Mainstream media uses local beauty and barbershops to reach the African American consumer

AA salons are opening sacred spaces and providing movie studios with the red carpet treatment. It’s not a mainstream idea to market in these venues, but beauty and barber shops do have the mainstream appeal of word-of-mouth marketing. Studios, networks and brands that are willing to step outside of traditional media and engage the African-American … Continue reading Mainstream media uses local beauty and barbershops to reach the African American consumer

African American Female Consumers Gather Weekly

Urban beauty salons provide a captive audience for movie studios and tv networks. African American women spend average of 2-4 hours weekly getting their hair done and are predisposed to spending and brand messaging. Urban salons have a monopoly when it comes to being able to connect with the coveted black female consumer, so movie … Continue reading African American Female Consumers Gather Weekly