Posted on 06/02/2005 7:19:26 AM PDT by todd1
Salsa ring tones. News in Spanish. Soccer team sponsorships.
Cell phone companies are finding new ways to ring up business from the fastest-growing market in the United States: Hispanics.
Hispanics now surpass 40 million and are growing at twice the rate of the rest of the U.S. population. With a purchasing power of more than $800 billion, they make an obvious target for businesses looking to woo new markets.
"This is a market that will help carriers with market share growth, but also on reaching out to the Spanish community," said Alisa Joseph of Scarborough Research, a marketing research firm.
Soon.. spanish will be the official language of the United States of America
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"This is a market that will help carriers with market share growth, but also on reaching out to the Spanish community,"
I fear for the future of America. What he should be reaching out to is an English speaking American community of Spanish heritage.
It really sucks to have a clear view of what is right and logical, and yet seem so out of step with the rest of the world.
Maybe I'm just becoming an old coot a little early?
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