This Week Next Week, Ep. 3: CES – The Consumer Expectations Slowdown

Brian Wieser and Kate Scott-Dawkins discuss Microsoft’s Xandr acquisition, overlooked reporting from the Washington Post on international data harvesting, and a deeper dive into this year’s CES through the lens of GroupM’s latest research on consumer attitudes toward technology.

Links to news discussed in this week’s episode:

  • https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/post/december-2021/microsoft-to-acquire-xandr-to-accelerate-its-digital-advertising-and-retail-media-solutions
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/china-harvests-masses-of-data-on-western-targets-documents-show/2021/12/31/3981ce9c-538e-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.html
  • https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/5/22867090/bmw-color-changing-paint-electric-car-ces
  • https://www.groupm.com/groupm-releases-results-of-second-annual-survey-on-consumer-attitudes-toward-technology/