2015 Digital & Media Predictions [REPORT]

Since 2009, Millward Brown experts from around the globe have offered annual predictions for the coming year – forecasting the hottest digital and media trends and providing recommendations to help advertisers move confidently into the coming year

New America. New Consumers.

While 2000 didn’t bring us the end of the Internet predicted by Y2K, technology has transformed dramatically in the intervening years. We’ve gone from the earliest smartphones to roughly three-quarters of Americans owning a smartphone. And technology isn’t the only thing that’s changed. The composition of the country is shifting: 92% of the total growth in U.S. population from 2000 to 2014 came from multicultural groups. With these changes, our lifestyles and consumer habits have also evolved.

The Power Of Reimagination

It’s amazing how many things we don’t question, how many critical assumptions powerfully shape the world around us that are based on muscle memory and reasons that we forget no longer exist.

How America Pays in 2015 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Shoppers are using a larger variety of payment options with digital and mobile payments serving as supplements to the traditional cash and card-based payments tools, according to new research released by Blackhawk Network.

The Rhythm Of Strategy

Here’s the thing. When I said much of a businesses performance comes down to luck, that sounded disparaging. But it’s far from it. Luck could also be defined as the circumstances of our environment: the factors that lie beyond our control.

Battlestar Galactica on NBC Universo

Battlestar Galactica is now slated to appeal to a whole new audience when it airs for the first time in Spanish on U.S. television beginning Wed., July 29, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

No More Spanish in America: ¿Sí o No? [INSIGHT]

Lately, as we have grown accustomed to, there have been some articles suggesting that the use of Spanish among Hispanics may be dying out. I have been hearing very similar comments and reading similar studies since I started in this industry ―almost thirty years ago. In fact, I can even quote an ex-colleague saying, “Chica, don’t waste your time in the Hispanic advertising industry ―it will disappear in the next five to ten years.”  by Gloria Constanza – Partner and Chief Contact Strategist / d expósito & Partners

Unauthorized immigrant population stable for half a decade

An estimated 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants lived in the U.S. in 2014, according to a new preliminary Pew Research Center estimate based on government data. This population has remained essentially stable for five years after nearly two decades of changes.  By Jeffrey S. Passel and D’Vera Cohn

Is Deep Linking The New Digital Marketing Battleground?

Unfortunately, most marketers have not been able to take advantage of that opportunity. By the time that they can connect the dots, the user has already moved on. They either purchased their product elsewhere or lost interest. Blame the fickle attention span of today’s on-demand mobile consumer.

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