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The Consumer Confidence Index hit 92.2 in February, from a revised 97.8 in January, the Conference Board said. That’s lower than the 97.3 expected by analysts, and the lowest level since July, according to Thomson Reuters.  We recently conducted our annual consumer sentiment study with readable base sizes of Hispanics, African-Americans, Asians, and non-Hispanic whites. A segmented view of the cohorts paints a different picture and emphasizes why 2016 is an ideal year to shift some spend to Hispanics.

MH Media, a division of the Miami Herald Media Company (MHMC), announced the appointment of Michael Vinales as Hispanic Marketing Specialist.

Hallmark is transitioning its existing Spanish-language greetings line to a new lifestyle brand called Hallmark VIDA.

A study of nearly 500 chief marketing officers (CMOs) and senior marketing executives from around the world conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on behalf of Marketo, Inc., reveals that 86 percent of marketers say they will own the end-to-end customer experience by 2020.

We just ended Q1 of 2016, and now we’re into the “Day” promotional spike season centered on Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Graduation Day, etc. What we saw over the holiday and in Q1 was a concerted shift in use, practice and engagement across the board — but many of these shifts have upstream and downstream impacts on how we think of marketing today.

Dust and stains remain unavoidable adversaries for consumers worldwide.

Humor is one of the riskiest bets in advertising.

Programmatic advertising continues to become more sophisticated, and spending via the media buying technique is growing, albeit at a decreasing pace. In our latest US programmatic forecast, eMarketer predicts that this year, more than two-thirds of all digital display advertising will be purchased programmatically.

More than half of smartphone users surveyed for the 2016 Accenture Screenager Report are dissatisfied with their mobile experience and are ready to switch mobile providers, according to the new report by Accenture.

Gloob Marketing announced it is launching Gloob Motivo, a new Hispanic market division and social influencer network.

Sometimes in marketing and advertising you have to put out a question and admit that you’re not the best-placed person to answer it, but it’s worth asking all the same. As Samsung is crowned the most advertised brand on British television for March with 2486 ad minutes across 3,535 spots, is it only me wondering, is that a good thing? Or put it another way, the question I routinely drive my family mad with — what on earth has happened to frequency capping?

República announced the appointment of Anthony Bianco as executive vice president and general manager, a newly created position to manage the agency.

The insight behind the campaign is very similar to the brand’s promise, “Authentic Mexican Flavors. The daring campaign makes reference to the brand’s Mexican origns with a risky tone that breaks through the clutter.

The campaign, created by Y&R Miami and produced by Paraná Films, Vaporpost and Mokoh Music, features a long-form online film showing the reactions from patrons at a bar bathroom who are faced with the reflections of Kris Caudilla, a convicted drunk driver currently serving 15 years for vehicular manslaughter in a Florida prison.

Anomaly announced that Omar Quiñones has joined the agency as Group Strategy Director

Similar to the way online advertisers measure and optimize their ads on-the-fly, CPG marketers can now measure and improve their retail and product performance with an unprecedented level of accuracy.

Tribes were best explained in author Seth Godin’s 2008 book of the same name, when he described them plainly as “any group of people, large or small, who are connected to one another, a leader, or an idea.” By this definition, everyone you know is a participant in countless tribes.

La Voz Media Group CEO Mr. Yoav Cohen has announced that Mr. Michael Jones has joined the Company’s Advisory Board.

And one of the challenges of change is to filter what is happening now from what is important. This is a challenge we face in our everyday lives (I want to check “Clash of Clans” now, but getting my weekly MediaPost contribution written is important!). It is a challenge we —  people in the marketing ecosystem — face all the time.