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Carol Orsborn, guest blogger and co-founder of FH Boom, is pleased to share with you an excerpt from: BOOM: Marketing to the Ultimate Power Consumer—the Baby Boomer Woman (Amacom Books, Fall of 2006, by Mary Brown and Carol Orsborn, Ph.D).
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FH Boom Daily Digest-May 7, 2008

Top News from Today's "Boomiverse"

Canada's Baby Boomers are Lacking in the Bedroom
Newswire.ca
May 7, 2008

Overview: “If you're a Canadian Baby Boomer, new research indicates you likely have a complicated and unhealthy relationship with sleep at a time when you need it the most.”

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2008/06/c5179.htmlCnews.canoe.ca

Baby Boomer Brain Drain Looms
David McCann
Cfo.com
May 7, 2008

Overview: “Companies may be having a hard time finding qualified young people to fill their junior accounting and finance positions, but that's nothing compared to the struggles they'll likely be facing in the next few years at the other end of the age spectrum. The long-dreaded era of Baby Boomer retirements has finally dawned, and with the oldest Boomers turning 62 this year, the fallout may reach epic proportions in the early years of the next decade.”

http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/11324070/1/c_11324249?f=home_todayinfinance&x=1

Boomers' spending goes bust
Thomas Kostigen
MarketWatch.com
May 6, 2008

Overview: “One in four affluent 60-year-olds are downsizing their lifestyle by contributing less to charity, canceling vacations, reducing retirement saving or postponing retirement altogether, according to a national survey conducted by Bell Investment Advisors in Oakland, Calif.”

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/baby-boomers-spending-goes-bust/story.aspx?guid=%7B5C845AB5-7FD8-4C3E-9D5F-818990B01806%7D

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Comments (1)

Rita:

Thank you for the information on the studies.

I write a blog for boomer consumers called The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide at http://boomersurvive-thriveguide.typepad.com
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Rita

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