China's economy, and subsequently its ad market, will face ongoing challenges this year due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. However, history shows that programmatic advertising—the use of automation in the buying, selling or fulfillment of ads—is in a strong position to withstand such downturns.

eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring Magith Noohukhan, product evangelist at Braze, and Neetika Bhargava, consumer marketing manager at IBM. They discussed today’s ideal marketing tech stack and how it can support more effective experiences across all of today’s customer engagement touchpoints.

eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring Joe McCarthy, director of performance marketing at Klaviyo. He discussed how relevant and meaningful marketing experiences can build brand affinity, even when you can’t fulfill customer demand.

Despite the economic downturn brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, we estimate that US spending on digital video advertising still has the potential to increase by as much as 7.8% during H1 2020—or decrease by as much as 5.2% vs. H1 2019.

With the coronavirus pandemic leading to a significant economic slowdown, we’re providing updated guidance to our clients about what we expect for ad spending during H1 2020.

Joe Kudla, founder of Vuori, speaks with eMarketer vice president of business development Marissa Coslov about the fashion and leisure brand’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, including how it's redeploying its workforce to avoid layoffs and connecting with consumers. Made possible by Salesforce.

As the Great Recession receded, one might have expected people to drift away from active economizing. Instead, US consumers across income levels added new retail venues (like digital resale) to their money-saving mix, while doubling down on older methods (like buying private-label goods). Thus, they’re poised for serious bargain-hunting if the coronavirus pandemic yields a serious recession.

eMarketer principal analyst Mark Dolliver and junior analysts Blake Droesch and Lucy Koch discuss Disney+ reaching 50 million subscribers, how Airbnb is doing, a tool that sends people emails when they're looking at their inbox, LinkedIn engagement, Apple and Google teaming up on contact tracing COVID-19, what's in the middle of America and more.

In this episode hosted by eMarketer global director of public relations Douglas Clark, forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom discusses how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting eMarketer’s video ad spending forecasts, including predictions on digital video viewing habits heading into Q2.

As the coronavirus pandemic persists in the US, marketers are wary about the ads that could appear next to any COVID-19-related content.

With the coronavirus pandemic leading to a significant economic slowdown, we’re providing updated guidance to our clients about what we expect for ad spending during the first half of this year.

In this episode hosted by eMarketer global director of public relations Douglas Clark, forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom sheds light on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting eMarketer’s search ad spending forecasts, including repercussions for the travel and retail industries.

The coronavirus pandemic is changing the way US adults communicate, as they shelter in place and work from home.

Most US advertisers had started holding back their spending due to the coronavirus pandemic in mid-March, expecting to make deep cuts in Q2. But early April research suggests those cuts may be worse than previously anticipated.

Over the past few weeks, online grocery stores and meal kits have seen a stream of orders coming in, not only from existing customers, but also new ones looking to avoid physical stores during the pandemic. Plant-based meal company Splendid Spoon is one of those receiving demand.

eMarketer principal analyst Victoria Petrock discusses how supercomputers and quantum computing can help us fight the coronavirus. She also talks about the adoption of telemedicine and how biometrics are being used to diagnose people and enforce quarantine orders.

With the coronavirus pandemic leading to a significant economic slowdown, we’re providing updated guidance to our clients about what we expect for ad spending during the first half of this year.