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U.S. measured media ad spend 2014-2018, by category
Measured media advertising spending in the United States from 2014 to 2018, by category (in billion U.S. dollars)
by A. Guttmann,
last edited
Nov 26, 2019
Between 2017 and 2018, measured media spending in the U.S. retail sector increased from roughly 11 to 15 billion U.S. dollars. All of the top five spending categories invested more than 10 billion U.S. dollars each on U.S. media that year.
Advertising in the retail industry
Spending almost 4.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, Amazon was by far the leading retailer in the United States, in terms of ad spend. That year, other major retailers, such as Walmart and Macy’s, spent roughly 2.6 and 1.36 billion U.S. dollars, respectively.Macy’s: one of America’s leading retail companies
Macy’s Inc. is an American department store chain founded in 1858, with its headquarters in Ohio, United States. The company’s net sales worldwide amounted to almost 25 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, an amount which was roughly the same one year earlier. As of 2018, Macy's employed around 130 thousand people. The company's employee peak, however, was in 2012 when the company had roughly 176 thousand people working for them.Measured media advertising spending in the United States from 2014 to 2018, by category (in billion U.S. dollars)
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by A. Guttmann,
last edited
Nov 26, 2019
Between 2017 and 2018, measured media spending in the U.S. retail sector increased from roughly 11 to 15 billion U.S. dollars. All of the top five spending categories invested more than 10 billion U.S. dollars each on U.S. media that year.
Advertising in the retail industry
Spending almost 4.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, Amazon was by far the leading retailer in the United States, in terms of ad spend. That year, other major retailers, such as Walmart and Macy’s, spent roughly 2.6 and 1.36 billion U.S. dollars, respectively.Macy’s: one of America’s leading retail companies
Macy’s Inc. is an American department store chain founded in 1858, with its headquarters in Ohio, United States. The company’s net sales worldwide amounted to almost 25 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, an amount which was roughly the same one year earlier. As of 2018, Macy's employed around 130 thousand people. The company's employee peak, however, was in 2012 when the company had roughly 176 thousand people working for them.- Show sources information
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- June 2019
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- United States
- Survey time period
- 2014 to 2018
- Special properties
- measured media only
- Supplementary notes
- The figures includes measured-media advertising spending (source: Kantar Media) and unmeasured spending (estimated by Advertising Age). Measured media from WPP's Kantar Media based on spending in 19 media: consumer magazines, Sunday magazines, local magazines, business-to-business magazines, local newspapers, national newspapers, free-standing inserts, broadcast network TV, broadcast spot TV, national syndicated TV, network cable TV, network radio, national spot radio, local radio, Spanish-language media (magazines, newspapers, TV networks), outdoor and internet (display advertising; excludes paid search, video and other forms of internet advertising).
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2014 to 2018
- Special properties
- measured media only
- Supplementary notes
- The figures includes measured-media advertising spending (source: Kantar Media) and unmeasured spending (estimated by Advertising Age). Measured media from WPP's Kantar Media based on spending in 19 media: consumer magazines, Sunday magazines, local magazines, business-to-business magazines, local newspapers, national newspapers, free-standing inserts, broadcast network TV, broadcast spot TV, national syndicated TV, network cable TV, network radio, national spot radio, local radio, Spanish-language media (magazines, newspapers, TV networks), outdoor and internet (display advertising; excludes paid search, video and other forms of internet advertising).
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