Research

While the pursuit of great taste remains top of mind for all foodies, they are becoming more demanding and selective, and would rather experiment on their own instead of going to the restaurant.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released “IAB Digital Influence on Home Improvement Plans,” a custom analysis of Prosper Insights data, showing that U.S. consumers planning home renovations are nearly twice as likely as the general population to be influenced by mobile and desktop ads, with 22 percent saying these ads guide their purchases, compared to 12 percent of the general population.

Spend on connected TV is set to increase, as almost half of current connected advertisers plan to allocate more funds to the medium in the coming year, according to the ANA/BrightLine 2015 survey report “The Connected TV Opportunity.”

The survey found that it can be difficult for employees to get away and disconnect from work: more than a third of U.S. employees (39%) don’t believe their bosses encourage them to take allotted vacation days, and almost half (45%) say their bosses don’t help them disconnect from work while on vacation.

The aim of this research was to establish what elements of each advertisement were able to catch the eye, and whether or not the context of the ad drew visual attention away from the ad. For all advertisements about 150 items were coded to describe the way consumers looked at the advertisements.

About 18 percent of all movers in the United States and Puerto Rico, totaling 8.5 million people, moved to a different metropolitan area in the last year, according to new statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Facing growing pressure to innovate better, more and more C-level executives are scrutinizing their consumer research investments and asking some really tough questions

This study from the Media Insight Project, a collaboration between the American Press Institute and the AP-NORC Center, highlights similarities and differences by race and ethnicity in the technology use and news habits of Millennials.

Through real-time social listening at Lopez Negrete’s proprietary Social Media Intelligence Center was able to map out social conversations, pinpoint dialogue drivers, and identify which artists and brands made the most waves in the social media sphere during the awards show that honored actors, musical artists, telenovelas and influencers.

Central American “Eco-Migrantes” Expected To Increase the Foreign-born Population Of Hispanics In the United States.  By Martin Vega, Senior Strategic Planner and Researcher / d expósito & Partners

The most elusive and valuable of all media measurement is an independent, reliable understanding of the people who consumed a piece of content – whether it be video, audio or text.

According to a special edition of the Audio Today Report series focused on small and medium markets, 65 million Americans (12+) are using radio every week in America’s small and medium cities. That’s over a quarter of all listeners nationwide reached in those markets!

Global marketers see the value of making their digital interactions with customers and stakeholders richer, more personal and predictive. But most are still struggling to make their mobile, social and web channels work together to provide a more enriching and engaging experience.

As part of SSG’s series, we bring deep analysis & insights on economic & growth indicators pointing at Total Market opportunities where Multicultural, Millennial & Gen Z advantages increasingly impact marketers’ overall success.

With 73% of Americans aged 12 and up reporting that they are active consumers of movies and TV shows for home viewing, it’s important to understand how consumers are watching home entertainment.

Near the end of the Great Recession, about one-in-five Hispanics ages 18 and 19 were “disconnected youth” – neither working nor going to school.  By Jens Manuel Krogstad and Richard Fry

The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) announced the results of the latest Smart Mobile Cross Marketing Effectiveness (SMoX) study, a scientific examination conducted for The Coca-Cola Company in China earlier this year.

These economic woes have significant impact on teens and young adults in the affected countries. Youth unemployment is higher than 50% in Greece, and young people are leaving en masse. The same is true for Puerto Rico, where more than 300,000—many of them young people—have left over the last 15 years to relocate to the U.S.. Enrollment in Puerto Rican public schools is down a staggering 40% over the last decade.

Hispanic Americans — particularly those who speak Spanish on a regular basis — don’t shop in the same way, and don’t buy the same things, as other Americans, according to The NPD Group.

With increasingly diverse platforms available, kids consume multiple types of media and spend many of their waking hours in front of multiple types of screens, often simultaneously. As more technologies and devices become available to kids (and as kids become older and savvy enough to use these devices), how do behaviors change and shift from one platform to another? How does the presence of other household members affect the amount and type of content consumed?