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Itasan
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Lohas

Post by Itasan » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:22 am

LOHAS is an acronym for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability - a $227 billion market segment in the U.S. alone but worldwide in its extent. It aligns with those who espouse New Age belief but extends also into the environmentalist movement and Complementary and alternative medicine. (Wikipedia)

Is this new word 'Lohas' familiar to you?

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Lorikeet
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Post by Lorikeet » Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:28 am

Not me. I never heard of it before.

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Post by tigertiger » Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:47 am

Lorikeet wrote:Not me. I never heard of it before.
Me neither.
Perhaps one for the cognisenti

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Post by sbourque » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:16 pm

sounds like something the market research people dreamed up--they're into lifestyle segmentation (Yuppie, Buppie, DINK).

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LOhas

Post by Itasan » Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:47 pm

Thank you very much, everybody.

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