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RELUCIR, a new unisex hair and skincare product line, has been launched by the Wayland Soap Company.

Underwhelming fall sales and continued economic and Federal budgetary concerns have U.S. retailers in a “wait and see” mode this holiday season.

Programmatically-bought campaigns are seeing widespread adoption across all marketing and media segments, but the practice still faces some hurdles, according to a whitepaper released today by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and Winterberry Group, entitled “Programmatic Everywhere? Data, Technology and the Future of Audience Engagement.”

Mattel, Inc. is gearing up for the holidays with the launch of its first Spanish-language multi-brand marketing campaign. Launched on November 1st in Los Angeles, Houston and Miami, ‘toy feliz is a 100% Hispanic-oriented effort, which spans brands and multi-media marketing platforms.

Arbol publishes four magazines: Automundo, Que Pasa Vegas, Transporte Latino, and Estilo Hogar. Although each targets a different market, they are all published and distributed monthly throughout the US.

Casa Latina is teaming with Empire BlueCross Blue Shield to host their first annual Casa Latina Home Expo on November 9, 2013 at the Altman Building in NYC.

Welcome to the 2013 ANA Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference entitled “Marketing to a Multicultural Nation” – a very appropriate title considering the latest reports on the continuing growth of multicultural groups in our country today.   By Gilbert Davila / CEO of Davila Multicultural Insights & Chairman of ANA Multicultural Board
 

At its quarterly board meeting in New York City, AHAA: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing announced its new executive committee, with Aldo Quevedo, principal and creative director of Richards/Lerma, assuming the chair position. Quevedo will work closely with the board of directors, AHAA’s advisory board and Executive Director Horacio Gavilan to continue implementing advocacy and thought leadership strategies designed to increase corporate investment in Hispanic and multicultural marketing.

The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences & Festivals is internationally renowned to be a stage for innovation in the areas of film, music, interactive technology and more. SXSW is excited to announce its newest initiative, SXAméricas. SXAméricas is a programming track within SXSW that will bring together leaders and innovators from the U.S. and Latin America.

Even in a multi-channel environment, TV advertising typically makes up the largest portion of a company’s marketing budget. Nielsen’s TV Brand Effect with Segmentation Report , defines how your advertising dollars can truly make an impact.

This report is based on the results of a large-scale, nationally representative survey, the second in Common Sense Media’s series on children’s media use; the first was conducted in 2011 (Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America). By replicating the methods used two years ago, we document how children’s media environments and behaviors have changed.

With modest gains predicted for the 2013 holiday shopping season, retailers are expecting an “up” year. However, the season will be shorter this year, as Black Friday falls later in November than usual, so marketers are scrambling to take advantage of the time they have to convince shoppers to spend.

Diana Brooks and Vivian Santos, co-founders and managing partners of VSBrooks ADVERTISING, a Coral Gables, Fla.-based integrated marketing firm, announced the firm’s new principals: Group Account Director Veronica Carrillo,Director of Administration/HR Barbara Marchena, Director of Interactive Media Daniel Timiraos, Comptroller/Business Manager Marlene Torres, and Director of Broadcast Production Eric Zamorano.

EPMG announced the launch of Market Tour, an online video series showcasing the uniqueness of the top multicultural markets in the United States. One year in the making, the highly anticipated web series features interviews with prominent community leaders, publishers of multicultural media, and C-level executives.

Media spend attributed to multi-screen advertising campaigns is expected to grow from 20 percent of budgets today to 50 percent in the next three years, according to a new study by ANA (Association of National Advertisers) and Nielsen conducted among client-side marketers, agencies and media sellers. Multi-screen campaigns were defined as those that run during a similar timeframe across two or more screens including TV, computer, tablet, mobile phone and digital place-based media.

CPG brands are focusing on direct-to-consumer (DTC) channels as they build out more robust digital services. When CGT and Wipro polled CPG executives in North America in July 2013, they found that 39% believed direct-to-consumer channels were driving the most digital revenues for their companies.

Left unchecked, market forces continually conspire to deplete profits. Powerful business strategies can counteract those tendencies, but good strategy is difficult to formulate.

Kreative Kontent announced that Puerto Rican director Luis Enrique has joined their list of directors.

Dot Latin LLC announced GoDaddy, has signed the Registry-Registrar Agreement for the .UNO domain extension, specifically designed for the Hispanic and Latino communities, worldwide. .UNO is the first global web extension dedicated to Spanish-speaking businesses, consumers and individuals online.

Grupo Gallegos announced it was recognized by the 2013 Jay Chiat Awards. The agency won a silver award for its “Bedtime Stories” campaign with the California Milk Processor Board, the state-market trade group that created the original “Got Milk?” campaign.