Alight Analytics provides guidance for ad agencies to create a profitable analytics program.

The Lighthouse Company shares insights from its annual global survey of more than 600 C-Suite executives in the media, marketing, advertising and technology sectors.

The Future Today Institute forecasts emerging technology trends that will influence the advertising, public relation, media, and journalism industries in the year ahead.

Dentsu reports that 2019 advertising expenditures in Japan increased 1.9% to to 6,938.1 billion yen. Read more here to see ad spend figures for 2015-2019, plus a breakdown of statistics by traditional media, Internet, and promotional media.

Agency Spotter’s annual report highlights the top marketing trends across 41 marketing services and five trends that will shape the next decade. 

McCracken Advisory Partners provides an overview of the M&A activity in the advertising and marketing industry for the past year.

Dentsu Aegis estimates that global ad expenditures will grow 3.9% in 2020 to reach $615.4 billion.

RSW/US highlights marketing trends, challenges, and predictions based on a survey of both marketers and agencies.

Marsha Appel, SVP, 4A’s Research looks at the history of house agencies to gain perspective on the current era of in-housing.

IAB Europe names its predictions of brand advertising topics for 2020, which include mindful marketing, audio advertising, and personalized experience. Check out the other advertising topics, plus predictions from IAB’s Programmatic Trading Committee and Research Committee.

GroupM has released its latest forecast of global ad spend across more than 60 territories

MAGNA’s latest predictions reveal that U.S. ad spend will grow by 5.1% in 2019 to reach $224 billion. As for global, ad expenditures are predicted to grow 5.2% in 2019 to $595 billion.

Zenith predicts global ad spend will grow 4.3% in 2020. As for the U.S., ad expenditures are expected to increase 4.8% in 2020, 5.1% in 2021, and 5.4% in 2022.

Kantar discusses media and digital predictions for 2020.

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