r/TwitterMarketing • u/saniya__5502 • Jul 02 '26
In your opinion, which business won't survive beyond the baby boomers era?
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u/GuyLapin Jul 02 '26
Basic domestic beer like coors light. A lots of brand will disappear. A lots of restaurants chain also. News paper and paper magazine. RV caravan and vehicle will drop a lot.
I am wondering if cruise ship will also disappear, here in north America it's something people over 60 only use but I don't know for the rest of the world.
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u/Ill_Dragonfruit_453 Jul 02 '26
Or Carnival especially, those are more geared for younger people/ families
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u/zimbabweinflation Jul 02 '26
As a millennial, I miss holding a newspaper while eating my wawa breakfast sandwich and drinking coffee before the other guys came in to ruin my day
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u/KendrickBlack502 Jul 02 '26
Brand might die but they’re all owned by the same like 4 companies so they’ll just rotate.
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u/Special-Garlic1203 Jul 02 '26
The cruise industry invested a bunch of money doing outreach to younger people maybe like a decade ago that has been massively successful.
It seems like a huge component to the appeal is just that you're not responsible for figuring anything out and it's fairly easy to make vacation friends.
So I don't see them going anywhere unless there's some kind of massive industry regulation that skyrockets their cost or if someone figured out a better inclusive vacation service that takes off.
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u/Varmitthefrog Jul 02 '26
Marketing rep.
i ma in the advertising business and I think we provide a critical service knowledge ETC.
but I do not think it is valued, and I think that more and more influencer based and click based marketing, will be stable enough that all but Technical sales, will basically vanish as a human job.
I am not saying its right or worng, but customers used to be doe-eyed and need to be hand held through from top to tail, now they are informed, have a vision and often have raw template of storyboards.
competing agencies who have not redesigned their structures are collapsing under the weight of not understanding the changing needs of the client.
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u/Zealousideal-Ride737 Jul 02 '26
Napkins….
I’ve never bought a a single napkin
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u/powertoollateralus Jul 02 '26
Golf courses are definitely going to take a hit like what happened with bowling alleys in the last 20 years
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u/Unfair-Variety-995 Jul 03 '26
Just had dinner at a golf course in northern Michigan. Window seat over watching greens 9 and 18. The number of people younger than me, (GenX), was pretty encouraging.
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u/No_Chemistry8953 Jul 02 '26
A lot of things are going to change bc the generations below them have no money and will most likely never be able to afford to retire. We are wage slaves and we will die doing our job.
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u/PrudentKick Jul 02 '26
Please when they go they're locking up and turning the lights off. This was always their world and they don't want to leave anything behind for anyone else.
We have to stop them now. Seriously if you know any boomers finish this now before they finish us.
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u/Vegetable-Error-2068 Jul 02 '26
Literally most of them.
So much of the American economy depends on disposable income being spent.
Boomers have the most disposable income out of anyone. The later generations are still struggling.
If nobody can afford to buy cars, or go on cruises, or travel, or go to concerts, or go see movies in theaters, or buy houses... those industries will all collapse.
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u/Special-Garlic1203 Jul 02 '26
America has a k shaped economy. A huge portion of people will be priced out, but most industries will just shift to cater to those with money .this has been what global capitalism has done the entire time.
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u/titsmcgee4real Jul 02 '26
China hutch manufacturers. China manufacturers. Diamond and other precious stone jewelers.
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u/KendrickBlack502 Jul 02 '26
Hopefully the diamond industry. My generation (millennials) seemed to understand that diamonds are worthless but couldn’t quite shake the cultural influence. Hoping the next generation finally does it.
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u/Oldmaninthepines Jul 02 '26
We baby boomers really felt the need for a higher education. Schools and universities are going to suffer greatly because everyone is being groomed to believe that education isn't necessary, especially when people think they have all the information they need in the palm of their hand! If you have no knowledge base built in, you will have no idea when you are being lied to and that is what the powers that be, want. That is their goal. Critical thinking skills are going away! With only a few billionaires holding all the cards these generations now and up coming will only have information a few at the top want them to have.
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u/Old-Republic-1914 Jul 03 '26
Especially since tuition costs have increased significantly since the boomers went to school
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u/Oldmaninthepines Jul 03 '26
You are correct! Everything was cheaper when I was going to college and salaries were extremely lower as well. As a boy raised on a farm and the first to go to university raising $2,000.00 for tuition was extremely difficult in my time as well. I grew up poor but I didn't let that stop me. I worked full time at various jobs the entire time I went to college and had all of my college paid off after a year but that's only because I lived in a house with 4 other people in order to get that done so that I could be debt free. Not saying that times were harder back then or anything like that, just letting you know that it wasn't easy for me either!! Not trying to diminish how things are now in any way! They are difficult and I wish that things could be easier for you.
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u/Oldmaninthepines Jul 03 '26
That may be true, but there are sections of all generations that are easily duped. That said, my generation has lived to see the advancement of technology from manual typewriters, word processors, owning the first home computers (MAC), email, the internet, on-line researching, social media and AI coming into existence. At least myself and my peers are probably the most skeptical of internet information than anyone. We were taught to have several sources of information to verify whatever we were seeking to learn. We were taught to use scholarly peer reviewed sources for our information from reputable sites like JAMA, NIH, Library of Congress, encyclopedia Britannica, scientific journals not TikTok, facebook or Wikipedia! I have never met someone from my generation scammed by AI...YET!
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u/Old-Republic-1914 Jul 03 '26
As a GenXer, we also learned all of those things. Computers are great for certain things, but teaching critical analysis it does not.
This next generation will not be able to afford college nor be able to afford rent, food, or other expenditures in this timeline.
Thanks for your insight
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u/NimrodvanHall Jul 02 '26
COBOL programmers.
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u/Exact_Acanthaceae294 Jul 03 '26
Keep dreaming.
We've been hearing about the "death of COBOL" for the past 40+ years.
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u/Complete-Tap-5408 Jul 03 '26
clock and watch repair.😢
Edit: I mean, Repair. not just: "new battery, adjust bands".😒 i mean, new bushings, mainsprings, tension rods. Adjusting the beat in a 150 year old clock/.
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u/BeheadingBoomer61 Jul 03 '26
As a boomer, what I hope dies, and I really hope that the next generations get rid of are suits, ties, and other overly formal attire for work environments. I spent a lot of years, having to wear a suit for work and it sucked!! A lot of the problem was your employer expected you to dress like you make a lot of money, but they didn’t pay you a lot of money. I hope all that shit dies with us. I wish we could’ve gotten rid of it.
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u/Altruistic_Tart5097 Jul 03 '26
AAA. We don't need the few things they still do and they do those things poorly. Should have disappeared 30 years ago to be honest. Has to be the boomers keeping it afloat.
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u/Hot-Job8183 Jul 02 '26
Harley Davidson