A Top-Shelf Partnership: Retailers & CPGs Go Down The Advertising Aisle
At Advertising Week in New York, recently, Communicus attended Match Marketing Group founder Michael Dill’s session in which he explored retailers’ engagement with today’s connected consumer…
Mobile devices: Kids know what they want but are parents buying?
Despite questions about the potentially negative aspects of electronics usage among children and adolescents, mobile devices are only growing in popularity. Recent research on parents and children reveals the extent of tablet and smartphone usage in the young, and the attitudes of both kids and parents toward mobile devices and the brands who produce them. Two-thirds of pre-kindergarten age children use tablets, and one-in-three pre-K...
Turning the Advertising Spigot to ‘Off’ – What Would Really Happen to Your Brand?
Conventional wisdom says you’d better not stop advertising – if you go dark for any significant period of time, your brand is sure to suffer. But is this really the case? Could your brand actually coast along just fine without advertising for up to a year or more? We quantify what happens when consumers don’t see a brand’s advertising. And mostly, brands do suffer without advertising, and the effects start to occur within a relatively...
YouTube Personalities Earn Celebrity Status Amongst Gen Z
Want to impress teens and get them to buy your brand? New research conducted by Variety suggests that hiring a YouTube star to be your brand spokesperson could be the winning ticket.
Kids Have Opinions About Smartphones; Tablets, Too
Although they’re not generally the target consumer for high-end electronics, kids are using smartphones and tablets in increasing numbers and are showing a clear preference among brands. According to advertising consultancy Communicus, one-third of American pre-kindergarten-age children have a tablet specifically used by them, while two-thirds of kids regularly use tablets. Among those that don’t have tablets, 50% ask their parents to...