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According to the Census Bureau, people age 65 and older now makeup 12 percent of the population but account for more than 48percent of discretionary purchases. So how can you make your storesenior-friendly?
Candace Corlett, director of the 50+ Marketing DirectionsService atWSL Strategic Retail, a marketing consulting firm inNew York City, cautions entrepreneurs who might be consideringputting resting chairs in their stores or a cozy gray-haired couplein their ads. "We are in a new age of aging," she says."Marketers need to show people as they want to be seen, fullof vitality and reflecting theirrealisticaspirations."
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