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Are you optimizing your business’ appeal to the Latino population?
-the fastest-growing market in the North Carolina and US economies-
15% of the US population is of Hispanic origin (24.4% by 2050).
Can you afford not to?
Latinos in Asheville spent $219,367,000 in 2004.
In 2006, the first major comprehensive study of the state’s Hispanic population and its economic impact was conducted by John D. Kasarda and James H. Johnson Jr. of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at UNC-Chapel Hill for the North Carolina Bankers Association (NCBA), in cooperation with the Mexican Consulate of Raleigh, N.C. The study assessed the economic impact of the state’s growing Hispanic population and identified potential business opportunities provided by this fast-growing market. The following quotations were taken from this study:
Hispanic purchasing power is only partially tapped in a number of localities. Opportunities exist for these localities to retain more of the Hispanic consumer dollar.
Read More About ADELANTEIf recent migration trends continue, the total economic impact of Hispanic spending in North Carolina could increase to $18 billion by 2009. Clear opportunities exist for financial institutions and other businesses statewide to capitalize on this increasingly significant market
www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/ki/reports/2006_HispanicStudy
