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From humble beginnings of converting a small liquor store into a grocery market in 1980, a Mexican immigrant family turned their dream into an American success story. Forty years later, Northgate González Market marks a major anniversary milestone this month with 41 stores and becoming the leading Latino-themed grocery chain in Southern California.

At the turn of a new decade, The Future 100: 2020 projects a deliberately optimistic future as brands and consumer strive to move past the despondent and unsettling mood that characterized the latter part of the 2010s

The Hispanic Public Relations Association-Los Angeles Chapter (HPRA-LA) announced its 2020 Board of Directors and executive leadership team with PR veteran Stephen Chavez remaining at the helm as president for a third consecutive year.

THIRD EAR, part of Omnicom Group Inc., is starting the new decade with key wins including the retainment of Visit Austin as the general market AOR. The wins help the agency close 2019 showcasing their full depth of bench and insights spanning multiple industries, consumer segments and channel strategies.

The communication group UNITED COLLECTIVE announced it has been selected by Travelpro®, a pioneer in durable and lightweight luggage design, to handle its U.S. advertising efforts.

Dermablend Professional has selected BODEN as its public relations agency of record (AOR). BODEN will be responsible for media relations, executive positioning and thought leadership for the brand.

Consumers’ choices in terms of where, how and why they buy are redefining retail and creating a new playbook for the industry. NRF’s Consumer View is a recurring look at the consumer forces that are shaping retail.

eMarketer senior analyst Jasmine Enberg and principal analysts Jillian Ryan and Yory Wurmser discuss what the digital world will look like in 2020. They then talk about Instagram’s user growth deceleration and what shoppers want from in-store associates.

This third installation of The Data-Centric Organization explores how U.S. companies are evolving their business practices and functional priorities so as to better leverage data across their advertising, marketing and other audience engagement efforts.

Nielsen released its Annual Marketing Report: The Age of Dissonance. The report sheds new light on how marketers perceive the effectiveness of digital and traditional channels, if their perception is driven by measurement data they can trust, and what ultimately influences budget decisions.

NGL Collective announced an exclusive strategic partnership with Fox Deportes to offer U.S. Latinx advertisers digital content and connection built around FOX Deportes signature sports properties and original network program properties. NGL Collective will leverage its leading Latinx digital video platform to build additional reach around FOX Deportes’ top sport properties including NFL, MLB, Liga MX, Crixus MMA, PBC Boxing, Golf and Nascar. 

In today’s fragmented world, the successful marketer needs to align all their resources to achieve a specific objective. This requires coordination within and without the company to ensure all activities work together in harmony. But the comparison with the role of the conductor goes far beyond the need for harmony.  by Nigel Hollis

Only a small percentage of older Americans, seven percent, receive income from Social Security, a defined benefit pension, and a defined contribution account. Retirement income from these three sources is widely considered to be the ideal situation to ensure retirement security, particularly for the middle class. Retirees with these three sources of income are far less likely to face poverty and economic hardship.

ViacomCBS Inc. has unveiled a management restructure of its international networks division, which is intended to leverage the company’s expanded operations post-merger to drive new growth opportunities across brands in key international markets. The reorganization will simplify ViacomCBS Networks International into two brand groups and three pan-regional management hubs, reporting to David Lynn, President & CEO of ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI).

VIX, a publisher for U.S. Hispanic audiences, named Sebastian Trujillo EVP of U.S. Brand Partnerships. Trujillo brings more than twenty-five years of experience in video, revenue growth and business development, establishing strategic partnerships within the U.S. Hispanic market and Latin America. Trujillo will also provide strategic insights to support VIX’s expansion of OTT and CTV products that meet the needs of the company’s clients.

Today, Hispanics represent one in four 18 to 34 year olds in the US. They have origins in a variety of countries – each with their own unique culture – and are united by a common language. What else unites them?

For years, female executives have come away from women-only leadership programs empowered to do—and ask for—more, valuing the opportunity to examine their strengths and shortcomings in the psychological safety of their peers and to use the experience as a springboard for personal development.

Consumers today are increasingly craving immersive, real-life experiences. But they want these experiences without foregoing time or effort. The solution? Augmented and virtual reality (A/VR) technology, coming to a “store” near you.

Millennials and Gen Z’s love of travel is fueling new opportunities for technology, media & entertainment, and telecommunications companies. How can marketers leverage these behavior trends to drive growth?

By Gonzalo López Martí – Creative director, etc    /    lmmiami.com

• The social media lynching squads are coming for you.
• Sooner or later, you or the brand/s you’re in charge of will do or say something that will trigger their wrath.
• It is not if but when.