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1 in 3 Hiring Managers Say It’s Beneficial To Avoid Hiring Gen Z, Senior Candidates
ResumeBuilder.com published a recent survey report exploring the prevalence of ageism in the workplace in 2024. The report also shares insight into hiring managers' apprehensions regarding the employment of Gen Z or senior workers. Overall, researchers collected and analyzed responses from 1,000 hiring managers.
Global Spotlight on Beauty & Appearance Report, Highlights Women’s Desire to Look Good for Themselves, Not Others
Kantar released the findings of its Kantar MONITOR’s Global Spotlight on Beauty & Appearance report, an exploration of appearance motivations around the world. Findings include changes in top motivations for consumers to look their best, consumer segments most likely to pay attention to their appearance, and emerging marketplace trends.
Retail Sales to Reach at Least $5.23 Trillion in 2024
The National Retail Federation forecasts that retail sales will increase in 2024 between 2.5% and 3.5% to between $5.23 trillion and $5.28 trillion. The announcement was made during NRF’s fourth annual State of Retail & the Consumer virtual discussion on the health of the American consumers and the retail industry.
MEL tilts El Tiempo Latino 2.7 degrees to advocate for action against climate change among U.S. Latinos
El Tiempo Latino and MEL have united to launch an advocacy platform named Tiempo de Acción. The inaugural focus of this initiative is climate change, aiming to shed light on how this global crisis disproportionately affects Latino populations across the United States.
81% of Gen Zers Say Multicultural/Diverse Communities Greatly Shape Brand Preferences [REPORT]
Direct Digital Holdings released a new whitepaper, Cracking the Code: How Multicultural & Gen Z Reshape Mainstream Marketing. The paper features exclusive research along with insights from industry leaders and academics.
Marketing procurement seeks better, smarter metrics in 2024 [REPORT]
WFA research shows that teams are looking at creative and production as well as media in their bid to identify savings for 2024. Many company target setters fail to understand marketing, increasing barriers between procurement, marketing and the rest of the organization.
Frito-Lay and Rockstar Energy Drink announce Sponsorship of Leagues Cup Tournament
Lay's, Sabritas, Gamesa, and Rockstar® Energy Drink announced a multi-year sponsorship of Leagues Cup, the official, World Cup-style tournament that features all 47 clubs from Major League Soccer (MLS) and LIGA MX.
Inclusive Trends for 2024
When we look for trends to watch in any given year, it helps to think of them in the context of mega-trends – long-term cultural questions that don’t resolve one way or the other. These are topics like whether brands should take stands on cultural or political issues, how increasing consumer savviness conflicts with motivated ignorance, or how the ability to target increasingly fine-tuned groups of people exists in a world where any statement or campaign is accessible to the entire population. The trends of 2024 are variations on these larger themes. By Russ Gottwald, Associate Strategy Director - PACO Collective
An Olympic-Sized Opportunity for Brands
The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games offer opportunities for brands to connect with global audiences
The Impact of CORRIDOS on Culture [REPORT]
With instruments and lyrics inspired by Mexican culture, Mexican Corridos are a beloved musical format attracting enthusiasts and newcomers to today's genre-blending collaborations. To better understand the impact of Corridos on culture, we partnered with Orci Advertising for an in-depth study examining what's driving the evolution of this revolutionary genre. Learn more about this dominant force in music and pop culture
Digital Momentum leads MAGNA to Raise 2024 Advertising Market Forecast to +9%
Vincent Létang, EVP Global Market Intelligence and author of the report, said: “Several factors led MAGNA to increase its US ad market growth forecast. That includes an improved macro-economic outlook with GDP growth raised from 1.7% to 2.4% in the last few months, the momentum of digital media formats: social media, retail media, and streaming. The latter is driven by a strong expansion in the reach and marketing opportunities offered by ad-supported streaming. That leads MAGNA to raise the non-cyclical growth forecast to +6.7%. We are slightly reducing the forecast for cyclical spending (due to a slowdown in political fund-raising) but, overall, we now expect total media owner ad sales to grow by +9.2% this year (compared to +8.4% in our previous update) to reach $369 billion.”
2024 ANA LGBTQ+ Marketing Inclusion Survey Unveils Transformative Insights
The 2024 ANA LGBTQ+ Marketing Inclusion Survey offers a comprehensive view into the state of LGBTQ+ inclusion in advertising. With 55 percent of advertisers engaging in LGBTQ+-inclusive marketing, the survey and report highlight a significant shift towards inclusivity. This approach has led to a 97 percent acknowledgment among advertisers of the positive impact inclusivity has on brand perception. However, the journey to fully inclusive advertising faces challenges. Navigating brand-safe environments and addressing consumer resistance are notable concerns.
ORTEGA Beauty Brand launches
Etienne Ortega, the renowned makeup artist behind celebrities including Lana Del Rey and Christina Aguilera, launched his own beauty brand, ORTEGA. The brand is inspired by Etienne’s signature lip contouring techniques and is formulated with ingredients from his native Mexico, including Blue Agave.
Hyundai Wins Best Multicultural Marketing Award for “Cautionary Tales”
Hyundai and its U.S. Hispanic marketing agency, Lopez Negrete Communications, proudly announce the prestigious recognition of Best Multicultural Campaign award by MediaPost for their Hispanic IONIQ 5 and IONIQ 6 campaign, "Cautionary Tales" or “Viejos Cuentos”. The 2023 campaign focused on dispelling myths surrounding electric vehicles within the Hispanic community, challenging common misconceptions about EV accessibility, range, performance, and maintenance, with relatable and culturally sensitive family old tales.
Amnesty International Partners with Republica Havas to Raise Awareness Around Soccer’s Gender-Based Violence and Take Action for the Cause
Republica Havas and Havas Perú recently joined forces with Amnesty International Perú to call attention to the rise in gender-based violence incidents ignited by soccer team losses, both domestically and internationally.
Are Protected Audiences the Future?
There is a lot of attention going toward Google's Privacy Sandbox lately: what will break, what works, and what will change. Yet few people or companies have built the required technology to share concrete answers or offer solutions. This will hopefully start changing in light of the IAB Tech Lab's new report, but there are still massive knowledge gaps on all sides of the digital advertising ecosystem regarding how Sandbox will function and what advertisers, publishers and platforms can expect from the new system.
ElementalTV and Spanglish Movies partner to accelerate US Hispanic Market Activations in CTV Advertising
ElementalTV has announced a strategic partnership with Spanglish Movies, a content creation and publishing for the Hispanic market. Together, the companies have created 'Spanglish Audiences,' a CTV technology solution designed to expand advertisers reach and effectiveness among Hispanic and LATAM viewers at scale.
MEDIA GROWS MARKETS
MARKET is the most important part of marketing. We operate and compete in markets. The consumers, customers, or clients we serve purchase goods and services in markets. And market is part of everyday language. Supermarket. Job Market. Stock market. Bear market. Bull market. Market basket. Market share. Farmers market. Media market. By Marc S. Pritchard - Chief Brand Officer at Procter & Gamble
Women’s History Month: March 2024
National Women’s History Month honors the successes and sacrifices of U.S. women. It dates to March 8, 1857, when hundreds of women from New York City garment and textile factories rallied to protest harsh working conditions. In 1909, New York City became the site of the nation’s first Women’s Day celebration, a year after 15,000 women there marched to demand shorter working hours, better pay, an end to child labor and the right to vote. More than seven decades later in 1981, Congress set aside the second week of March as National Women’s History Week. Six years later, Congress expanded the week to a month. As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we reflect upon the advances women have made, including increased earnings, educational attainment and job opportunities.
Married Couple Households Still the Majority but Share Varied by Geography in 2021
Despite a decades-long decline, coupled households remained the most common type of U.S. living arrangement in 2020 though shares varied across states and counties.
