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One-Fifth of US Households Use Only Wireless Phones

More than one of every five US homes (22.7%) had no landline and only wireless phone service during the first half of 2009, an increase of 2.5 percentage points since the second half of 2008, according to preliminary results from the January - June 2009 National Health Interview Survey by the US Centers for Disease Control (  [...]

US Hispanics Prefer English Media, Switch Easily between Languages

More than half of US Hispanics say they are most comfortable speaking Spanish, but a larger percentage prefer English-language broadcast, print and internet media and can switch easily between languages to get needed information, according to an Ipsos Omnibus study. Some 52% of US Hispanics report speaking primarily Spanish at home, while 43% say they speak mostly English  [...]

Ipsos: Hispanics Engage Online 'Often in Higher Numbers' than Average

US-based Hispanics are online in significant numbers. They are also taking full advantage of the internet as a primary tool for finding and contributing information, researching and making purchases, being entertained, and networking with others, according to recent research from Ipsos (v  [...]

Play.com, Amazon UK Top Online Customer Satisfaction List in UK

The Top 30 UK Online Retail Satisfaction Index from ForeSee Results found a slight increase in overall customer satisfaction from Christmas 2007 to Christmas 2008 -- and went from 66 to 67 on the study's 100-point scale -- writes Retailer Daily. One-third of the t  [...]

DMA: Most Marketers in Hispanic Market Use Direct Mail

A report from the Direct Marketing Association, in conjunction with PSA and Zubi Advertising, shows 92% of marketers and agencies in the Hispanic market use non-catalog direct mail; over half (52.1%) use telephone marketing. 77% of active Hispanic direct marketers specifically tailor their non-catalog direct mail messages for the Hispanic audience, while 75% of Hispanic marketers collect consumer data about language preference and proficiency, and age and gender, according to   [...]

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African-Americans Dramatically Underrepresented in Ad Industry

Racial discrimination affecting African Americans is 38% higher in the advertising industry than in the overall US labor market. It is also more pronounced now that it was 30 years ago, according to (pdf) a study from the Madison Avenue Project, a coalition of legal, civil rights and industry leaders. The study, "  [...]

Half of Adults -- and Almost All Teens -- Play Video Games

Nearly all American teens (97%), and over half (53%) of adults over 18, say they play video games. About one in five adults (21%) plays video games every day or almost every day, adds research from the Pew Internet Project, MarketingCharts writes. Pew's Annual Gadgets Survey found that, independ  [...]

Breakdown of Cyber Monday Shoppers, Search Habits

With only four weeks separating Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, Cyber Monday One (December 1) and Cyber Monday Two (December 8) may command a greater share of online sales than they have in years past. This increases the importance of search marketing for retailers, according to Performics,   [...]

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Texters Young, Culturally Diverse, Spendy Over 'Net

Adults in the US who use the text-messaging feature on their cell phone are 49% more likely than the average American to be between age 18-24, 14% more likely to be Hispanic and 24% more likely to be African American, according to (pdf) a survey from Scarborough Research, MarketingCharts   [...]

Mobile-Ad Viewers Top 100 Million in Q3

Largely driven by text-based ads, mobile advertising awareness grew 33% in nine months against a backdrop of six percent growth in cell phone usage, suggesting an increased allocation of advertising dollars to mobile formats through the first three quarters of the year,   [...]

Moms More Stressed, Concerned about Kids

An overwhelming majority of mothers in America (90%) saw the economy getting weaker even before the collapse on Wall Street, and more of them now (40%) feel stressed about their current family life than feel good about the way things are (33%), according to a study from the non-profit Marketing to Moms Coalition,   [...]

Economy Delays Home Buys for 27% of Homeowners

More than one-quarter (27%) of American homeowners say that the current economic environment is causing them to put their plans to buy a new or existing home on hold, according to (pdf) a new Ipsos Public Affairs poll conducted on behalf of Realogy,   [...]

Multicultural Marketing Grows, but Frustrations Mount

Multicultural marketing (MCM) continues to grow as a strategic platform for driving brand and business performance, but marketers feel stymied by a lack of funding, lukewarm executive support and inadequate metrics, according to a survey from the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and research firm 'mktg,'   [...]

Network Radio Attracts Educated Audience, Majority Listen ‘On the Go’

Network radio in the US attracts a highly educated and affluent audience, as well as a large percentage of Black Americans, working women, Hispanic teens and metropolitan listeners, according to the 2008 Network Radio Today (pdf) report from Arbitron, MarketingCharts   [...]

1 in 5 Households Ill-Prepared for Digital TV; Houston Least of All

Some 9.6 million US TV households are still not ready for the February 2009 transition to all-digital broadcasting, and would be unable to receive TV programming if the switch occurred today, according to a research report fr  [...]

Ad Spend Down - Cable, Syndicated TV Gain; Newspapers, B2B Mags Lose

Advertising spending in the first half of 2008 declined slightly (-1.4 percent) compared with the first half of 2007, despite healthy advertising growth for several media and among some top advertisers, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen Monitor-Plus,   [...]

Affluent African Americans Wield $29.8B in Spending Power

The purchasing power of Affluent African Americans in the US - those with minimum individual annual incomes of $75K - is estimated at $29.8 billion, according to a study by Uptown Magazine and Diversity Affluence - writes MarketingCharts. The study, which examined behaviors  [...]

TV Households Up 1.5% - Asian, Hispanic Homes Triple That

The total number of television households within the US (including Alaska and Hawaii) for the 2008-2009 season will be 114.5 million, an increase of 1.5 percent from last year, according to estimates from The Nielsen Company,   [...]

More Americans Search Health Info Online

56 percent of American adults -- over 122 million people -- sought information about a personal health concern from a source besides their doctor, up from 38 percent, or 72 million people, in 2001, according to a Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) study, MarketingCharts   [...]

Mexicans Use Phones to Pay for Meals, Taxi Trips

Major banks in Mexico, including Citigroup Inc. and BBVA, are partnering with mobile operators Telefonica SA and Iusacell to launch a mobile charge service, reports Reuters. Mobile users will soon be able to link savings accounts to their phones, so payments can be made to restaurants or taxis, for example, via text message. The offering is targe  [...]