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Piper Jaffray has completed its 27th semi-annual Taking Stock With Teens market research project, which signals a potential point of stability, with spending contracting by just 1% from Fall 2013, compared to sequential declines in the mid-single digits previously.

A consortium of six companies announced today a cross-industry study to drive thought leadership in marketing to Hispanics. The consortium members include IRI, Latinum Network, Univision, Telemundo Media, UM, and Rentrak. The consortium will enable marketers to maximize the multi-platform impact of advertising to Hispanics by developing best practices around strategy and performance measurement. The consortium’s mandate is to help marketers, advertisers and retailers develop effective marketing strategies to best serve Hispanic consumers.

Every time I look around, we’re growing.  Latinos, that is, along with entities to which Latinos belong.  Two recent examples struck me as indicative.  By Carlos E. Cortés / Univision Consumer Insights

The 2008 economic crash had a profound impact on the hopes and dreams of young adults coming of age in recent years. They grew up in boom times, forever optimistic about their futures–but today’s economy presents challenges they never expected. In this “next normal,” how have their career aspirations and experiences changed? And when there’s time for play, what do they do to unwind?

Half of Americans (50%) who are aware of advertising don’t trust what they see, read and hear in advertisements.  44% think that advertisements are dishonest.  A clear majority (58%) thinks that there should be stronger requirements for proving claims in advertising.

The National Grocers Association (NGA) and the Center for Multicultural Science (CMS) recently conducted the first study to estimate how much the Hispanic shopper spends in the independent retail grocery channel.   The study found that Hispanics spend an estimated $22.8 billion in retail grocery stores (or 17% of the total estimated annual sales of the independent retail grocery channel).

Sensis together with ThinkNow Research  launched a new research initiative focused on U.S. Hispanic millennials. The research study, titled “The Hispanic Millennial Project” provides a comprehensive look into Hispanic millennials, including comparing them with non-Hispanic millennials, as well as their Hispanic counterparts age 35 and older.

America is in the midst of two major changes to its population: We are becoming majority non-white at the same time a record share is going gray.  In 1960, the population of the United States was 85% white; by 2060, it will be only 43% white. Our intricate new racial tapestry is being woven by the more than 40 million immigrants who have arrived since 1965, about half of them Hispanics and nearly three-in-ten Asians.  Explore these shifts and examine America’s four generations through animated charts, graphics and videos in a new interactive essay by Paul Taylor that synthesizes findings from the new book, The Next America.  

Residents of Orlando shine when it comes to saving money, as the Florida city took the number one ranking on the ‘Most Frugal U.S. Cities’ list, according to the 2013 Coupons.com Savings Index1 released by Coupons.com Incorporated. Orlando overtook Atlanta, which had held the top spot for four years running. Tampa landed the number two position, with Washington D.C., Nashville and Charlotte rounding out the top five.

As more and more marketers seek to gain control over the technology at their disposal, there is a clear shift away from the black box solutions and one towards transparency in all areas. Viewability rules are quickly starting to govern over display advertising, DSP’s are being forced to provide transparency in their campaigns and DMP’s enable direct access to data providers and attributes available for targeting.  All of these changes signal a clear new direction where marketers are taking control of the tools and systems available to them in order to improve efficiency and performance and do so at scale.

When Hispanic young adults are on the clock, do they take a break for lunch or a snack? Tr3s took a look at their on-the-job dining habits as part of its soon-to-be-released 2014 study of Hispanics ages 19 to 34.

Latinos, one of the largest growing population segments in the United States, present special challenges to survey researchers. In addition to posing the same difficulties inherent to polling any small group, Latinos also comprise subgroups representing different countries of origin. Some Latinos have lived in the United States for several generations while others have only just arrived, and the ability to speak English and Spanish varies widely. Along with other cultural and demographic attributes unique to this group, such considerations require researchers to be particularly meticulous when attaining representative samples of the Latino population…

Marketing mix modeling has never been more valuable to chief marketing officers—and the need for effective models never greater—than today. Constant budget pressures and an exploding array of consumer touch points from the digital world have dramatically increased the difficulty and the competitive value of fine-tuning one’s marketing spend.

After Decades of Decline, a Rising Share of Stay-at-Home MothersThe share of mothers who do not work outside the home rose to 29% in 2012, up from a modern-era low of 23% in 1999, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data.  This rise over the past dozen years represents the reversal of a long-term decline in “stay-at-home” mothers that had persisted for the last three decades of the 20th century.   The recent turnaround appears to be driven by a mix of demographic, economic and societal factors, including rising immigration as well as a downturn in women’s labor force participation, and is set against a backdrop of continued public ambivalence about the impact of working mothers on young children.

A 2012 Harris Poll found that tattoos were making cultural inroads, edging away from the fringe and toward the mainstream, with the percentage of Americans saying they had at least one growing from 14% in 2008 to 21% in 2012. But where might one find the greatest concentration of human canvas among the ten largest U.S. cities? And how do those markets’ inhabitants feel about tattoos and the people who have them?

Race question on census form US census Some other raceWhat is your race? The U.S. Census Bureau asks this question of every U.S. household, but the menu of options offered may feel limiting to some.

The fact is, many of us spend an egregious amount of time using social media (sharing tweets, commenting on FB posts, etc.). We lose ourselves in our ever updating feeds. The more curious among us even try to quantify the hours and minutes spent on social networking each day. But I’ve often wondered: What is our behavior post-click, when we actually interact with a link one of our friends shared socially?

As Millennials gain buying power, earning their trust will be crucial for brands. To better understand Millennials and what makes them tick, SDL conducted a study in February 2014 with a 300-person sample from its North American Millennial community. The survey revealed insights that have important implications for tomorrow’s marketers.

Americans’ satisfaction with their shopping, buying, and consumption experiences is at a 20-year high, fueling demand and helping to drive up consumer spending, according to a nationwide survey and related analysis from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

While most kids aren’t big spenders, music, books, home entertainment, and video games geared for today’s youngest consumers generate big sales every year. But kids present opportunities beyond youth-specific entertainment. Children can become a strong secondary audience for adult entertainment with the right marketing and can build a loyal fan base as they—and their spending—grow. Across the industry, the importance of this consumer segment is evident.