Packaged Goods Online Spending Lags

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The consumer packaged-goods sector has attempted to shift its focus to digital advertising and marketing over the past couple of years, but online ad expenditures remain a minuscule portion of its overall ad spending.
 
The U.S. consumer packaged-goods industry spent $365.9 million on online display advertising during the first half of 2009, according to Kantar Media (formerly TNS).
 
As the first half of 2009 reveals paltry year-over-year growth, it is unlikely that the second half of 2009 moved the needle much farther.



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