What is the breakdown of overall money spent on beauty products, fashion, technology, jewelry, books, wine, hotel/travel, vitamins, fitness, etc. last year, the last five and 10 years?
Women over 50 spend over $25 billion a year on clothes and over $30 million a day on personal care products. Women 50 to 70 represent 40 percent of total consumer demand. They spend $4 trillion in goods and services a year. ** Vitamin, mineral and supplement sales overall are $25 billion. These women spend over $7 billion of that.*** Boomers (men and women) were responsible for a 5% increase in vitamin, mineral and supplement sales from 2001 to 2008 and the number is expected to grow.*** Women over 50 spend $55 billion annually on consumer electronics (the entire market is $96 billion).* They buy 65% of all new cars sold each year, and 80% of all luxury cars* They buy 66% of all computers sold each year.* Americans 50+ (men & women) represent 80% of all luxury travel purchased in the U.S. They make up 65% of all cruise passengers and typically spend 74% more on vacations than the 18-49 year-old population segment. Females 50+ travel more than any other age/gender group in the United St
