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Matt Carmichael

The Uneven Aging of America

America's population is getting older, but the demographic shift varies widely by geography.

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Ann Marie Kerwin

The Cultural Connection

How Identity Influences Hispanic Millennials

Univision Consumer Insights Research has been uncovering and studying the nuances and influence of Hispanic culture on consumer behavior for many years, and has now determined a concrete way of measuring U.S. Hispanics' cultural connections. Here, some highlights.

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Matt Carmichael

Stat of the Day: The Agency Report Edition

Five Small But Important Bites to Take Away From Our DataCenter Report

The DataCenter's agency report has the scoop on nearly 1,000 U.S. agencies, networks and holding companies, as well as key accounts, specialties execs, and profiles. Here are five stats from the report as a teaser.

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Matt Carmichael

How the U.S. Watches Cable

In This Week's Ad Age We Looked at Which Network TV Shows Have the Most Skewed Audiences. This Map Is the Cable Counterpart

In this week's Ad Age we looked at what Network TV shows have the most skewed audiences in the segments we've been tracking through the American Consumer Project. This map is the cable counterpart.

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Matt Carmichael

How Marketers Can Tap 'The Power of Habit'

A Q&A With NYT Best-selling Author Charles Duhigg

A Q&A with Charles Duhigg, the author of "Power of Habit." He tells AdAgeStat how marketers can take advantage of the science.

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Matt Carmichael

The Demographics of Health Care

How Do Consumers Budget for Its Costs, and How Do They React When They Get Sick?

Certain areas are more prone to certain kinds of illnesses. But more important is what the residents there do when they get sick.

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Matt Carmichael

Which Markets Busted the Brackets on NCAA Ratings?

By Final Four, Many in New York and L.A. Had Tuned Out

Bracket mania might have swept the nation for the month of March, but as far as TV ratings go, NCAA men's basketball fever grips the smaller markets most tightly.

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Stephen Kraus

Affluency Survey: Diversity Among Affluent Americans

The Underrepresentation of Hispanics and African-Americans Is Even More Marked in Upper Incomes

Affluent Americans are less ethnically diverse than the U.S. population as a whole, but they nevertheless reflect a tremendous diversity of culture, language and national origin.

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Peter Francese

Stat of the Day: How Three Generations Spent in their 20s

Boomers, Gen-Xer and Millennials Had Very Different Budgets

Boomers, Gen-X, and Millennials all spent nearly the same amount when each group was 25-34. But how they spent it varied greatly and in surprising ways.

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Matt Carmichael

The Demographics of Retail

Just Who Are the People in the Walmart (and Target, Kohl's and Kmart) Nations?

A demographic breakdown by gender, income, region, age and marital status of shoppers at retailers Walmart, Kmart, Target and Kohl's based on data from Biginsight.

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Matt Carmichael

If Google Searches Determined the NCAA Finals, It'd Be Syracuse vs. Davidson

The Marketer's Almanac for March Madness

Based on Google data as of March 13, here's the Marketer's Almanac for March Madness.

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Matt Carmichael

Stat of the Day: Why Brands Should Enable the New Dad

Fathers at Least Think They Make Decisions. Why Not Let Them?

There's a gap between what dads and others think dads do as parents. What if brands let them make the decisions they think they're making?

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Matt Carmichael

Stat of the Day: Which Local Markets Won the Oscars-Ratings Battle?

Greenville, S.C.; Charlotte, N.C.; Fort Myers, Fl; and Tampa Bay Showed a Boost in Viewership

Greenville, S.C.; Charlotte, N.C.; Fort Myers, Fl; and Tampa Bay showed greater than 20% growth in viewership compared with 2010.

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Stephen Kraus

The Disproportional Spending of the Affluent

You May Be Surprised About Where This Group Is Putting Its Money

Affluent Americans are the "spending engine" that drives today's consumer economy. Here's what they're spending on, as compared to the rest of the population.

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E.J. Schultz

Stat of the Day: Where People Buy Their Beer

Expensive Brands Appear to be Leading Industry Growth

The most-repeated catchphrase for booze marketers these days is "premiumization," which is another way to say that expensive brands are leading growth.

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Matt Carmichael

FlowingData's Nathan Yau: The AdAgeStat Q&A

The Importance of Visualization and Getting Inside Readers' Heads

Part inspiration and part hands-on tutorial, the FlowingData blog is required reading for anyone into data visualization. Its author, Nathan Yau, sat down with us for a (virtual) Q&A.

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Matt Carmichael

Stat of the Day: Which NFL Teams Draw the Best Playoff Ratings?

Also, Which Markets Tune in After Their Teams Are Eliminated

Here's an exclusive look at which NFL teams draw the best playoff ratings with a bonus list of markets that tune in even after their team is knocked out.

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Peter Francese

Millennials May Yet Save Our Economic Bacon

But If Economic Growth Is Going to Pick up, We Need Them to Start Acting More Like Boomers

If our nation's exceedingly slow economic growth is ever going to pick up, we need these millennials to start acting like, well, baby boomers.

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Matt Carmichael

Stat of the Day: Mobile Phones Overtake PCs

More Consumers in Key Global Markets Have Internet-Capable Mobile Devices Than Computers

New data from Google finds that more consumers in key global markets now have an internet-capable mobile device than have a desktop or laptop computer.

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Matt Carmichael

Stat of the Day: 83% Want Brands to Support Causes

Sponsorship and Cause Marketing Projected to Grow in 2012

Cause marketing is a small but growing slice of the sponsorship pie, which is largely dominated by sports-related sponsorship. IEG, a Chicago firm that helps brands and organizations find the right sponsorship partners, projects sponsorship spending will slow its growth, but still rise 4.9% in 2012.

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