Washington Business Woman...
"More women than ever before hold senior executive
positions and sit on corporate boards. The top financial-service
firms are busy developing new products and services for a
generation of professional women who manage substantial
portfolios, who use their tremendous buying power with sharp
business acumen, and who will outlive their husbands by a good
number of years." - Fast Company Magazine, August 2002
The time is right to be a woman and to be in business.
Washington FAMILIES Magazine wants to help the Washington Business
Woman make the most out of her family life and her career. In the
Washington Business Woman Pages you will find networking
resources, speakers for your events, profiles of other business
women who have blended family and career as well as other
resources to help you be the best you can be both in the boardroom
and in the family room.
Because . . .
- Women control 80 percent of household spending
- Make up 47 percent of investors
- Buy 81 percent of all products and services
- Buy 75 percent of all over-the-counter medications
- Make 81 percent of all retail purchases
- Buy 82 percent of all groceries
- Sign 80 percent of all checks written in the United States
- Make up 40 percent of all business travelers
- Make 51 percent of all travel and consumer electronics
purchases
- Influence 85 percent of all automobile purchases
- Head up 40 percent of all U.S. households with incomes over
$600,000
- Own 66 percent of all home-based businesses
- Make up the majority of voters in the United States since
1964
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