New Habits for Multicultural Growth
This week, I had the privilege of joining some of the best minds in advertising at ANA’s Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference. Having spoken at this important conference for five consecutive years, I wanted to use this year as an opportunity to address the entrenched habits in how we do marketing, and outline the path to building new habits needed to widen the opportunity for multicultural marketing. By Marc S. Pritchard – Chief Brand Officer at Procter & Gamble

Now in their 21st year, the awards recognize client-side marketers and their agency or media partners who produced multicultural advertising campaigns between June 2020 and June 2021. The winners of this year’s competition, open to both ANA members and nonmembers, were announced last night during a dinner celebration at the annual ANA Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference in San Diego.
Consumer confidence among U.S. Hispanics remained mostly stable in the third quarter, despite the supply-chain crisis, increased labor movement activities, and other economic turmoil.
The Sales and Marketing Executives of Puerto Rico announced the winners of their “Premios a la Excelencia en Mercadeo 2021″.
It’s important to have clear brand positioning, executed consistently across all touchpoints. But which media brands can best amplify your personality?
Our annual holiday survey revealed that nearly two-thirds of U.S. consumers expect their 2021 holiday season will be more like it was in 2020, during the pandemic, than it was in 2019.
Consumers plan to spend $997.73 on gifts, holiday items and other non-gift purchases for themselves and their families this year, according to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Despite the continued supply chain disruption, this is on par with consumer spending last year.
For the first time in its over 50-year history, Special Olympics launched a fitness campaign aimed at Hispanic athletes with intellectual disabilities. The campaign, Escuela de Fuerza, which translates to School of Strength, drops at a key moment during the pandemic when many athletes with intellectual disabilities are working out from home to avoid public spaces.
Companies are disclosing the racial and ethnic composition of their boards at a record rate.
Univision Communications Inc. announced 87 new open positions at Univision News, the company’s news division. The new job openings are centered in the production of news, and include reporters, anchors, and correspondents, as well as producers, editors, operators, and technicians, and will accelerate Univision’s evolution to become the largest Spanish-language media company in the world.
Consumer companies are being confronted with inflationary cost pressures on many sides.
As we approach the 23rd annual ANA Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference, it’s a good time to step back and reflect on news from the past year that is relevant to multicultural marketing and diversity. By Bill Duggan / Association of National Advertisers
























