Points out that the aging population has captured the attention of marketers, but that many companies are still uncertain as to whether they should, or how they should, go about marketing to the mature market. Highlights some of the key issues marketers are confronted with and discusses reasons...

Based on Schiffman and Sherman’s conceptual model of the new‐age elderly this article constructs a measure that identifies this segment of elderly in terms of their value orientation. The findings show that older consumers’ value orientations are an effective segmentation approach; one...

Presents a current overview of the issues and available knowledge regarding marketers understanding of how to reach older consumers. Presents contradictory beliefs about older consumers and various methods for marketing to them. Offers reasons for these contradictions, and presents a blueprint...

Presents a new way of segmenting the mature market. Develops a segmentation model based on research in various disciplines and uses data from several studies to validate it. Suggests that the model is more effective than some commonly used approaches, not only in identifying prime segments for...

Purpose – While the mature consumer segment (55‐and‐older) is rapidly growing in size, so too are their preferences, motives and spending patterns. The health‐care product and services industry, an industry driven by age, is no exception to the need to identify and accurately target this...