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Senior fashion: Over 60s will soon be a key consumer group

Fashion brands are increasingly directing their focus toward the 60+ age demographic, recognizing it as a substantial and economically influential market segment. The primary allure lies in the considerable disposable income and spending power of this group, making them an appealing target for brands aiming for growth. Traditionally overlooked...

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Fashion

Highest body confidence among baby boomers as sales of string bikinis soar

New data shows that women who have made more trips around the sun are the ones likely to bare more skin in the sun. Baby boomers are busting out their bodies on the beaches like no other group according to Clearpay. The online Buy Now, Pay Later payment service found that women born between 1944 and 1964 are purchasing string bikinis at a higher...

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Business

Is the fashion industry finally ready to embrace the grey pound?

As nichification defines smaller communities and fashion tropes, there is one market segment that has remained largely forgotten by the fashion industry: the over 50s. New research has revealed this group has the financial prowess to be seen, heard and dressed well, as older people will spend 2.9 billion pounds on clothes and accessories, up 21...