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>Advertising as we know it is well and truly dead Based on what? More people are spending more money online than ever, the holidays alone in 2019 broke records
by cmdshiftf4 7y ago
>Advertising as we know it is well and truly dead
Based on what? More people are spending more money online than ever, the holidays alone in 2019 broke records at an increase of 3.4% over the previous year's sales [0].
That is on top of an increase of 2.8% the previous year, something which was heralded as a disappointment [1].
Given the above, people are clearly being guided what to buy and where to buy it, so how could one realistically claim that "advertising as we know it is well and truly dead"?
[0]https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/25/reuters-america-corrected-record-online-sales-give-u-s-holiday-shopping-season-a-boost-report.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/25/reuters-america-corrected-re...
[1]https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/14/holiday-sales-were-a-huge-disappointment-retail-report-says.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/14/holiday-sales-were-a-huge-di...
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