Two-thirds of those still on the job say they will keep working after they retire, a plan shared about evenly across sex, marital status and education lines, the survey finds.

MSN: Poll reveals baby boomers' retirement fears

To understand the marketing implications of this collaborative consumption trend, our Campbell Mithun team both talked to marketers on the sharing front lines and conducted a quantitative consumer survey for insights about consumer attitudes.

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The Concur survey, which was based on 500 million expense lines gleaned from approximately 15, 000 corporate clients in 2011, also shows that business travel is getting more expensive due to increasing airfares, pricier hotels and costly ground transportation such as taxis.

BBC: Where business travellers spend big

According to the first ever nationwide sizing survey using 3D body scanners, both typical waist-lines and height have increased over the last 30 years.

BBC: Children 'have wider waists now than in 1978'

This lines up with a recent Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions survey of 973 high school students who had used their company to prepare for the April ACT and May SAT.

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In Nancy Balfour's day, American Survey (now renamed United States) was run on almost military lines, with strict discipline, frugal use of resources and a firm determination to maintain its independence from the rest of the paper.

ECONOMIST: Nancy Balfour