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Report: Black consumers increase spending on lifestyle ?necessities?

(March 3, 2007) Thanks to economic gains in the past two years, black households across the U.S., especially middle-class families, are increasing their purchases of lifestyle and leisure items. Products such as cell phone service, travel, restaurant meals and entertainment and leisure increased significantly in 2005.

With home ownership growing and unemployment down, African-American consumers are increasing expenditures on goods and services that are lifestyle-oriented. According to the newest edition of ?The Buying Power of Black America,? there are indications that black households are feeling more confident about making purchases that...
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Wabash Ave. Suite 210 Chicago, IL 60604 t. 312-408-1881 f. 312-408-1867 info@targetmarketnews.com	STORY ARCHIVE January 2008 TV Ratings for Week of Jan. 21-27, 2008 Fox Trumps top 25 again thanks to 'Idol;' CBS takes top network honor 1-31-08 NitroMed suspends marketing of heart drug BiDil, cuts staff 1-31-08. GM picks Sanders\Wingo, Carol H. Williams for African-American ad accounts 1-30-08 Nielsen report: Black targeted ad spending exceeds $2.3 billion annually 1-30-08 WGA waiver for NAACP allows Image Awards show to go on as scheduled 1-30-08 Washington Post, Henry Gates launch black-oriented Web site, theRoot.com 1-29-08 Coors signs covenant with National Black Economic Development Coalition 1-29-08 Darryl Brown leaving post as EVP/GM of ABC Radio Networks 1-29-08 Advertisers meet with FCC over 'No Urban, Hispanic Dictates' 1-28-08 Coke's Black History Month spot launches 2008 African-American marketing plan 1-28-08 Linda Bocage revs up multicultural programs as VP for GM Planworks 1-25-08 Cable TV Ratings for Week of Jan. 14-20, 2008 TBS rides 'Payne' to hold on to top 25 for the week; Disney top network 1-25-08 Magazine Publishers of American launch award for Magazine Mentor of the Year 1-25-08 TV Ratings for Wekk of Jan. 14 - 20 Fox is the dominator with football and 'Idol;' ties CBS again for top net title 01-24-08 United Negro College Fund unveils new brand identity 1-24-08 ION Media, Star Media, Omnicon partner on African-American TV programming 1-18-08 Ads from UniWorld GlobalHue among winners of 2008 Urban Wheels Awards 1-18-02 Wendy Williams signs agreement with West wood One for Feb, 4th debut 1-18-08 BET founder apologizes to Obama for remarks 'meant to be funny' 1-18-08 Nightly Business Report,Black Enterprise join forces for MLK Day special 1-18-08 TV Ratings for Week of Jan. 7 - 13 Terminator, football boost Fox in week's ratings; ties CBS for top network title 1-24-08 Jackson urges satellite radio deal be contingent on minority leases 1-17-08 Oprah Winfrey creates her OWN network in partnership with Discover channel 1-16-08 Cable TV Ratings for Week of Jan. 7 - 13 'Payne' power dominates the cable charts; Disney, USA tie for top network 1-16-08 'The Funny Spot' comedy series with Ton Rock debuts on TV One this week 1-15-08 'Our World with Black Enterprise' nominated for NAACP Image Award 1-15-08 Allstate sees Gospel Music Channel as connection with black customers 1-14-08 American Legacy, American Family team up for Black History Month 1-14-08 African-American book sites join forces to promote black authors' works 1-11-08 Deborah Tang, who established BET's news division, dies at 60 1-11-08 Cable TV Ratings for Week of Dec. 30 - Jan. 6 'I Love New York' is No.1 for first week of new year; Three-way tie for top net 1-10-08 BlackHistory.com launched by two leading Internet entrepreneurs 1-10-08 BET Digital Media Group to represent 30 premium websites in ad network 1-9-08 TV Ratings for Week of Dec. 30 - Jan. 6 Football gives NBC the tri-fecta for the week's top 25 most popular shows Barack Obama rocks the political world 1-4-08 Ethnic Print Media Group and AUC Magazine publisher for partnership 1-3-08 Uptown Magazine looks to expansion with InterMedia Partners investment 1-3-08 ___________________________ Access our news archives by month Go to Target Market News homepage	Search the entire contents of the Target Market News Web site! Looking for hard-to-find information on the African-American consumer market? Now you can easily search the contents of the leading source for information on African-American marketing and media. Scan our entire Web site for news, research and information using Google-powered keyword searches. Hundreds of articles, stories and report findings can be accessed for free. Click here to try it now! ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 13th Annual Edition Available Report: Black consumers increase spending on lifestyle ?necessities? (March 3, 2007) Thanks to economic gains in the past two years, black households across the U.S., especially middle-class families, are increasing their purchases of lifestyle and leisure items. Products such as cell phone service, travel, restaurant meals and entertainment and leisure increased significantly in 2005. With home ownership growing and unemployment down, African-American consumers are increasing expenditures on goods and services that are lifestyle-oriented. According to the newest edition of ?The Buying Power of Black America,? there are indications that black households are feeling more confident about making purchases that... Story continued... Click here to order The Buying Power of Black America report _________________________ SUBSCRIBE TODAY! The trade publication for in-depth coverage of Black Consumer Marketing and Media news