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Nearly half of consumers will delay purchases until COVID-19 outbreak is over

Data • Rob Clapp, WARC Data Points (GlobalWebIndex), April 2020

An overview of delayed purchases during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak across 17 markets.
Half of consumers to shop online more after COVID-19

Data • Rob Clapp, WARC Data Points (GlobalWebIndex), July 2020

An overview of consumer activities after the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak ends, including shopping online, exercising at home, using mobile payments and using food delivery services.
Consumers are more approving of COVID-related advertising than "normal" campaigns

Data • Rob Clapp, WARC Data Points (GlobalWebIndex), April 2020

An overview of consumer approval of brands advertising their COVID-19 response and how they are helping customers compared to approval for brands running "normal" campaigns unrelated to COVID-19.
Global advertising spend to fall by 8.1% in 2020

Data • Rob Clapp, WARC Data Points, May 2020

An overview of advertising spend forecasts for 2020 by market, product vertical, media and format.
Half of millennials are using e-commerce more and plan to continue after lockdown

Data • Rob Clapp, WARC Data Points, June 2020

An overview of shopping channels used globally during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
The impact of advertising on market share: Controlling for clutter, familiarity, and goodwill decay

Article • Nicholas De Canha, Michael Ewing, and Ali Tamaddoni, Journal of Advertising Research, Vol. 60, No. 1, 2020, pp. 87-103

The advertising-sales relationship remains paramount. This study, believed to be the largest that focuses on automotive sales and advertising, investigates ceilings and thresholds by optimizing budget allocations among media.