Marketing

Alcohol advertising is heavier around schools with 20 percent or more Hispanic students than near schools with a smaller Hispanic population, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Austin's College of Education and the University of Florida's College of Medicine.

"Better for You" or healthier kid food products are the hottest battleground for food marketers nationwide. Yet, as in most battlegrounds, the field is overwhelmed with "dead soldiers," or "BFY" products that seemed great in the lab, on the PowerPoint, or in research exercises.

Not all execs use methods they deem best.

he shift to Individualized Relationship Marketing (IRM) is one of the key preliminary findings from the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council’s new thought leadership initiative, “Precision Promotion: Timely, Targeted and Trackable” sponsored by the InfoPrint Solutions Company, a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh. Using more personalized, relevant and precise customer communication is a key strategy marketers intend to leverage to achieve greater revenue and profitability from existing customers.

My friend Nigel Hollis, chief global analyst at WPP's Millward Brown, an advertising research firm, invited friends to submit brand questions, and receive personal replies and insights in return.

When marketers create campaigns targeted to a particular group of consumers, it is essential to understand the reference group(s) one uses for their consumer purchases. In the case of the Hispanic market, ascertaining the reference group used for various products can be difficult for “U.S. Hispanics who maintain cultural ties, but also live within the context of the U.S. mainstream culture”.