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Holiday spending is expected to reach its highest point since the Great Recession, increasing 10 percent compared with the 2015 holiday season, according to PwC’s 2016 Holiday Outlook. However, this isn’t all good news for store-based retailers, as consumers stated they increasingly prefer to receive gifts of travel and entertainment rather than traditional gifts.

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

• Rule number one of good manners: never discuss politics or religion at the dinner table.
• Then again, this is not the dinner table.
• This is a marketing & advertising publication.
• Politics has never been so deeply permeated by marketing & advertising as we’re witnessing these days.
• So here we go again.

A newly released study by Richards/Lerma and The University of Texas at Austin, Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations has uncovered key differences between Millennial ethnic segments regarding their perceptions and ideals regarding U.S. issues and politics. The national study, “Millennials Deconstructed” was conducted among 1,000 Millennials aged 18-34 with representation across White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian ethnicities and reveals many counterintuitive assumptions that prove just how dynamic the social fabric of our nation has become.

A new Quant-Qual study by Santiago Solutions Group titled “Gen Z: Hispanics vs. White Non-Hispanics on Aspirations, Stress, Family and the Influence of Culture”, revealed many ways in which Gen Zers are heightening beliefs and developing distinct behaviors as opposed to Millennials when they were 13-20 years of age. 

The shortlist for the 2016 USH Creative Awards that will honor the winners on Wednesday October 12,th, 2016 at the Colony Theatre in Miami, FL was dominated by Coconut Grove, FL based ALMA.

The robots are coming for jobs, and many who believe that they’re exempt from the much ballyhooed robot job apocalypse might have reason to be far more worried.  That includes marketers.  Patricio Robles is a tech reporter at Econsultancy

Understanding consumers’ behavior as they switch between devices remains one of the toughest challenges facing marketers today. According to recent research investigating marketers’ digital capabilities, the problem doesn’t seem to be getting any easier.

After a smashing launch success of #UnstoppableLATINAS Miami, I created a visual infographic as a token of appreciation for marketers and brands who jumped on board for the launch of an original way of engaging the community online.   By Lynn Ponder / WebCityGirls

More than half of executives believe there are several hurdles to overcome to keep their businesses in sync with today’s digital world. According to April research, these include discerning new customer habits, a lack of data and legal woes.

According to AHAA: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing, many marketers are misapplying Total Market strategies resulting in devastating effects in multicultural market share.

There’s no denying the growing influence of multicultural consumers in the U.S. Hispanic consumers are of particular relevance, given their growing numbers and spending prowess. Their influence on the media landscape is equally noteworthy, including radio.

According to Reuters / Yahoo Finance, Mexican broadcaster Televisa said on Wednesday it had signed content distribution deals with NBCUniversal and its Spanish-language unit Telemundo to expand its selection of films and series, boosting its streaming video service, blim.

If we follow consumers across various devices, we find they spend most of their time with TV, in its live and recorded formats. But the tale of TV time spent is actually two separate stories, as explored in a new eMarketer report, “Television Update Fall 2016: Is the Surge in TV Ad Spending a Normal Shift or a Trend?”

A key finding in the work the Association of National Advertisers, or ANA, has been doing on the media transparency issue over the past two years is that the contracts between marketers and their media agencies are at the very heart of the controversy.  By Bill Duggan, Group EVP, ANA

Media use and interest in advertising among Affluent consumers continue to grow, even from already high levels, according to the Fall 2016 Ipsos Affluent Survey USA.

The patient as the consumer. You’ve heard this one before. Additionally, you’ve probably read about how you, as a healthcare marketer, need to view patients through that lens from now on. But how do you actually turn that insight into action? Before answering that question, we should be asking ourselves how accurate the “consumer” label is.

The Story Room announced that Arlene Armenteros, formerly VP Client Services of Nobox, and Eddie Zaldivar, formerly Performance Lead at Omnicom Worldwide LATAM will be joining The Story Room at newly created positions based in Miami.

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (“SBS”) announced the addition of a full video channel line-up to its LaMusica music streaming app.

The typical project manager has lots of responsibility and very little authority. To make things even more challenging, the typical project plan bears little resemblance to reality. Achieving successful outcomes under these conditions is not easy. Remember and apply these guidelines, and you’ll significantly increase your odds for success.  By Dave Po-Chedley, Cambridge Consulting

The recent disclosures by Facebook that they overestimated video viewing for two years is troubling. While ANA recognizes that “mistakes do happen,” we also recognize that Facebook has not yet achieved the level of measurement transparency that marketers need and require.  By Bob Liodice, President and CEO, ANA