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ARNOLD

LINCOLN-MERCURY-MAZDA

Purchases for grandchildren
is a retailing segment waiting to happen.

NORINE ZIMMER
Special to the Jewish News

N

orm is a proud grandpa.
And, he is also one big
missed opportunity!
You see, Norm and Barb
Gross of Huntington Woods may not
be the richest grandparents around, but
they have plenty of disposable income
they love to spend on a boy named
Zachary.
Norm is hardly alone.
Despite the fanfare over an increas-
ing grandparent market, companies that
make and sell products and services for
kids still haven't caught on to the spe-
cial chemistry between grandparent and
grandchild.

Drive East Pay The Least

From top to bottom:
Norm and Barb Gross browse Border's Books and Music with
grandson Zachary Kwiatek.

LINCOLN

PASSION FOR THE ROAD . "'

Mercury

Barb Gross and Zachary Kwiatek check a few titles.

GIL PRATT

Norm Gross and Zachary Kwiatek share a book at the store.

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Grandparents' years
of parenting experience have taught
them the importance of support, nur-
turing and affection that they bring to
their relationships with grandchildren.
When they're not seeing their
grandchildren and doing things with
i
them, grandparents are often doing
things for them. They also take on roles
in the lives of their grandchildren that
were unheard of in previous genera-
tions," says Jeff Ostroff, author and vice
president of the Data Group in Florida.
"The 'unexplored market' is what we

