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Portada Marketing Conferences in 2026

Portada Marketing Conferences in 2027 will be Portada Miami (February 25), Portada Chicago (March 18), Portada Los Angeles (June 10), and Portada Live New York City (September 16).

LA Wildfires and the Marketing and Small Business Community

Portada has heard from various members of the Los Angeles-area-based marketing community; some of them have lost their homes due to the devastating losses caused by the wildfires.
We have also heard from all types of small businesses in the area that have lost not only their homes but their entire livelihoods. How the USHCC, LiftFund and HITN are stepping up.

Survey Data

Survey-Based Data: The Key to Solving Multicultural Data Challenges

The recent Portada article, “PHD, UM, and D’exposito Urge for Multicultural Data Improvements,” highlights the urgent need to address multicultural audience data issues in the face of privacy legislation and evolving consumer expectations. “As someone deeply invested in advancing data-driven marketing for diverse audiences, I’d like to present survey-based data as the solution to the challenges outlined,” says Mario Carrasco, Co-Founder and Principal at ThinkNow, and author of this article.

Nissan Honda merger

Nissan – Honda Merger: Implications for the U.S. Marketing Industry

UPDATE February 17, 2025. The presidents of Honda and Nissan announced separately that their respective companies would not be merging. Nissan and Honda spend more than US $800 million a year in advertising in the U.S. While the merger is unlikely to happen in the short term, the analysis of the drivers for the merger and its marketing implications shed light on where Nissan, Honda and other players are situated in the competitive U.S. automotive market. How would the merged company have conducted its marketing and sponsorship strategy? Who are their current agencies and marketing service providers? Nine questions and their answers.