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What stays, what changes, what breaks: Trends shaping marketing in 2026
‘Advertising is going to look different’: WPP’s Kate Scott-Dawkins on next year’s big trends
Is commerce, not creativity, now the main engine of ad growth? This month’s blockbuster report from WPP Media shows retail media has overtaken linear TV in adspend in 2025. The report’s author explains what’s driving the shift.
What's in, what's out: Marketing trends you need to know in 2025
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Publicis Groupe forecasts up to 5% organic growth in 2024
Group said it was outperforming both ad holding companies and IT consulting peers.
What’s hot and what’s not in 2024: The essential trend report for savvy marketers
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Global ad spend to rise 4.4% in 2023-24, led by social media: Warc
Alibaba, Alphabet, Amazon, Bytedance and Meta draw over half of global advertising investments
APAC leads global ad growth in 2023 as traditional media struggles: MAGNA
After experiencing a slowdown in 2020 due to the pandemic and bouncing back with double-digit growth in 2021, ad spending growth rates in most APAC markets are now returning to the levels and trends pre-Covid.
WPP upgrades forecasts after mammoth hiring spree
Coca-Cola win helped deliver organic revenue growth of 8.9% in the first six months.
GroupM reduces global ad forecast, but says Ukraine war and privacy changes are ‘not major factors’
Ad spend outlook for 2022 ‘not as bad as expected’ amid growing disconnect between economic activity and advertising, according to the agency group.
China, India to lead global marketing-spend growth through 2025
Global marketing spend will increase by 7% annually to $4.7 trillion in 2025, with China, India and South Korea among the markets exceeding the global average, according to a new forecast from Forrester.
Eight China digital predictions for the Year of the Tiger
From virtual idols to digital currency to regulation of social media and data, executives from Mailman and parent company Endeavor predict trends that will impact China this year.
5 things the ad industry should ditch in 2022
As we contemplate a new year, the industry has made a lot of progress since the global reckoning of 2020 - but the work is just getting started.
Global advertising records 'highest growth rate ever' in 2021: Magna
A year of crackdowns and mixed economic fortunes in APAC makes the region the lowest performer globally in 2021, as powerhouse China's growth rate falters.
DOOH to be worth more than $50 billion by 2026
The research saw input from senior ad execs across the US, UK, France, Germany and Asia.
APAC ad markets to be buoyed by China in 2021, India in 2022
Latest Magna global advertising forecast predicts 12.8% APAC growth in 2021 led by China, with India predicted to outpace all global markets next year.