Dear Reader: In keeping with my promise to continue presenting trends of the future, here are 20 business/economic trends. What distinguishes Midlife Mothers from others is our passionate and fervent desire to remain current, viable and healthy as our children age. (Code for: we aim to stay around as long as possible!) If not painfully and clearly apparent is that our children’s world and their experiences will not replicate the world which we grew up in. Here are 20 business trends which will shape the country during the coming century:
- 1) The End of the Big Box Retailer
- 2) Aging of America
- 3) Mobile Revolution
- 4) Weakening of the Infrastructure
- 5) Rise of Student Loan Debt
- 6) U.S. Energy Boom
- 7) Car Culture on the Decline
- 8) Partisan Divide
- 9) New Healthcare Mandate
- 10) Pension Crisis
- 11) High Frequency Trade Domination
- 12) Housing Market Recovers
- 13) U.S. Manufacturing Roars Back
- 14) Less Profitable Banking Sector
- 15) Agriculture and Climate Change
- 16) End of the Post Office
- 17) The Importance of American Cities
- 18) Immigrants Driving Product Innovation
- 19) Military Spending Under Pressure
- 20) Pharma Patent Cliff
Information courtesy of Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-20-2012-9?op=1