{"id":612458,"date":"2023-02-27T08:49:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T14:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/27\/quarterly-ad-spending-recap-green-shoots-of-ad-spending-growth-will-take-time-to-bloom\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T08:49:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T14:49:26","slug":"quarterly-ad-spending-recap-green-shoots-of-ad-spending-growth-will-take-time-to-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/27\/quarterly-ad-spending-recap-green-shoots-of-ad-spending-growth-will-take-time-to-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarterly ad spending recap: Green shoots of ad spending growth will take time to bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<main id=\"main\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>February 27, 2023\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a04 min read<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0  By <a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/author\/seb-joseph\/\">Seb Joseph<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1030\" height=\"579\" alt decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/crow-recession-digiday.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/crow-recession-digiday.jpg?resize=265,150 265w, https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/crow-recession-digiday.jpg?resize=749,422 749w, https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/crow-recession-digiday.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/crow-recession-digiday.jpg?resize=300,170 300w, https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/crow-recession-digiday.jpg?resize=215,122 215w, https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/crow-recession-digiday.jpg?resize=230,130 230w, https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/crow-recession-digiday.jpg?resize=1030,579 1030w, https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/crow-recession-digiday.jpg?resize=760,427 760w, https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/crow-recession-digiday.jpg?resize=290,163 290w, https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/crow-recession-digiday.jpg?resize=180,100 180w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" src=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/crow-recession-digiday.jpg?w=1030&#038;h=579&#038;crop=1&#038;is-pending-load=1\" ><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tIvy Liu\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Advertising is becoming more of a priority in the boardroom \u2014 for real time this time.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an oft-touted claim whenever times get tough: CEOs who continue to advertise during downturns end up on top. Few CFOs buy into this viewpoint, however. Instead, they tend to cut advertising first during these moments because it\u2019s a variable cost that can be quickly halted. It was one of marketing\u2019s most enduring cliches. No amount of opinion pieces, conference keynotes or studies urging companies to do the opposite could change it \u2014 until now. <\/p>\n<div id=\"piano-meter-offer\">\n<p>It turns out this downturn is different to most.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile ad spend correlates with economic growth, as we\u2019ve seen since the pandemic that this isn\u2019t a linear correlation,\u201d IAB Europe\u2019s chief economist Daniel Knapp said earlier this month on his quarterly forecast call. \u201cPlus advertising has other motivations and drivers than just looking at overall economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertising isn\u2019t as coupled to the economy as perceptions would have it.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, there are cuts to advertising. The collapse of the crypto market, the ongoing challenges of the automotive industry and market consolidation are all proof of that. But there are also many other marketers who are maintaining their ad spend and, in some cases, increasing it. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a rundown of how some of the largest advertisers outlined their plans in their latest financial updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coca-Cola didn\u2019t provide any actual figures on its ad spending for the year ahead, but the company did describe its ad spend as rising.<\/li>\n<li>Kraft Heinz, which is no stranger to making cuts in a pinch, is doing the complete opposite this time around and said it would grow ad spending in 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Unilever said advertising investments \u201cwill grow again in 2023\u201d after the company increased its spend by \u20ac500 million last year. <\/li>\n<li>Procter &#038; Gamble cut media spending as a share of sales in the last quarter, but is pouring more money into advertising overall.<\/li>\n<li>Elsewhere, Colgate grew ad spending by 3% in the quarter, reducing the share of revenue used toward advertising marginally. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As strange as it sounds, these businesses can\u2019t afford to cut ad dollars \u2014 especially not now that so many of them are committed to accepting lower profits for higher revenues. They\u2019ve decided that it\u2019s probably unsustainable to slash costs to protect margins in the way they would have done during previous downturns. Instead, they\u2019re passing on the significant rises in commodity prices they\u2019ve had to swallow to shoppers in the belief those same people will pay the higher retail prices.<\/p>\n<p>Advertising makes this easier to do. Even more so in a market that hasn\u2019t properly slipped into a recession yet. Here\u2019s why: Inflation looks like it\u2019s set to peak in several big markets for advertisers, which will be a small, albeit welcome, boost to demand. Despite this inflation, which varies between supply- and demand-led depending on the market, employment remains resilient. Yes, there have been <a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/media-buying\/groupm-confirms-layoffs-of-staffers-across-n-america-emea-regions\/\">job cuts across the industry<\/a> that suggest this isn\u2019t so, but most of those cuts are arguably more a result of correcting overhiring during the pandemic than actual economic stress. Not to mention the overall outlook for the ad industry is improving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going into this year confident in our guidance,\u201d WPP CEO Mark Read said during the holding group\u2019s latest earnings update. \u201cIt is a little bit softer than 2022, but I think that\u2019s what one would expect. And it\u2019s significantly ahead of analyst expectations, certainly at the end of last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Granted, Read would say this. As Brian Wieser,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>media analyst and the former global president of business intelligence at GroupM, explained in his newsletter Madison and Wall, \u201cHigh levels of inflation in a world that doesn\u2019t experience a recession means more revenue for marketers, which in turn means more spending on advertising and more spending on agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Read\u2019s outlook doesn\u2019t mean the ad industry is going to get through this year unscathed. Marketers still have to grapple with the big three challenges of media inflation, a turbulent economy and the heightened importance of advertising responsibly.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s enough to make even the most liberal ad spenders think twice. <\/p>\n<p>It goes some way to explaining why there\u2019s a lot more wariness behind the optimistic growth forecasts. Not least of all because not all growth is equal. A\u00a0significant proportion of ad growth will be driven by media price inflation. Here\u2019s an example: The IAB believes digital ad spending in Europe this year will grow at 2.1% in nominal terms, which means that when that number is adjusted for inflation, which is going down, then the digital ad market could face a moderate contraction.<\/p>\n<p>Arguably, the contraction has already started. The signs were there as early as the second quarter last year, and <a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/meta-google-earnings-suggest-rip-to-the-platform-momentum-narrative\/\">they\u2019ve multiplied since then<\/a>. Look at the last quarter, for example. Search advertising is down. Spending on social media is in a tailspin. Even video advertising has taken a hit. Clearly, there are some marketers who are pumping the breaks on digital advertising. That\u2019s creating further disparity between the traditional duopoly of online media (Google and Meta) with the potential new one (Apple and Amazon).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a user goes to Amazon, their likelihood of purchase is far greater, therefore supplying advertisers with the most updated intent signals possible,\u201d said Will Jennings, head of paid media at ROAST. \u201cThis closed-loop environment gives Amazon the edge, essentially creating supply and demand within their own platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?utm_source=facebook&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=digidaysiteshare&#038;utm_content=Quarterly%20ad%20spending%20recap%3A%20Green%20shoots%20of%20ad%20spending%20growth%20will%20take%20time%20to%20bloom&#038;u=https%3A%2F%2Fdigiday.com%2Fmarketing%2Fquarterly-ad-spending-recap-green-shoots-of-ad-spending-growth-will-take-time-to-bloom%2F\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=digidaysiteshare&#038;utm_content=Quarterly%20ad%20spending%20recap%3A%20Green%20shoots%20of%20ad%20spending%20growth%20will%20take%20time%20to%20bloom&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigiday.com%2Fmarketing%2Fquarterly-ad-spending-recap-green-shoots-of-ad-spending-growth-will-take-time-to-bloom%2F&#038;via=digiday&#038;text=Quarterly%20ad%20spending%20recap%3A%20Green%20shoots%20of%20ad%20spending%20growth%20will%20take%20time%20to%20bloom\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?utm_source=linkedin&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=digidaysiteshare&#038;utm_content=Quarterly%20ad%20spending%20recap%3A%20Green%20shoots%20of%20ad%20spending%20growth%20will%20take%20time%20to%20bloom&#038;mini=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigiday.com%2Fmarketing%2Fquarterly-ad-spending-recap-green-shoots-of-ad-spending-growth-will-take-time-to-bloom%2F\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/digiday.com\/mailto:fr****@*****le.com\" data-original-string=\"f5WFZ2Ppx6cLoiZ14juWhQ==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\" title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. 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It\u2019s an oft-touted claim whenever times get tough: CEOs who continue to advertise during downturns end up on top. Few CFOs buy into this viewpoint, however. 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