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Group M releases their mid-year report for the MENA region, which forecasts the future of spending in the region’s media industry for the remainder of 2020 as well as 2021. In 2019, MENA advertising spend declined by 5.8%. This year, the number is expected to reduce even further as the industry faces a dual-shock from […]

How Covid-19 is changing the business and the industry at large, according to Group M MENA’s Chief Executive Officer. How is the Covid-19 crisis reshaping the marketing and advertising industry in MENA? The time has come to ‘re-optimize’ everything from brand purpose, positioning, company structures, processes and growth strategies. Consumers have become far too picky and […]

How Covid-19 is changing the business and the industry at large, according to DDB’s Chief Executive Officer for the Middle East. How is the Covid-19 crisis reshaping the marketing and advertising industry in MENA? There’s a lot of conversation going on around this subject. But with specific mention to the region, Covid-19 has accelerated our pre-existing structural problems. The […]

The International Advertising Bureau (IAB) recently conducted an online survey with 29 senior executives from the marketing teams of agencies and clients, to understand their media spending plans for the remainder of the year. The survey sample includes 62% representation from agencies, 24% from clients and 14% from other entities such as publishers. The respondents […]

1. The growth of Internet advertising will drive global ad spend in 2019 Stronger than expected Internet advertising will drive 4.7 percent growth in total global ad spend in 2019 reaching $623 billion – substantially ahead of the 4 percent forecast made in the previous edition of the report, published in December 2018. Zenith forecasts […]

The retail industry in the region – especially in the UAE and KSA – has undergone massive changes in the last two years. Between 2011 and 2015, GCC retailers captured above-average revenue growth, margins, and returns, according to a McKinsey report. However, due to the instability of oil prices, the introduction of VAT, and new […]

Earlier this year, the CEO of one of the region’s leading agencies announced, almost nonchalantly: “Like it or not, we’re in a recession.” And he’s not alone: nearly 53 percent of UAE residents think so too, says a Nielsen survey, released earlier this year. And, although this belief isn’t grounded in truth, at least for […]

One morning, my daughter came up to me and asked me to write a birthday message on a greeting card she had made for her friend. I told her she could have easily obtained a card from a gift store. Instead, her answer surprised me. She said, “When connections matter, how you communicate counts.” In […]

Many of us have a better job at the top of our resolutions for 2016. But what can you do differently this year to ensure that your job search activities bear their fruit and strike a more successful chord with employers? The answer is a lot! Here are a few tips to help you optimize […]

Nick Clements, CEO, BPG Bates, on what’s the best and worst thing that can happen in 2016, and his mantra to make it through the year. What’s the best thing that can happen in 2016? World peace and Chelsea winning the Champions League would be a good start, but both seem a little unlikely. Instead […]

Mounir Harfouche, CEO, LOWE MENA, on what’s the best and worst thing that can happen in 2016, and his mantra to make it through the year. What’s the best thing that can happen in 2016? We all know the facts: political instability, oil prices, economy going down, devaluation and so on. This is a reality […]

Pierre Soued, CEO, Havas Middle East, on what’s the best and worst thing that can happen in 2016, and his mantra to make it through the year. What’s the worst thing that can happen in 2016? The geopolitical situation, the price of the barrel of oil, not being able to contain Daesh, the problems between […]

Tarek Miknas,CEO, FP7 MENA, on what’s the best and worst thing that can happen in 2016, and his mantra to make it through the year. What’s the best thing that can happen in 2016? The best thing in 2016 would be greater political stability in our region. This is the last year for the Obama […]

Raja Trad, CEO, Leo Burnett MENA, on what’s the best and worst thing that can happen in 2016, and his mantra to make it through the year. What’s the best thing that can happen in 2016? It would take a fortune-teller to predict what’s going to happen in 2016. The best thing that could happen […]

The past year has been the best on record for online advertising for the UAE, KSA and Kuwait combined, evidenced by a double-digit growth of almost 19 percent from 2014, according to OOXmonitor. In light of this, we take a look at the most prominent trends and numbers of 2015. Top 5 brands by Share […]

For the first time, UM MENA has launched its annual trends for 2016 in a report titled “Next Thing Now”. The report features the insight of media specialists at the agency as well as professionals from Coca- Cola, Google, DMS and Yahoo! Highlights from the report include: Technology & innovation For 2016, brands must approach […]

A robust approach designed to help brands secure decision rights, make better branding decisions and drive long-term strategy in the region – that would be nice, wouldn’t it? Through capturing quantitative research of the organization, market and target audience, fact-based branding is heralding a fresh approach to uncovering organisational truths, evaluating the effectiveness of activity […]

The rise of mobile advertising and social media, and the transition to programmatic buying of digital display, will help the global advertising market grow five to six percent a year over the next three years. According to ZenithOptimedia’s new Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, global adspend will grow 4.9 percent to reach $545 billion in 2015. The […]