During the lecture, I've missheard one word of the sentence below. Somehow, I've got the feeling the missing word should be part of a common phrase that I've already come across but I just can't put my finger on it. I''ve marked the phrase I'm talking about and replaced the missing word with the set of other words (the ones in capitals) to make the context clear.
At the end of the Georgian era, there is
a new GROUP OF PEOPLE on the market
-the lower classes- who didn't possess so much money, but still wanted to have their houses nicely equipped.