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Inclusive Beauty Report 2023 [REPORT]
We have released a new report – Inclusive Beauty Report 2023, the report explores how consumer demands for products that align with their cultural values and personal beliefs have transformed the beauty industry. Based on a nationally representative online survey of 2,800 respondents, the report examines differences in preferences for cosmetics and beauty products across ethnicity, age, income and gender.
What’s Keeping CMOs Up at Night?
With much uncertainty swirling around — the volatile state of the economy, the management of increasingly complex business relationships, the latest technological advancements — it's little wonder B2B marketing chiefs are tossing and turning in their sleep. In its fifth annual "Marketing On My Mind" report, based on a survey of more than 500 CMOs, the research company Brand Keys offered insight into what's top of mind for marketers who face what the firm called a "perfect storm" of miseries, including the rollercoaster economy and rapidly changing technologies.
Will AI boost DEI efforts in advertising or destroy them?
Several years ago, I launched a website called rentaminority.com where — clue is in the name — you could quickly and easily rent a minority. If you were a multinational corporation who’d realized, in a panic, that your conference panel or client meeting consisted entirely of white men, you could go on my site and, with just a couple of clicks, order the minority of your choice to make your organization look more woke. It was like an Uber for diversity.
Stephen Chavez – CEO of ChavezPR appointed Chair of Latino Equality Alliance (LEA)
The Latino Equality Alliance (LEA), a leading Latinx LGBTQ+ social justice and nonprofit advocacy organization in Los Angeles, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Stephen Chavez, CEO of ChavezPR, as the new Chair of its Community Advisory Board.
TelevisaUnivision announces new Local Ad Sales Team Structure and Alignment
TelevisaUnivision announced a transformative and client-centered approach for its Local Ad Sales team, including a new organizational structure that will ensure strategic alignment, efficiency and focus to achieve accelerated results for clients.
Carlos Abrams-Rivera name CEO of Kraft Heinz
The Kraft Heinz Company announced that the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed Carlos Abrams-Rivera as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, effective January 1, 2024. Until then, Abrams-Rivera will continue in his role as President of the North America Zone with the added responsibilities of becoming President of Kraft Heinz, effective immediately.
5 Brands Successfully Marketing to Parents
Parents are an important target audience for many brands, but the diversity within the segment can pose a challenge for even the savviest of marketers. Parenting comes in many forms: single parents, dual-income, heterosexual parents, LBGTQ+ parents, foster parents, just for starters. And yet, many companies only seem to market to one demographic and lump parents together as married mothers and fathers, even though this type of family is not necessarily as common as it once was.
The U.S. Census Bureau released new tables from the 2022 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
These tables provide information on marital status, educational attainment, employment status, occupation, earnings, and other social and economic statistics by age and sex and Hispanic origin, and for the Asian alone, Asian alone-or-in-combination, black alone, black alone-or-in-combination, older and foreign-born populations.
Genaro Perez named CMO at Peter Piper Pizza
Peter Piper Pizza, the "food, family and fun" fresh-made pizza restaurant, has named seasoned restaurant industry executive Genaro Perez as the brand's chief marketing officer, effective immediately.
State of Play Report [ REPORT]
Nielsen released its 2023 State of Play report outlining new findings on the fast-evolving streaming video landscape highlighting data and insights from Gracenote, Nielsen’s content solutions business unit. The new report illuminates the surging number of program titles and streaming video services, as well as the resulting challenges for viewers who now spend 10.5 minutes per session deciding what to watch.
Cross-Garden, Not Cross-Channel, Is the Future of TV Advertising
Years ago, at the beginning of streaming, many thought that making the key parts of TV advertising work "cross-channel" (i.e., between streaming and linear TV) would be the biggest challenge in the future of video advertising. In other words, modifying planning, buying, and measurement tools; processes; and teams to work across all of the old and new channels that people would watch would be the industry's biggest problem to solve. Preparing for a streaming video world seemed like a repeat of the transition that the media world went through when it integrated cable TV advertising into a world that had been created for broadcast only.
National Park Service launches Mi Parque, Mi Historia Campaign
With the National Park Service's (NPS) 107th birthday on August 25, NPS is launching "Mi Parque, Mi Historia," a campaign that invites Hispanic/Latino communities, families, and individuals to share their personal connection to parks and the outdoors.
How to maximize the value of programmatic data through audience segmentation
In this article, I will delve into the significance of audience segmentation in programmatic advertising and provide valuable tips to enhance its overall effectiveness. By Mario X. Carrasco
Linear TV’s comeback: The arrival of FAST
The streaming industry is coming full circle. Compared with its subscription-focused beginnings, ad-supported services and scheduled, live programming have grown more prevalent this year. The growth of free ad-supported television (FAST) services bodes well for audiences, as they boast very familiar user experiences and often feature shows acquired from traditional broadcast and cable programming.
Unlocking the Path to Marketing Excellence – The Journey to Effective Strategies [REPORT]
The study quantified marketing effectiveness culture across a wide variety of different advertisers, reporting an overall score of 6.5 out of 10, averaged across four core components. Two components have a more positive influence on building a stronger effectiveness culture, with People rated at 7.3 and Focus 7.0. But this was offset by two areas where culture is falling behind: Data, Tools, & Measurement rated at 6.4, and most alarmingly Process at just 5.7.
The Marketer’s Role in the Fight Against AI Bias
Though AI-powered technologies are "just machines," the algorithms they're built on often reflect the biases of the individuals who programmed them. As such, these technologies come with some of the same flaws that humans possess. Luckily, marketers are well-positioned to combat bias in AI throughout the development, deployment, and monitoring stages. Find out how with this POV from Marketing Futures.
Innovative Ways to Use AI in Marketing
Artificial intelligence (AI) uses computer systems to perform tasks that would typically require human intelligence. It can continually process and learn from large amounts of data — a powerful capability that can help a range of businesses see cost savings and efficiencies. A 2020 global study by MIT Sloan Management Review found that of the 3,000 business leaders surveyed, 87 percent agree that AI will allow them to obtain or sustain a competitive advantage.
Global advertising spend to top $1trn for first time next year
A new study from WARC, the experts in marketing effectiveness, has found that global advertising spend is on course to grow 4.4% this year and a further 8.2% in 2024, by when expenditure will have topped $1trn for the first time.
Inclusive Beauty: Navigating Consumer Diversity and Shifting Preferences
The beauty industry has transformed in recent years driven by consumer demands for products that align with their cultural values and personal beliefs. While the top cosmetic brands continue to be L’Oreal and Estee Lauder, they are being challenged by younger, edgier brands like Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty, Rihanna’s Fenty and e.l.f. Cosmetics.
How Marketers Can Fight Ad Fraud to Drive Results
The first look of the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Programmatic Media Supply Chain Transparency Study found brands may be wasting much of their programmatic advertising campaign budgets on low-quality or fraudulent media.
