Wishes for being able to transfer molecules through space (“Scotty, beam us up,” Star Trek) fly about like mosquitos. While many people are eager to travel, one of the major deterrents from moving from here to there is having to deal with the chaos, confusion, and long distances at airports that challenge even the nimblest and most […]
Silver Tourism: What senior travelers deserve
By 2050, people over 60 will account for 22% of the world population – a potential tourism target market that includes over 2 billion people. Over 60. Over 70. Over 80. Traveling the Planet The senior traveler has money and currently spends $30 billion annually, occupies 70 percent of all passenger spaces on cruise ships, […]
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Wear makeup or nothing: Women – in our own lane
The global makeup/skincare industry is alive and well, with new market segments and new products growing exponentially. Women compete… for males Professor Lisa Wade (Occidental College), the author of Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions (2014), determined that in the 1920s, as more Americans moved to cities, courtship moved from the home to establishments that cost money, like cabarets […]
The Lipstick Index
If retailers and online sellers were wondering where all the young women were, what they were doing, and what they were spending their money on in 2022. !When in Doubt Wear Red I can give witness; young, high-energy, dedicated women were crowded into New York’s Metropolitan Pavilion, pushing and shoving to get to the salespeople […]