2015 brought with it the emergence of new trends along with the continuation and acceleration of others. This collection of our most popular charts of 2015 covers some of the year’s biggest stories and foreshadows some of the most important ones to come. Our top charts are grouped into the following topics: media and advertising trends; a focus on generations; digital marketing; B2B; customer experience; retail & e-commerce; and future trends.
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Fewer appear to be putting off big-ticket and needed purchases.
Store brands rose to a new dollar share high of 18.9%.
TikTok Shop looks like it could be a fruitful channel for smaller companies.
By contrast, they’re more interested in ads that provide product information and discounts.
Prime Video and Hulu seem to be on the ascent.
Only about one-third consider company PR pros to be credible sources for their reporting.
More than 3 in 4 ad buyers are adjusting their programmatic vs. direct strategies.
Youth are still the predominant target for influencers, but as the industry matures, the target audience may be shifting.
More than 9 in 10 B2B buyers encounter at least one reason that prevents them from placing orders online.
About half are using CTV to achieve lower-funnel objectives.
Social media marketers wish they had more time to respond to customers and to engage in strategic planning.
Some 57% of subscribers have canceled a service due to a recent price hike.
A sizable share of Gen Z consumers around the world are using AI tools to find information online.
The number of unique interactions per attendee increased by 8% year-over-year.
The number of exhibitors has recovered a little faster than the number of attendees.
The number of pay-TV subscribers shrunk by more than 22% in the 5-year period from 2018-2023.
Half of consumers trust product recommendations from a specific store or website’s AI tools based on their purchase history.
The biggest challenge in working with RMNs among the brand advertisers surveyed is a lack of collaboration with retailers.
While TV ad inflation is projected to grow this year on a global scale, TV will remain in a deflationary environment in the US.
Community or networking events along with brand pop-up events are favored in both the US and UK.
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