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Increasing smartphone ownership is taking more consumers down the digital shopping route, while many shoppers plan to frequent local small businesses when visiting stores this holiday season, according to Deloitte’s 28th annual survey of holiday spending intentions and trends.

There’s been much hand-wringing of late over the idea that television watchers are cutting the cord—ending their cable TV subscriptions in favor of a range of video-on-demand (VOD) systems that deliver content via the internet. While news of the death of cable television might be premature—at least for the time being—research shows that pay TV services may be doing itself harm by failing to keep up with elements of usability that consumers have come to expect online, such as the ability to search for content.

13th Floor Studios announced that Sue De Lopez has joined the team as Chief Marketing Officer. De Lopez will focus on promoting its main service as Content Marketing Solutions Company to US Hispanic and Latin American markets.

In his new position, Briceño will oversee operations, production, marketing, sales and distribution efforts for beIN SPORT and beIN SPORT en Español, as well as for the authenticated-streaming service beIN SPORT PLAY.

In the last decade, multicultural populations have grown to wield enormous power both on Wall Street and on Main Street. Not only are they influencing pop culture, entertainment and cuisine, but they are also driving significant changes in corporate board rooms and evolving the marketing industry. Today, marketing strategies are under great scrutiny in response to the explosive growth of multicultural populations. As many companies seek to reconcile and recalibrate efforts toward multiple market segments, questions arise with regards to the potential of defining and addressing a Total Market Strategy.

Recently, Tr3s revealed some new findings about Hispanic Adult Millennials and work. The employment picture has improved for bilingual Hispanics and non-Hispanics 18-34, but joblessness has continued to climb among foreign-born Hispanics.

Whether they’re selling canned soup or disposable diapers, most consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands want the same thing from their advertising campaigns: to create a deep affinity for their brands so that consumers think of nothing else when it’s time to buy. 

Nearly one-in-ten U.S. adults (8%) get news through Twitter, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center, in collaboration with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Compared with the 30% of Americans who get news on Facebook, Twitter news consumers stand out as younger, more mobile and more educated.

Big Data holds many promises for companies—some of which it is already delivering on, and some of which have yet to be realized.

The Council of Public Relations Firms (Council announced the election of John Echeveste, partner of VPE Public Relations <http://www.vpepr.com>  in Los Angeles, to the organization’s board of directors.

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.”

The alliance marks the initial step in a joint plan to set up a fully operational news bureau at UC Berkeley, a pioneering initiative that could lead to the creation of similar bureaus in other universities across the nation.

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.

In this new role, Garcia will drive media planning for over $500 million worth of inventory across Univision’s on-air platforms on broadcast and Cable

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.

On Sunday, November 10th at 7:00PM ET/PT, Tr3s will broadcast the “2013 MTV EMA” live offering its viewers the opportunity to tune in to a line-up of EMAzing performances.  Nashville rockers Kings of Leon and fun-loving Swedish duo Icona Pop are the latest acts added to the incredible “2013 MTV EMA” line-up. Meanwhile, three-time “2013 MTV EMA” nominated Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto, two-time EMA nominee and singer Rita Ora, and acclaimed singer-songwriter, actress and Best PUSH nominee Bridgit Mendler are confirmed to present.

impreMedia announced the creation of a new Advertiser Solutions Department led by Director, Iraima Yepez. Fernando Lang also was promoted from Advertising Revenue and Operations Director, Digital Division to Senior Director, National Sales for all platforms.