Look Ahead 2013

Where Social Media Is Headed This Year

Where Social Media Is Headed This Year

Expect more Facebook ads and gifts, and reality to set in for startups.

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Mobile Predictions for 2013

Mobile Predictions for 2013

The mobile-app economy is growing exponentially, with wireless-industry trade association CTIA predicting it will generate nearly $50 billion in revenue by 2016.

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The Digital-Media Forecast for 2013

The Digital-Media Forecast for 2013

Publishers that take the time to help advertisers analyze content campaigns beyond vanity metrics, as well as produce content that incorporates a brand's values in smart and subtle ways, will take a bigger piece of the pie.

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The Year Ahead for Consumer Packaged Goods

The Year Ahead for Consumer Packaged Goods

Focus is the new black, with "fewer" and "bigger" the key words for big household and personal-care players.

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What Creativity Will Look Like in 2013

What Creativity Will Look Like in 2013

Branded experiences are still on the rise, while production will be streamlined.

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Drinking Your Dinner and Bulgur With Your Burger: Food Trends for 2013

Drinking Your Dinner and Bulgur With Your Burger: Food Trends for 2013

Small, fast-casual health-food chains continue to pop up, and meat might just be going out of style.

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What to Expect This Year in the World of Data

What to Expect This Year in the World of Data

The social-data pipes are closing, and Facebook can't go without accepting the industry's privacy program much longer.

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Three Regulation Trends to Watch in 2013

Three Regulation Trends to Watch in 2013

Non-alcoholic beverages have many challenges ahead, and video-game and entertainment marketers continue to face scrutiny in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting.

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What's Brewing in the Beverage Industry

What's Brewing in the Beverage Industry

Beer discovers its feminine side, while soda companies will push more low-calorie line extensions.

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What's Trending in the Retail Industry in 2013

What's Trending in the Retail Industry in 2013

Expect more experimentation with QR codes, text to buy, and shoppable ads.

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Mobile Apps, Ambitious Marketers and More: The Trends We're Watching in China

Mobile Apps, Ambitious Marketers and More: The Trends We're Watching in China

Will China become the world's biggest E-commerce market by 2015?

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How the Role of CMO Will Change in the Year Ahead

How the Role of CMO Will Change in the Year Ahead

With each decade, the marketing role has become more integral to the organization -- and more complicated.

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Three Trends to Watch for in Media

Three Trends to Watch for in Media

In 2013, look out for more second-screen entertainment integrations and a Big Four network to take on total audience measurement.

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Three Agency Trends for 2013

Three Agency Trends for 2013

Three challenges shops can expect in the new year.

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