Know your audience: Lunchly’s website features an “Us vs Them” section that snarkily portrays its packaging, flavor, and electrolyte contents as superior to Lunchables, which it refers to as “mid.” The product is aimed squarely at the same elementary school consumers who make up a significant chunk of Feastables and Prime’s core base.
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| Sep 17, 2024
Digital will help keep total media ad spending buoyant this year, just. A rebound is expected for 2024, with video advertising growing faster than any other format. Proportionally, though, video spend will remain relatively small in France and Germany.
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| May 10, 2023
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| Jun 25, 2024
Traditional search—which excludes retail media search—will claim the biggest share of US ad dollars this year, amounting to $90.73 billion, according to our March 2024 forecast.
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| Jun 14, 2024
TikTok proves social search is here to stay: Its new image search function capitalizes on a shift from traditional discovery methods.
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| Jun 12, 2024
Brands can no longer solely rely on the feed or Stories to capture users’ attention. Marketers are showing up in spaces where users are spending time and where running a traditional ad isn’t an option, like a post’s comments section or in group chats.
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| Jun 10, 2024
Paid social search offerings differ significantly from traditional search ads
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| Jun 9, 2024
On today's episode, we discuss how customer programs are moving into the spotlight, why buyers are rejecting traditional B2B experiences, how influencer marketing will find its way into the business world, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Kelsey Voss.
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| Jan 23, 2023
Gen Z and millennials shift to social media: Both cohorts prefer TikTok and Instagram over traditional search engines.
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| Jun 6, 2024
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| Apr 17, 2023
On today's podcast episode, we discuss how advertisers should adjust their plans based on social video time's slowing growth, whether people will spend more social media time on connected TVs, and the ratio between ad spend and time spent on social networks. "In Other News," we talk about whether TikTok can become a more traditional social network and getting paid to watch ads on a new socially conscious social media app. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Debra Aho Williamson.
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| Sep 14, 2023
US adults will spend 55 minutes more per day with digital video than with traditional TV in 2024, per our February 2024 forecast.
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| Mar 29, 2024
The UK is a digital payments leader, though traditional payments provide a backbone. Payment method preferences among different demographic groups are determining the winners and losers.
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| Feb 17, 2023
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| Sep 11, 2023
Traditional financial institutions are losing new business to digital competitors. But banks can still compete.
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| Apr 29, 2024
All eyes are on streaming. Last year, non-pay TV viewers surpassed traditional pay TV viewers in the US, per our forecast. Years of streaming platform proliferation are over, yielding to consolidation and fragmented ad measurement. Bundles between streaming platforms and partnerships with retail media platforms are forming, leaving media buyers with a headache over how to strategize.
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| Mar 8, 2024
Despite a surge in ads, connected TV (CTV) faces the same challenge as traditional TV: getting consumers’ attention. Our analyst Paul Verna shares why co-viewing won’t hurt CTV’s targeting abilities and how too much repetition may make ads ineffective.
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| Apr 13, 2023
So to succeed, brands need to take advantage of touchpoints in store, and more traditional forms of retail media like sampling and in store radio, as well as digital screens. And that's something we've seen in this country at least, retailers really doubling down on in-store retail media via digital screens in stores. Marcus Johnson:. Bill? Bill Fisher:. Yeah.
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| Nov 9, 2023
NBCUniversal highlights Peacock at upfront: Media titan reflects the industry's digital tilt amidst picketing and leadership changes
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| May 16, 2023
On today's episode, we discuss whether watching TV with other people ruins the potential of targeted connected TV (CTV) ads, who's winning the CTV advertising race, and how CTV stacks up against traditional TV ad spending. "In Other News," we talk about Netflix's road map for video games and what to make of its 1 million user milestone for its ad tier. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Paul Verna.
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| Apr 7, 2023
By 2025, US adults will spend over an hour longer watching digital video over traditional TV. Time spent with connected TV (CTV) is growing at a faster clip than mobile and desktop/laptop. Should advertisers update their budgets? They already have.
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| Aug 16, 2023
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| Mar 6, 2024
Discover the dynamic shift toward digital wallets in the US and the UK in the latest podcast episode of "Behind the Numbers: The Banking & Payments Show." Delve into the compelling discourse on how younger generations' move to digital is rendering traditional wallets obsolete. Join host Rob Rubin, our US-based analyst Tyler Van Dyke, and UK-based analyst Carina Perkins as they unravel trends in digital transactions for dining, shopping, and ID verification. In the "For Argument's Sake" section, we dissect the fierce competition for market dominance among industry giants like Apple and Google, established players like PayPal, rising star Paze, and potential disruptors. Tune in for a forward-looking conversation and hit subscribe for the latest insights.
Key insights:
- Youth-led shift: Analysis reveals a robust trend among younger consumers pivoting to digital wallets for everyday activities, indicating a cultural and technological shift.
- Market dominance debate: We uncover the strategic moves by tech titans and emergent challengers vying to capture the largest share of digital wallet users.
- Cross-Atlantic perspectives: Insights from US and UK analysts present a diverse view on the adoption of digital wallets, offering a broader understanding of the global digital economy.
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| Mar 19, 2024
In the US, 77% of TV-owning households had a smart TV as of Q1 2023, according to Hub Research. Connected TVs, which include smart TVs, streaming sticks, and other devices, will be used in 115.1 million households next year, more than double the number of traditional pay TV households, according to our forecast.
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| Apr 27, 2023
Spending on TV ads overall will resume growing in 2024. After a dip in 2023 caused by traditional TV’s long decline and a relatively weak period for CTV, combined spending on TV and CTV will grow every year through 2027 and close in on $100 billion. Except for 2020 and 2023, this combined market will have grown every year since we started tracking CTV in 2018.
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| Dec 8, 2023