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Gonçalves named Chief Strategy Officer at Republica Havas

Republica Havas announced that Catarina Gonçalves has joined its executive team as Chief Strategy Officer, effective immediately.
Unanimo Deportes celebrates Black History Month

For a second year, Unanimo Deportes is taking an inclusive approach to celebrating Black History Month, by telling stories about Afro-Latino athletes and their unique experiences of being black and Latino.
49% of Marketers Say They Are Looking to Contextual Advertising to Replace Cookies

GumGum, a global media and technology leader, specializing in contextual intelligence, published the results of a survey that found 49% of brand marketers are looking to contextual advertising to replace cookies in their marketing efforts.
ANA and IRG team up on new CMO Leadership Program

The ANA and the Institute for Real Growth (IRG) are partnering on a new, first-of-its-kind program for CMOs that is designed to develop leadership capabilities and drive business growth.
The Future 100: 2022 [REPORT]

"The Future 100: Trends and Change to Watch in 2022," our essential trend almanac offering a snapshot of the year ahead and the most compelling trends to keep on the radar.
Marketers see opportunity to optimize outcomes in new era of events

Taking lessons from the pandemic, companies have an opportunity to reset and reimagine their event programs to better align them to marketing outcomes, according to a new report by the CMO Council. Because of the extensive digital transformation across the meetings and events industry spurred by the pandemic, the NextGen events channel will span formats (e.g., virtual/webinar, in-person, hybrid) and types (e.g., conferences, trade shows, road shows, customer groups) and has the potential to drive broader and deeper customer engagement.
VS/Brooks is now The 3rd Eye

Healthcare agency and Miami mainstay VS/Brooks is refounding after 25 years, with a broadened focus on the health and wellness marketing and a new name: The 3rd Eye. The agency also named a new leadership team and launched a new consulting division to help CEOs develop marketing organizations.
ShowHeroes Group arrives in Latin America with acquisition of smartclip

smartclip LATAM is acquired by the multinational ShowHeroes Group, a leading European company in digital videos for publishers and advertisers. The interest of the multinational, headquartered in Berlin, recognizes smartclip's trajectory as a pioneer and specialist in Connected TV (CTV), a video platform with the most representative growth in the entire country today.
Hispanic Marketing Council honors Kellogg’s as the 2022 Marketer of the Year

The Hispanic Marketing Council (HMC) announced today that Kellogg’s is the winner of the 2022 HMC Marketer of the Year Award. Kellogg’s joins a prestigious short list of elite brands that have received the award, including AARP, Ford, McDonald’s, Nestlé, Sprint, State Farm, Toyota and Walmart.
Two of the biggest Spanish-language media companies in the world are now officially united in fiscal matrimony.

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. and Univision Holdings II Inc. (together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Univision Communications Inc.) on January 31 completed their merger — a transaction between the Mexico City and New York-headquartered companies that effectively melds Televisa’s media content and production assets with those of Univision. By Adam R. Jacobson
Six Hispanic Healthcare Insights for Successful In-Culture Marketing

As Latinos welcomed the New Year, the traditional “Salud!” was the quintessential closing to every family’s wishful holiday toast. And while the pandemic has certainly made public health concerns top-of-mind for most, it’s no secret that health and wellness have always been high priorities for U.S. Hispanics, who rank the importance of their health higher than non-Hispanics.
Performance marketing seeks to divide, branding seeks to unite

Recently, I have spent a lot of time trying to understand the world of performance marketing. It has not been easy, in part because of my background in brand building. To me performance and branding are like chalk and cheese. They reflect very different marketing mindsets and practices. By Nigel Hollis
2022 – A New Era for Retail

Incredible retail changes have occurred over the past two years — some will phase out, but many are now so ingrained into consumer behavior that they will linger. Spending in the current normal is not “normal,” at all. Similarly, looking at the year ahead is less about planning for emerging trends, and more about preparing for the changes on the horizon.
Behind Billions of Lost TV Impressions

How the Nielsen audience undercount took nearly 30 billion ad impressions out of the TV marketplace. [Hispanic & Black audiences impacted the most]
Better together: Panel + big data sets offers unprecedented insights into consumers

Choice has never been as abundant across the media landscape as it is today, and consumers are actively engaging with the platforms and channels that most appeal to them. The expanse of choice amplifies the industry’s need for accurate measurement—given that advertisers, publishers and agencies seek to attract, engage and measure engagement regardless of where consumption happens.
Global Ad Spend Forecasts January 2022 [REPORT]

Advertising investment is forecast to grow by 9.2% globally in 2022, according to the latest dentsu Global Ad Spend Forecast report. The twice-yearly report which combines data from over 50 markets globally, anticipates US$745 billion will be spent globally.
Chasm in Client / Agency Relations

More than 90 percent of senior marketers believe training resources for successful agency management are inadequate and that more comprehensive training is needed, according to a study by the ANA’s Marketing Training & Development Center.
Multicultural marketing: Lessons from the past in predicting the future

Writings on multicultural marketing penned since the turn of the century reveal several trends borne from current events. In the early aughts, authors cited an unbridled optimism promising a future celebrating the potentialities of multiculturalism (Burton, 2002; Garcia, 2004). In this spirit, those who were once seen as commodities in the American dream were increasingly seen as valuable contributors to it, introducing new foods, clothing, and arts, and increasingly viewed as a potent economic force in their own right (Williams-Sanchez, 2021). Companies responded with total market approaches, though the promise of integrating diverse segments into the totality of marketing efforts, was never fully realized (Morse, 2021). Worse still, the multicultural ethos triggered a backlash from those seeking to retain white hegemony (Morse, 2018; Ulver & Laurell, 2020).. By Amy Huber, Doctoral Student - Florida State University, School of Communication
Martínez-Bonilla named SVP & Partner at C+R Research

C+R Research announced that Jorge Martínez-Bonilla has been named Senior Vice President and Partner.
2022 Latin America Music Awards to air on Telemundo

The star-studded event will pay tribute to today’s most influential and iconic Latin artists as voted by music fans in the tradition of the “American Music Awards,” the world’s largest fan-voted award show. Nominees to the coveted event will be announced on Thursday, March 3, 2022.