Our Industry’s Dirty Little Transparency Secret: PUERTO RICO
The island of Puerto Rico as many of our readers know is a territory of the United States governed by United States Federal Law. It also considered a major US Hispanic Market, but since it resides on an island many place it under the international division. But it has turned into a petri dish for many of this century’s testing: birth control, mass sterilization, agent orange and more up to the ad industry’s test of transparency.

With responses from nearly 70 food retailers representing more than 4,600 stores across 34 states, the comprehensive study details growing investments in social media, mobile and more relevant promotions by U.S. grocers in response to changing consumer buying behavior.
Overall, the study found that coupon use is holding steady with 90 percent of consumers obtaining them from a variety of online and offline sources. This finding is consistent across audiences, including various generations and demographic segments, such as millennials, multicultural consumers and parents.
Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) announced its partnership with CivicScience, to provide research on the Hispanic consumer and emergent trends.
Azteca America announced that they have entered into three affiliate agreements with Entravision Communications Corporation. As part of the agreements, a group of full-power stations serving San Diego, Laredo, Texas and Yuma, Arizona/El Centro, California will become Azteca affiliates.
By Gonzalo López Martí – Creative Director, etc. / LMMiami.com
Multicultural marketing has created a marketing economy based on segmenting the population by ethnicity. While ethnicity segmentation has worked for the past several decades, as I pointed out in an earlier column, that foundation is starting to crack. Our industry is experiencing a paradigm shift. As we attempt to make sense of this existential crisis of marketing models, we should consider how we segment and why. by Mario Carrasco – Partner, ThinkNow Research
Latin restaurant chains get lost crossing continents when they lose touch with their brand culture, their true recipe for success. Menus may not translate to new U.S. markets, even heavily Hispanic ones, but authentic brand culture and communications will always transcend time and place. by Stephen Rosa / (add)ventures
Entravision Communications Corporation announced that it has promoted Jeffery Liberman to the additional position of President, effective immediately. As Entravision’s President & Chief Operating Officer, Liberman will continue to lead the management and operation of all of Entravision’s radio, television and digital media properties























