Research

In a world where the pace of change is accelerating, the drivers of change are varied and diverse across regions and marketers, as are the signals of evolving consumer behaviors. Many factors are shaping the world we live in, but which ones should businesses and organizations be focused on, and what opportunities do they present?

The face of America is changing and multicultural consumers are quickly becoming the majority of the expected growth in the U.S. now and in the future.

Number from Mexico continues to decline, while Central America is the only growing region

Median household income and poverty rates continue to vary across the nation’s 3,142 counties. In general, median household income is higher in urban counties than in rural areas. Likewise, poverty rates tend to be lower in urban areas than in rural areas.

Data. Data everywhere.

MVI Marketing LLC (MVI)’s team recently completed a consumer research study asking wealthy, millennial age, Asian-American and Hispanic/Latino-American consumers about their shopping preferences and behaviors.

A report titled Respected: Perspectives of Youth on High School & Social and Emotional Learning, shows that more than three-quarters (77 percent) of recent high school students believe their schools could have done a better job of helping students develop key social and emotional learning (SEL) skills, which are particularly needed at this time of national division, rising violence, anxiety and historic levels of mistrust.

Economic, religious and political divides shape where Americans find meaning – but family, career and friendship emerge as common themes

When we were kids, most of us dreamed of becoming a millionaire. Fast forward to current day and suddenly that million doesn’t seem like enough, when it comes to playing the lottery that is.

The Board of Directors of Nielsen Holdings plc announced that David Kenny will join the company as Chief Executive Officer effective December 3, 2018. David will also join Nielsen’s Board of Directors.

The advertiser community needs help dealing with the vast quantities of data generated not only from third parties (like social media platforms and the audience measurement organizations) but also from their own first-party data-sets.  It’s one reason why advertisers are increasingly taking what used to be perceived as media agency tasks in-house.

It’s well known across the media landscape that consumers in the U.S. are connecting with more content across more devices than ever before. But as an industry, we have not tapped into the truly unique opportunities presented by this increased consumption at the same pace as consumers.

The Hispanic population in the U.S. continues to grow, especially among the younger cohorts. Over one-quarter of kids 6-11 are Hispanic, with 24% in the 12- 17 and 18-34 cohorts. Hispanics make up 17.6% of the total 6+ population in the United States.

Data. Data everywhere.  I’m borrowing from Charles Dickens here, but the vast expanse of data available to us can feel overwhelming at times, and the challenge of interpreting the data can feel a bit like wading through the foggy landscape he once described.  By James Oates, U.K. Client Delivery Lead

One of the reasons why culture is underestimated in marketing is because it is too complex and dynamic. They are different components that make up culture for individuals: music, tradition, religion, customs, language and furthermore. Culture is always morphing in meaning and changing over time.  By Regina Sanquintin – Florida State University

Non-Hispanic White Segment Decline Accelerates. Multicultural segments jumped 2.8M from 2016 to 2017 compared to a 1.8M increase from 2015 to 2016. Multicultural segments yielded 100% of the US population growth. Hispanic compromised half of the overall growth.

Marketers are drowning in information. And they often scrap excess data rather than sift through and make sense of it.

Throughout the history of mass consumer advertising, creative teams drove the bus while the media team played a support role. The advent of programmatic digital flipped that model on its head. Today it is the media team that leads every digital marketing effort, while the creative team has been relegated to a supporting role.

Mario Xavier Carrasco, co-founder and principal of ThinkNow, a technology driven cultural insights agency, has received the 2018 Industry Change Agent of the Year award by the Next Gen Market Research Group (NGMR).

From 2013 to 2018, Asian, Latino, and black audiences have been ahead of the streaming curve. The average TV viewer spends 43% of time with live TV, 35% with streamed content. With the RIAA mid-year 2018 Latin Music Revenue Report showing a surge in paid streaming formats, could the window of opportunity for new Hispanic radio entrants be closing? In this Hispanic Radio Podcast, Horowitz Associates’ Adriana Waterston tackles the topic.