Resources Library by ANA

Eating patterns in the over-60 generation (French)

This document provides some finding, drawn from a 650 page study of senior citizens, which was conducted by GIRA. That study was made in order to determine possible marketing opportunities in this segment of the population and to offer timely...

Catalogue: Seminar 1989: The Untapped Gold Mine

Author: Pierre Germain

June 15, 1989

Life styles and values of the over 60's in Japan, Thailand, United States, Denmark and Italy

It is increasingly recognised that the elderly represent a very large sector of the population and world demographic trends show that the percentage is constantly rising. According to the World Health Organization, in the year 2.000 the over 65's...

Catalogue: Seminar 1989: The Untapped Gold Mine

Author: Maria Teresa Crisci

Company: DOXA

June 15, 1989

Show me my freedom

This paper examines the origins of and changes in current attitudes of 55 to 65-year- olds, in Belgium today. The research provides an insight into the language, both verbal and symbolic, which should or should not be used when communicating with the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1989: The Untapped Gold Mine

Author: Lucienne Hellebosch

Company: GATES Marketing Research & Consultancy nv/sa

June 15, 1989

How the career of the golden age generation will change German society

Individual and collective ageing is part of a broad social process. Ageing persons are going to mark the face of society in future so greatly that we will have to speak of a graying world. Gerontology is interested in exploring the qualitative...

Catalogue: Seminar 1989: The Untapped Gold Mine

Author: Annette Niederfranke

June 15, 1989

Private sector housing for the very elderly?

In 1986 B.V.A. conducted a study for a real estate developer on a complex of 200 flats for couples and single people in the Paris area. We interviewed people aged 65 - 85 with an income in proportion to such an investment. Apart from the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1989: The Untapped Gold Mine

Author: Geneviève Ville

Company: BVA Group

June 15, 1989

Beppo meets Felix

What is the difference between young and old consumers when they look at ads? What are their respective attitudes and projections? This is what we tried to find out. Beppo is a fellow who embodies what advertising used to be. Felix stands for...

Catalogue: Seminar 1989: The Untapped Gold Mine

Author: Gloria Frink

June 15, 1989

How the career of the golden age generation will change German society (German)

Individual and collective ageing is part of a broad social process. Ageing persons are going to mark the face of society in future so greatly that we will have to speak of a graying world. Gerontology is interested in exploring the qualitative...

Catalogue: Seminar 1989: The Untapped Gold Mine

Author: Annette Niederfranke

June 15, 1989

Old is gold: But who is old?

The paper is divided in two parts. The first part discusses the demographic, economic and cultural aspects that stand behind the growing importance of elderly people as consumers of goods and services. Elderly people are not a homogeneous lot. The...

Catalogue: Seminar 1989: The Untapped Gold Mine

Author: Gabriele Morello

June 15, 1989

A major research exercise identifying and quantifying relevant consumer groups in over 60's market: The hotel industry

Although the marketing world claims to have woken up to 'grey power' our experience suggests that much of the thinking behind propositions aimed at older people is still founded on cliche and misconception. We formed this view in the course of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1989: The Untapped Gold Mine

Authors: Mia Bartonova, Ruth Betts, John Martindale

June 15, 1989