2026
The Hidden Engines of Ad Growth: Why Advertising Is Outpacing Consumer Spending
Five forces quietly reshaping the ad market, according to Madison & Wall. For decades, advertising growth has tracked closely with consumer spending. The logic is straightforward: marketers invest to influence demand, so ad budgets rise and fall with consumption. But over the past several years, that relationship has fractured. Advertising revenues have grown significantly faster […]
Marketing in 2026: From Prediction to Reckoning
What marketers are questioning, reconsidering, and re-prioritizing as the year begins. For much of the past decade, marketing has been driven by anticipation. What’s next.What’s coming.What will change everything. As 2026 approaches, that posture is giving way to something quieter—and far more consequential. Across industry reports, cultural analysis, and conversations with senior marketers worldwide, a […]
SIGNALS FROM THE SEASON
What Christmas Revealed About Trust, Humanity, and Marketing As the holiday season fades and marketers begin shaping the year ahead, a few Christmas campaigns linger — not because they “won” the season, but because of how audiences reacted to them. These questions build directly on themes we explored earlier this season in our holiday advertising […]