NEW YORK — If you build it, they will stay. The small businesses that dominate the home remodeling industry are expecting robust growth in the next few years, thanks partly to baby boomers who want to remain in their homes. Home remodelers say they’ve had a pickup in projects from boomers who are in or [...]
Baby boomers’ disdain for growing older may have led to the undoing of the practice — as it relates to real estate and home renovation — of aging in place. A new executive summary released by the digital home services marketplace giant HomeAdvisor posited that nobody wants to be labeled old and, for that reason, [...]
A new study has debunked the notion that baby boomers’ successor generations — Gen Xers and millennials — are substantially inferior to their forebearers when it comes to a work ethic. Springer’s Journal of Business and Psychology last week published the results of the Wayne State University study which found that the strong work ethic, [...]
Baby boomers are the topic of conversation at the 8th Annual National Village Gathering, a conference aimed at connecting villages of aging populations around the country, which begins today. The three-day event is taking place at the Hyatt Regency downtown but kicked off yesterday with a Village 101 Pre-Conference, an opportunity to connect peers who [...]
Mike Kloser was a professional mountain-bike racer, and after his career was over he spent years traversing unmarked wilderness courses in adventure races. Once he hit his 50s, Kloser, who lives in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, saw no need to slow down much. On any given day, he can be found riding the trails around the [...]
Coping with slow growth, client retention, integrating new generations — all are big concerns for the top law firms in the United States these days. But the one thing that will almost definitely make or break many law firms in the coming years? Baby boomers. Or the lack of them. Baby boomers and members of [...]