What's your thoughts on McKinsey & Company latest "The next normal arrives: Trends that will define 2021—and beyond"? mckinsey.com/featured-insig… #nextnormal #trends #change #economy

Sub-Saharan marketers dance to a digital tune bizcom.to/1/4jxw | Borderless Access #bizpressoffice via Marketing & Media SA

China becomes first country in which Ecommerce surpasses 50% of Retail Sales emarketer.com/newsroom/index… #ecommerce #retail #consumerbehavior

JUST IN: Google confirms: "we will not build alternate identifiers to track individuals as they browse across the web, nor will we use them in our products." Commits to cooperation with Privacy Sandbox ADWEEK adweek.com/media/google-p… #privacy #digitalmarketing #cookies

"… the industry is mostly stuck in the first three stages: denial, anger and bargaining. The sooner we move on to acceptance, the better for all.” Ruben Schreurs @ebiquityglobal adweek.com/media/hey-goog… #data #privacy #sandbox #adtech ADWEEK

1/2 Dischler: Google ad stack won’t have special privileges under its policies without cookies, and publishers using Google Ad Manager will maintain full control over their direct relationships adweek.com/media/google-b… #data #privacy #cookies #AdTech

2/2 “There’s no substitute for building direct relationships with customers. And the best way to maintain that is with a comprehensive first-party solution that has the appropriate tagging infrastructure.” adweek.com/media/google-b… #data #privacy #adtech

We're not surprised at all. It's really an expected natural progression for all #ecommerce #retailers And a whole new headache to contend with for #traditional #news #publishers adweek.com/performance-ma… #media #publishing #DigitalMarketing #digitalmedia

US ad spend May21 vs. May20: Newspapers Extend Recovery, Magazines Lag. Overall +56%, Papers +8%, Mags -21%, Digital +69%, OOH +98%, Radio +122% bit.ly/3vKzEov #adspend #covidimpact

Discounts named the top purchase driver for US customers in social media ads (ZA the same?) emarketer.com/content/discou…

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