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Outside of China, digital advertising has enormous headroom for growth in much of Asia-Pacific. Click here to view our full forecast for digital ad spending penetration by country and region. India will lead in digital ad spending growth for many years to come, but a surprising number of advanced economies are also on the high-growth list.

The Asia-Pacific coverage in the Global Media Intelligence Report includes poll results from Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, and Taiwan.

China’s struggling economy will continue to frustrate retailers in 2025: We expect retail sales to grow just 3.5% in the absence of stimulus measures to boost consumption and sentiment.

But that growth was driven by Europe (up 8.4%) and Asia-Pacific (up 5.2%). By contrast, US M&A during the first two months of 2025 fell to its lowest level in over two decades, per Dealogic. Companies struck 1,172 deals worth $226.8 billion, roughly one-third less YoY by both volume and size.

Amazon isn’t taking Temu’s attempt to lure its sellers lightly: The retailer is offering China-based merchants incentives to drop Temu listings, an approach that led Anker to pull its products.

China takes baby steps to address its consumption problem: Beijing will expand its trade-in program to include consumer electronics as it avoids committing to comprehensive stimulus measures.