Political specialists spent much time this election cycle studying the voting habits of young people. The Boston Consulting Group, meanwhile, has been studying the spending habits of young people, and one conclusion of the firm’s analysis is that many young men like to shop for clothes.

That might come as a bit of a shock to the male geezer, who in many cases, regards shopping for clothes as about as engaging as a sober evening at the opera or a football-season Sunday filled with self-improving activities.