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"Coughlin provides the framing and insight business leaders [can use] to serve the growing older market: a vast, diverse group of consumers representing every possible level of health and wealth, worth about $8 trillion in the United States alone and climbing"--Amazon.com.
About the author
Joseph Coughlin is the founder and director of the MIT AgeLab, a multidisciplinary research program created to understand the behavior of the 50+ population, the role of technology in their lives, and the opportunity for innovation to improve the quality of life for older adults and their families. He is a member of the board of directors of AARP, AARP Services, and Benchmark Senior Living. Coughlin consults with major companies in the United States and internationally, including BMW, Colgate, Kimberly Clark, JP Morgan, Marriott, Johnson & Johnson, Cartier, and many others.
Summary
Based on cutting-edge research into demographics, technology, and the ambitions and aspirations of those in the over-fifty market, the director of the MIT AgeLab shows how businesses can profit from designing for and marketing to people fifty and over, and selling them products and services they truly want and need.
Foreword
Based on cutting-edge research into demographics, technology, and the ambitions and aspirations of those in the over-fifty market, the director of the MIT AgeLab shows how businesses can profit from designing for and marketing to people fifty and over, and selling them products and services they truly want and need.