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Summary of Outlook for Advertising, Marketing and Data 2023: Clouds On The Horizon?

Core Content

This document provides an overview of the evolving advertising, marketing, and data landscape in 2023, with a focus on economic and technological trends influencing spend and strategy. Winterberry Group, a management consultancy with over two decades of experience, highlights the challenges and opportunities in the industry, particularly in the context of macroeconomic shifts, privacy regulations, and the increasing role of AI and machine learning.

Main Trends and Key Insights

1. Evolving Spend Models

• The WG Spend Model has evolved significantly from 2019 to 2023, with new digital channels like CTV (Connected TV), Gaming, and Influencer marketing being added.
• Offline media channels such as Direct Mail and Experiential/Sponsorship continue to play a role, albeit with slower growth compared to digital.

2. Economic and Geo-Political Headwinds

• The economic environment in 2022 was marked by inflation, rising interest rates, and a stagnant equity market, which impacted marketing spend.
• The US GDP growth for 2023 is projected at 0.2%, and there is a looming chance of recession.
• Marketing spend is expected to moderate, with a shift towards data infrastructure, analytics, and identity management.

3. Shift in Marketing Spend

• Digital Dominance: Despite economic headwinds, digital marketing continues to capture a significant share of spend, but growth rates have slowed.
• Offline Resilience: Offline marketing saw a rebound in 2022, driven by political advertising, in-person shopping, and experiential strategies.
• Channel-Specific Trends:
  • Direct Mail: Volumes increased, with programmatic direct mail growing at a 27.4% CAGR through 2026.
  • CTV and Video: CTV and digital video continue to outperform, but integration challenges remain due to fragmentation and fraud concerns.
  • Paid Social and Display: Both channels experienced significant CPM increases, prompting a reevaluation of spend allocation.

4. M&A Activity in 2022

• M&A activity declined due to higher interest rates and reduced equity market valuations.
• Strategic buyers and private equity remain active, with a focus on mid-market targets that offer tech-enabled models and proprietary data.
• The total deal value in 2022 was $144.2BB, a 61.3% decrease from the previous year.

5. Privacy and Identity Challenges

• The loss of identifiers, such as the "death of the cookie," has led to increased reliance on contextual and analytic-driven solutions.
• Privacy regulations, including state-level laws and the FTC's focus on control of platforms, have created barriers to growth and increased the need for trackable consent and first-party data relationships.

6. AI and Machine Learning Integration

• AI/ML is becoming central to marketing strategies, with applications in audience targeting, creative optimization, and customer service.
• Challenges include transparency, accuracy, ethical concerns, and regulatory compliance.
• AI solutions are being adopted across various areas, including programmatic media, creative intelligence, and market research.

7. Talent and Collaboration

• The complexity of managing talent has increased, with a focus on collaboration across strategy, creative, and execution.
• There is a growing need for new productivity tools and metrics to measure effectiveness and manage internal and external talent.

8. Agency Spend and Marketing Complexity

• Agency spend is growing faster than overall marketing spend, driven by the need for specialized expertise and automation.
• Marketers are increasingly outsourcing to manage costs and complexity, especially with shifting budgets and the need for more efficient execution.

9. 2023 Outlook

• Spending Growth: Expected to moderate, with a focus on analytics, data infrastructure, and identity solutions.
• Offline Spend: Declines are anticipated, led by a secular shift from linear TV to digital video.
• Online Spend: Growth is expected to continue, though at a slower rate, with a shift in spend across channels and platforms.
• Marketing Spend Alignment: Future growth is expected to align more closely with GDP trends, indicating a return to more traditional economic patterns.

Key Data Points

• US Advertising/Marketing Spend (2019-2023P):

  • 2019: $376.6BB
  • 2020: $363.8BB (+20.8% YoY)
  • 2021: $439.7BB (+9.4% YoY)
  • 2022: $480.8BB (+5.89% YoY)
  • 2023P: $509.2BB

• Digital Spend (2023P): $307.3BB

• Offline Spend (2023P): $201.9BB

• Data, Identity, Data Services and Platforms Spend (2023P): $34BB

Conclusion

The advertising, marketing, and data landscape in 2023 is shaped by macroeconomic uncertainty, evolving digital channels, and the integration of AI and machine learning. While digital remains dominant, offline marketing is experiencing a resurgence due to shifting consumer behavior and cost pressures. Marketers must navigate a complex environment with fragmented delivery paths, rising privacy regulations, and the need for robust data infrastructure to optimize spend and enhance customer experience.