MORE THAN OTHERS

Black consumers spend three times more than non-blacks on small appliances, twice as much on laundry, dry cleaning and perishable foods, and 50 percent more on footwear, a new study found.

Target Market News, a Chicago-based marketing information firm, analyzed in-person interviews and diaries from more than 2,800 black households. The firm said it is the largest sample group ever surveyed in a black consumer study.

The survey didn't explain the differences in buying habits. - Associated Press

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