Floor plans, features and affordability that young people are looking for can be found in new homes.
Generation Y
‘Problem-Solving Kitchens’ covers how to match kitchen design with generational needs and preferences
KBDN looks at a link between age, region and design choices among young homeowners.
Generation Y consumers are partial to clean lines, uncluttered designs, with museum-quality details that depart from their parents’ fondness for complex moldings and carvings with detail.
For Generation Y, you must cater to their craving for immediate information while ensuring you have products that meet their budget needs.
The emergence of this ‘new’ consumer creates both exciting opportunities and new challenges.
Baby Boomer, Gen X and Gen Y consumers apparently share the same love of multi-functional storage solutions and kitchen spaces that reflect their own personal style, although each group clearly has its own unique needs when it comes to the kitchen.
A big part of a showroom designer’s job is to know his or her customers and anticipate upcoming market trends. One change that’s coming to a boiling point is the emergence of Generation Y – as many as 87 million young consumers ranging from their upper teens to their early 30s. This new generation of shoppers is now entering the market for big-ticket items like homes – and kitchens.