B
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28%
28% -- market share decline after 3 years without advertising for Brands without advertising (365 brands across 22 categories) (2025)
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28%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Sample Size
365
Evidence Quality
B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Ehrenberg-Bass Institute / Journal of Advertising Research
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https://www.thinkbox.tv/training-and-tools/useful-resources/strategies-for-marketing-through-a-downt… ↗
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Strategies for marketing through a downturn
In 2022-2023, we faced a perfect storm. Increasing energy costs, inflation, supply-chain crises, war in Europe, and a Covid hangover are battering economies.
Then in 2024-25, a period of low economic growth and higher business taxes was followed by the global shock of trade tariffs introduced by US …
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Ehrenberg-Bass Institute / Journal of Advertising Research
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Methodology
Longitudinal analysis of 365 brands in 22 categories; market share decline measured relative to the last advertised year; declines more common and substantial among small brands and brands already losing share
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Brands without advertising (365 brands across 22 categories): 28% market share decline after 3 years without advertising. Source: Ehrenberg-Bass Institute / Journal of Advertising Research (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/eb-market-share-decline-3yr-no-ads
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