Research

We are living in a world of 24/7 connectivity. We access content on our own terms, and we like it that way. Across the globe, more than three quarters (76%) of respondents in a Nielsen online survey of digital attitudes and behaviors say they enjoy the freedom of being connected anywhere, anytime. While this flexibility can be a benefit to us, it represents a huge challenge for brands and content providers vying for our attention.

Millennials have finances on their minds. Among US internet users ages 25 to 35 polled in December 2014 by Principal Financial Group, 70% said having financial security was their top goal, and six in 10 were also focused on making a comfortable salary.

Movie viewers in North America are frequenting the theater less often.

With the buying power of the U.S. Hispanic market now eclipsing $1 trillion annually, marketers are more focused than ever on attracting this lucrative segment to their brands. But understanding the “how” in consumer spending is just as important as the “how much.” As the number of payment options available increases, the connection between purchase and payment has far-reaching implications: from how marketing should be planned, to how products are distributed, and even how sales are forecasted and measured.

The report, available to the public as a complimentary download, provides a year in review of the major shifts in digital consumer behavior that occurred in various online sectors, including mobile, social media, video, advertising, search and e-commerce. Furthermore, it examines what insights can be gathered from these trends and what that means looking forward to the year ahead.

About six-in-ten U.S. adult Hispanics (62%) speak English or are bilingual, according to an analysis of the Pew Research Center’s 2013 National Survey of Latinos. Hispanics in the United States break down into three groups when it comes to their use of language: 36% are bilingual, 25% mainly use English and 38% mainly use Spanish. Among those who speak English, 59% are bilingual.

The past five decades – spanning from the time when the Silent generation (today, mostly in their 70s and 80s) was entering adulthood to the adulthood of today’s Millennials – have seen large shifts in U.S. society and culture. It has been a period during which Americans, especially Millennials, have become more detached from major institutions like political parties, religion, the military and marriage. At the same time, the racial and ethnic makeup of the country has changed, college attainment has spiked, and women have greatly increased their participation in the nation’s workforce and their representation on college campuses.

The Hispanic market’s affinity towards wireless prepaid services is keeping the prepaid segment growing among Hispanics, according to Eric Fogle, CEO of ShareTracker, the largest U.S. market research company dedicated to telecom market share and flow share measurement products and analytics.

ConneXion Research released information pertaining to Hispanic Consumers, specifically, Latina and Latino Millennials in the U.S. “The Latina Millennial Mindset”.

Multicultural consumers are transforming the U.S. mainstream. Propelled by the twin engines of population growth and expanding buying power, they are at the leading edge of converging demographic and social trends that are reshaping how marketers and advertisers use culture to connect with increasingly diverse customers. By understanding the cultural essence that drives multicultural consumer behavior today, marketers and advertisers are getting a glimpse of future market trends and forging a long-term relationship with the most dynamic and fastest growing segment of the U.S. consumer economy.

After viewability and fraud, what’s the biggest issue in digital metrics today? Now, I know what you’re thinking: “There are other issues in digital metrics?” Humor me for a few hundred words.

One of the great joys of our Infinite Dial series is we can track items from so far back.  This year we brought back some questions about media in general that we had asked in the past.   Here’s one we didn’t show: We asked “Among the Internet, newspapers, radio and television which one is the least essential to your life?”

The research examines how Hispanic Americans – the second largest and fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S. today – use the Internet, smartphones, tablets and TV in their daily lives.

As the U.S. economy perseveres from recession to potential resurgence, consumers continue to power a growth in subscription-based video on-demand (SVOD) services. And who knows, maybe the extra money lining viewers’ pockets is actually helping fuel the steady consumer adoption of these services.

Unlike survey-based measurement, which evaluates a consumer’s conscious reactions to ads, neuroscience taps into the brain’s subconscious. Neuroscientists believe the subconscious is the motivating force behind many of our actions, including which brands we buy from.

While we generally gravitate towards what is simple and efficient, there is mounting evidence that we are moving in the opposite direction when it comes to grocery shopping.

A sneak peek at brand new data from Horowitz Research’s FOCUS Latino study shows that Hispanics are more than just a mobile audience.

Millennials are some of America’s most connected consumers, with an infinite number of entertainment options available to them in the palms of their hands. But while advertisers and marketers spend significant amounts of money, time and effort to reach Generation Y across the many different platforms available today, they should remember to connect with these young adults on one of the original platforms for consuming content—radio.

There is no question that data and digital approaches are going to reshape the future of the TV advertising industry.

A majority of the U.S. population lives in incorporated places or cities, although these areas only make up a small fraction of the U.S. land area, according to a new report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The percentage of the population living in cities in 2013 was highest in the Midwest and West at 71.2 percent and 76.4 percent, respectively.