Consumer Trends in Three Different Worlds
By Andy Hines
from Futurist Vol 42 Iss 4 Jul/Aug2008, pp. 18 -23
"The article discusses the major trends affecting consumers worldwide. The trends include the aging societies, migration, changing family structures, the growth of the middle class, and increasing time pressures among others. It analyzes how the trends vary in different parts of the world, such as the more affluent World One nations, the majority in the middle World Two emerging economies, and the struggling World Three economies in dire straits. Moreover, a survey reveals that about three-fourths of baby boomers in the U.S. plan to keep working beyond retirement age."