Sprint

Horizon Media Wins Sprint’s US$700 Million Media Account

Sprint Corp. has moved its US$700 million media account from Publicis Groupe’s Mediavest Spark to independent media agency Horizon Media following a review.Sprint spent around US$700 million on U.S. media in 2016, according to Kantar Media. However, the phone service provider has cut its total advertising costs by US$200 million for each of its last three fiscal years.

Will Hispanics Love an Ad-Supported Mobile Phone Service? (UPDATED)

Mobile platform Unlockd has partnered exclusively with Boost Mobile, one of Sprint’s prepaid brands, to launch the first of its kind Android app Boost® Dealz that will help customers reduce monthly phone payments in exchange for viewing ads. (Interview with Sprint’s Oscar Meza and TruMC’s Alice Ovadia-Updated).

How Are Retailers Luring Hispanic Consumers to Buy on Black Friday/Cyber Monday?

In 2014 U.S. $50.9 billion were spent during the 4-day Black Friday weekend by 33 million U.S. consumers.Black Friday, Cyber Monday is the start to Holiday Shopping which in some retail sectors (e.g. jewelry) can amount to more than a third of annual sales. Portada interviewed top executives behind retailers including Sprint, Target and Dick’s Sporting Goods and asked them about their plans for the Holiday Sales starting this Friday.