The creator economy has evolved from a marketing experiment into a core pillar of modern brand strategy. At the center of this shift is a powerful and still underleveraged segment: multicultural social media influencers — creators who identify as Hispanic/Latino, Black, Asian American, Native, Middle Eastern, and other diverse backgrounds.
These creators are not just participating in the digital economy; they are shaping culture, driving trends, and shifting purchasing decisions across platform
Carat USA, the Aegis Group media shop, has completed a detailed new study of the Hispanic consumer segment and concluded that marketers are spending dollars against the sector in highly inefficient ways, due to continued reliance on old assumptions and outdated methods of communicating with the Latino population.
The new data has led Carat to conclude that 90% of Hispanic media budgets are targeting only 20% of the Latino population -- and are missing the opportunity to “drive significant busine
The Hispanic market in the U.S. is growing at an impressive rate. The U.S. Census reports that Hispanics are the fastest-growing demographic segment in the U.S . By 2050 Hispanics will account for 30% of the nation’s population. It’s no wonder that companies are putting a significant amount of their budgets towards engaging them in a meaningful way. Companies like Old Navy with their interactive Telenovas, T-Mobile and Lowe’s are all examples of big brands looking to reach the Hispanic populatio
