Research

2020 Demographic Analysis Estimates [WEBINAR]

The 2020 Demographic Analysis estimates include national-level estimates of the population by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin as of April 1, 2020.

How purchase decisions are made

It is my attempt to summarize as clearly and simply as possible the process by which people choose between brands based on their intuitive and deliberative thinking. I would love to hear your thoughts about it, good, bad, or indifferent.  By Nigel Hollis

Measuring News Consumption in a Digital Era [REPORT]

The news media’s transition to digital has brought major upheaval to the industry – including a multitude of new providers and ways to get to news. And just as American news organizations have had to drastically reevaluate their business models, it would make sense that researchers who are trying to measure the U.S. public’s news consumption also need to reexamine the traditional ways they have done so.

Univision signs on to Project OAR to advance Addressable TV Standards For Spanish-Language Audiences And Advertisers

Univision will serve as a member of the primary Steering Committee dedicated to creating a standard by which all parties in the TV ecosystem can collaborate and unite on addressable advertising.

ThinkNow Pulse Report 2021 [REPORT]

In this report, we examine consumer sentiment across key demographics in the U.S. The findings are especially relevant this year as marketers scramble to get a pulse on the post-pandemic consumer.

Data Privacy Day: 2021 Data Privacy Trends

According to KPMG’s Corporate Data Responsibility survey, 97% of American consumers indicated that data privacy is important to them, yet 68% don’t trust companies to ethically sell personal data. And COVID-19 has only made consumers more aware of data privacy issues—making it even more imperative that companies act responsibly.

Race, Ethnicity and Marketing in 2021 [PODCAST]

It was less than two weeks after the storming of the U.S. Capitol and the night before President Joe Biden’s inauguration.  I spoke with Mario X. Carrasco, Co-Founder and Principal of ThinkNow, an award-winning, technology driven cultural insights agency. The plan was to talk about multicultural marketing.  We did.  But we talked about a whole lot more.

Marketers Are Ignoring Nearly $4 Trillion In Consumer Spending

VAB’s Audience Migration in Context: Leveraging Population Shifts to Unlock $4 Trillion in Buying Power, highlights a significant disconnect between the realities of population dynamics with how advertisers are buying their TV schedules.

Media, Technology & The Escalating Power of Culture in Content [WEBCAST]

The third in a four-part series called The Time is Now in partnership with CMC, Culture Marketing Council – The Voice of Hispanic Marketing. Our expert panel will provide an update on the tech devices and media platforms we are using, and the evolution of SVOD since 2018.  We will also look at the continued power of both in-culture content and recent cultural cross-pollination trends in overall content.

State of the Union – Online Sample Edition 2021

Last year around this time, I published “The State of the Union – Privacy Law’s Impact on the Sample Industry” sharing my views on how privacy legislation impacted the sample industry in 2019. Since then, the world has radically changed.  A worldwide pandemic sparked a global health crisis. Social and political unrest upended the status-quo, and Joe Biden was elected the 46th President of the United States. The election was so bitterly contested that it resulted in a violent attack by extremists on the U.S. Capitol. Many are wondering how we can collectively move forward.  By Art Padilla is a Director of Panels at ThinkNow.

¿Acculturation? [Results from Survey of HispanicAd readers]

Our Friends at ThinkNow posed the following:  ”Acculturation has long been used in media research among Hispanics respondents but it is time to revisit it use. Acculturation assumes a linear progression towards American culture.  American culture becomes increasingly shaped by diverse audiences”.  We asked our readers at HispanicAd and the results are in.

2021 Trust Barometer [REPORT]

After a year of unprecedented disaster and turbulence – the Covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis, the global outcry over systemic racism and political instability – the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals an epidemic of misinformation and widespread mistrust of societal institutions and leaders around the world. Adding to this is a failing trust ecosystem unable to confront the rampant infodemic, leaving the four institutions – business, government, NGOs and media – in an environment of information bankruptcy and a mandate to rebuild trust and chart a new path forward.

1 in 2 U.S. Consumers Believe It Important to be Equipped With The Latest Technology

GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, released new research that reveals that 1 in 2 (54.3%) of consumers believe it’s important to be equipped with the latest technology. Additionally, almost 82% of respondents believe that either they or a family member should be the only ones with access to health and fitness tracker data.

ANA introduces new Strategies & Tools to help marketers navigate TECH investments

The ANA introduced new tools and capabilities designed to help marketers navigate the growing complexities posed by the procurement, integration, and activation of advanced marketing technology to optimize their technology investments.

Marketing to Asian Identity, Not Assumptions

America is often described as a “melting pot” of different nationalities, ethnicities, and cultures. Much to the dismay of Teddy Roosevelt (who in a 1916 speech noted “There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism”), Americans have perfected naming each ethnic group within our borders distinctly, and those names have evolved.

Predicting Consumer Demand in an Unpredictable World

While it’s more complicated than ever in the Covid-19 pandemic, don’t abandon forecast modeling. Just change how you do it.

Dick Tobin passes

In 1965, he joined National Airlines as the Director of Planning beginning a career in Economics and Marketing Research. By 1968 he was President and CEO of First Research and later founded Strategy Research Corporation on St. Patrick’s Day in 1971. SRC specialized in the Hispanic Market and forecasting. SRC published biannual comparative economic and population studies for over 30 years. His spirited entrepreneurial drive led him to charter banks, develop auto related businesses and found New Miami Magazine.

Consumer Confidence Index – Puerto Rico [REPORT]

Ipsos created the “Índice de Confianza del Consumidor – ICC”, in Puerto Rico.  It seems Consumers are more confident.

2020: A Year in Review

The year 2020 has tested our patience, faith and strength. It’s been a year filled with many challenges. But despite all the extraordinary circumstances happening around the world, we have succeeded through the tenacity and creativity of the women and men who work at this extraordinary agency.  

2020 Hispanic Market Guide available for download – FREE

As brands look to build and rebuild, they will need to look for growth opportunities within the rapidly growing multicultural markets. To arm them with the cultural insights needed, the Culture Marketing Council: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing (CMC) is releasing its 2020 Hispanic Market Guide, the most comprehensive resource on the U.S. Hispanic market. The new publication is now available to view online or download for free.

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