Omnicom is the latest of the major ad agency groups to deal itself into retail and commerce media's high stakes game as Amazon eyes $50 billion slice within months. Meanwhile, Criteo's plan appears to be paying off.
While all the focus will be on the move to a privacy-first digital advertising world by the end of 2024, the mobile app and retail media networks arenas will be fascinating to watch, as a confluence of factors mean both sectors are ripe for disruption.
The next 12 months could kickstart a wave of consolidation across the media landscape - from the big TV networks and streamers through to the smaller independent publishers and the adtech middlemen.
A forensic dive in the programmatic supply chain by US peak advertisers body the ANA could signal significant consolidation - if marketers are listening.
Digital advertising in 2024 will be transformed by new privacy rules, AI, new media channels, and the dominance of Big Tech. It will be a rollercoaster year as brands and advertisers seek to deploy technology the right way to optimize media spend.
European data regulators banning Meta from using user data to power its ad business without their explicit consent - and Meta's reaction in launching a subscription service - provides a litmus test for the rest of the ad industry around consent, the value of data and the underpinnings of the 'free' internet.
Artificial intelligence could be seen as either an opportunity or a threat to the digital advertising industry. Ad agencies and platforms are rushing to produce computer-generated campaign work. How will it play out?
CTV’s meteoric rise continues. But so do the challenges it poses for brands and advertisers: Measurement is fragmenting, frequency capping fails are wasting budget and some of the biggest players are now having to refund advertisers.