Retail in a Second Baby Boom

The children of the baby boomers are now havinginfant wear. It has become the one stop solution for
babies of their own. Naturally, those children areparents in a rush. Get toys, diapers, clothes, anything
often having more than one, and so mathematically itelse you could possibly imagine an infant might want
makes sense that the baby boomers are now longeror desire, and it is thriving in this second generation
the largest portion of the United States population.of Baby Boomers. Taking its cue from Babies "R" Us,
Instead, it is their children. This notable shift inWal-Mart released the "Child of Mine" label as well as
population has created a massive trend towardmany other department stores picking up premium
clothing for infants and children. Celebrity mothersnational infantwear labels. These powerhouses are
dress their kids in all of the latest styles, and so itfinding ways to provide extremely cheap solutions
filters down to the public with Baby Gap and morefor kid's clothes.
toddler stores in malls than ever. Children's clothing isHowever, the expensive, high-end, baby boutique
in a major growth category for many retailers, andmarket is also flourishing. As a result of the wealth
more of them are coming on board the kid's clothesproduced by the baby boomers, their children have
train.more money to spend on their kids. Upper crust
The Gerber clothing line has been added to the list byboutiques for children are opening all over the United
the major department store, Sears. It brings aStates. Celebrities and other cultural elite are spending
"mix-and-match" collection of clothing that is bothan obscene amount of money to keep their kids in
cute and practical. Sears hopes to increase theirstyle, and retailers are taking advantage of the
market share by pushing this new line of children'sopportunity.
clothes. Both Sears and JCPenney use gift sets toNow is a great time to get into child and infant sales.
move their products. It is commonly known thatThere has never been such a market of people with
baby showers are responsible for much of the kid'ssuch vast resources to support this kind of sales. If
clothing that is purchased, and so these majoryour store or department has not already
departments are focusing on gift giving to sell theirinvestigated children's clothes, consider this venture,
new children's clothing lines.as it has proved an incredible source of sales revenue
Babies "R" Us is also a massive retailer of kid andfor many small shops and major companies.