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iPhone 3G Buzzing - Nielsen Online, Hitwise Issue Stats

With Apple's iPhone 3G scheduled to go on sale today, Nielsen Online and Hitwise provide a host of iPhone-related statistics. Judging by search terms used, consumers are interested in more than just price -- such as the 3G network, release date, applications and plans, Hitwise said (  [...]

To Reach Hispanic Boomers, Advertisers Must Look Beyond Language

Hispanic Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) represent about 10 percent of the US Boomer segment -- over 7 million consumers -- but cannot be segmented by language alone, a Focalyst study concludes (pdf), MarketingCharts   [...]

Online Shopping by Minorities Up Sharply in Five Years

Online shopping by African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics and other minorities has increased dramatically in the past five years, according to (pdf) a report from The Media Audit, MarketingCharts writes. "T  [...]

6 in 10 Use Non-Voice Mobile Apps, Cellphones Hardest Tech to Give up

Some 62 percent of adult Americans have either accessed the internet with a wireless connection away from home or work, or used a non-voice data application like a cell phone or personal digital assistant (PDA), according to a Pew Internet Project study (via MediaPost) --   [...]

Study Profiles Consumers Most Influenced by Sponsored Links

Nearly one in 10 consumers surveyed (9 percent) are influenced or greatly influenced by sponsored links when searching for products or services on the internet, according to an analysis of BIGresearch's Simultaneous Media Survey (SIMM 11), writes MarketingCharts. Advertisers are allocat  [...]

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1/3 Are Receptive to Mobile Ads - If It Lowers Their Phone Bills

23 percent of US mobile subscribers (58 million people) say they have seen mobile advertising in the previous 30 days. Half of mobile data users (51 percent, or 28 million people) who recall seeing a mobile ad say they responded to the ad in some way, according to a Nielsen study, MarketingCharts   [...]

Research Recap of 2008 Academy Awards Released

94 percent of the 32 million Americans that watched this year's Oscars watched the live telecast. Some 2 million recorded the event on DVR and watched it later in the same evening, according to Nielsen, which released a research recap of the event,   [...]

New Media Influences Purchases, Particularly among Minorities

Advertisers are well advised to pay more attention to what customers say influence their purchases -- particularly new media options, which are growing fastest in wielding influence, according to BIGresearch, MarketingCharts reports. While traditional media still rank on top in purchase influ  [...]

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Affluent African Americans Make Impact on Consumer Economy

African Americans are crucial to the consumer economy, with a population of 39 million and buying power of $892 billion -- a figure expected to exceed $1.1 trillion in 2012 -- according to a Packaged Facts study,   [...]

Mobile Phone Use Is Up, Interest in Mobile Marketing Isn't Down

The importance of mobile phones continues to increase among all age groups, as usage of features and applications related to mobile marketing (such as text-messaging) become more mainstream, according to the third-annual Mobile Attitude and Usage Study by the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA),   [...]

Gift Cards a Retailer Growth Opportunity; Hispanics Especially Lucrative Target

For the '07 holiday season, the average US gift card purchaser expects to spend $203 on gift cards, up from $186 in '06. Retailers are also seeing increases in the cash value and use of gift cards among Hispanics, with card use increasing by one-third, writes MarketingCharts, citing a recent study. Hispanics received gift cards with the highest  [...]

Nielsen Releases Data on Hispanic Consumers' Shopping Behavior

For National Hispanic Heritage Month, The Nielsen Company released data regarding the the shopping behavior of Hispanic consumers, whose collective buying power totals nearly US$ 1 trillion, it said (via Marketing  [...]

Consumers Expect Local Businesses to Pick up Phone, Fix Online Info

Eight of 10 Americans have little patience for merchants who don't answer the phone. For the key demographic for most home and professional services (adults 35-44) that figure rises to nearly 88 percent, according to a study conducted in August for FastCall411 by Synovate, writes MarketingCharts. The implications of the study,  [...]

In XM Campaign, Baseball Stars Send Email, Text, Phone Messages

XM is offering baseball fans the opportunity to send personalized voice messages from baseball greats Derek Jeter, David Ortiz and Cal Ripken, Jr. to their friends and family in a viral marketing campaign. The campaign is geared to enhance baseball fans' awareness of XM's coverage of Major League Baseball, writes MediaBuyerPlanner. XM airs every MLB game for every team fro  [...]

Montgomery Ward Launches Site in Spanish

Montgomery Ward has launched a Spanish-language website, espanol.wards.com, and now has an "en Espanol" link on the English-language site to connect visitors with the new site. Direct Marketing Services, the multititle mailer that acquired Montgomery Ward in 2004, has had a Spanish-speaking call center for several years, writes Multichannel Merchant (  [...]

Desperate Catholics Turn to Online Rent-a-Priests

Roman Catholics shunned by the official church because of divorce or sexual orientation are "renting" married priests online. The rent-a-priest website, based on a national database known as "God's Yellow Pages," offers believers access to some 2,500 Catholic priests,   [...]

MLK Site Gives Taste of Discrimination

Click to enlarge DDB Seattle's 15th consecutive commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 16) took an interactive turn this year, in the form of   [...]

A Day of Rest Even for E-Commerce

One of the benefits of e-commerce may be that customers can expect 24/7 shopping and service, but some e-tailers with strictly observant religious owners or execs do not complete orders or otherwise engage in business on their Sabbath (Jewish or Christian) - apparently with no serious consequences - writes the New York Times. Adhering to the tenets of both business and religion can be tricky, though. For example, observant Je  [...]

Walmart.com Shuts Down Recommendation Feature

Wal-Mart shut down its movie recommendation software after its website suggested movies about famous African-Americans such as Martin Luther King, Tina Turner and Jack Johnson to those looking at boxed DVDs of Planet of the Apes, reports Red Herring. A screen shot of the movie and the suggested movie viewing list circulated on the web Thursday. "We are heartsi  [...]

Lexus Uses Podcasts, Blog Ads to Drive Campaign

Using music podcasts and a blog ad buy, Toyota's luxury brand Lexus is rolling out a four-week campaign aimed at African-Americans,   [...]