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• Populations will be older than ever before, with profound

    implications for welfare policies, pensions, taxation, employment,
    and spending throughout the affected economies of the developed
    world.

• Urbanization is widespread and rising. In 2006, for the first

    time in human history, global urban population exceeded global
    rural population. This movement to cities, like much demographic
    change, will profoundly alter behavior and expectations.

In practice

Understand how demography might be affecting your key markets.
What are the trends? Where are the opportunities and threats? Who
are your customers now and who will they be in the future?

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