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Global Ad Trends: Ad Investment 2021/22

Data • James McDonald, Cinzia Petio, Rob Clapp, WARC Data, July 2021

This report summarises the latest research from WARC's Data platform, with a focus on advertising investment by market, media, format and product category this year and next. Key findings include:

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.

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.

A third of consumers are buying more based on healthy and hygienic packaging

Data • Rob Clapp, WARC Data Points (Curated), November 2020

An overview of consumers paying more attention to health and hygienic packaging in their post-COVID purchases.

Huggies: The world's first baby marathon

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Bronze, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2021

Huggies, a diaper and baby wipes brand, increased sales in South Africa by launching a distance tracking device for babies who participated in an online marathon to prove Huggies diapers are the best for moving babies.

Half of millennials are using e-commerce more and plan to continue after lockdown

Data • Rob Clapp, WARC Data Points (Curated), June 2020

An overview of shopping channels used globally during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.