Silver Consumers and Their Shopping Specifics**

Abstract: Seniors constitute large and constantly growing group of consumers. These „silver consumers “ form a potentially significant market segment for the near future. An ageing population has implications for pension policy, healthcare policy, but also market policy. In spite of the scope of senior´s group, little atten-tion was paid to this segment from the retail industry in Slovakia, and more re-search to identify their shopping behaviour is required in order to suggest relevant actions. Considering the need for understanding this market segment, the objective of our paper is to identify the specifics in shopping behaviour of the seniors market, with the emphasis on grocery products