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- 2020, A look back [video] [infographic]
- A look back at 2020 in Media [video]
- A look back at 2020 in Marketing and Advertising [video] [infographic]
- A look back 2020 in Social Media [video] [infographic]
When I was young in the ‘80s, I was so mesmerized by the fact that I’d live to see the year 2000! It seemed like such a momentous, and faraway time. Now, that time really is faraway and was more plagued by the Y2K bug and end of the world fears. It is astonishing that that amazed little boy is now looking back at 2020.
Let me start by inviting you to check out series of predictions for 2021: in general, for marketing, for ad spend, for advertising, for mobile, for social media, for technology, and my own predictions for 2021.
Let us take a little bit of time to reflect on what happened last year, 2020 in general. Because you were likely too busy with holiday festivities to do so right? I know, really, you couldn’t care any less about 2020 and want to get on with 2021 right? I mean, could get any worse?
As with previous years, 2020 will be reviewed from different points of view and separated into specific topics.
3 posts comprise my 2020 year in review. Today’s post is all about general interests such as retail, fashion, entertainment, and technology.
My next post will focus on advertising and marketing. The last one will focus on social media.
Article updated January 22 2022
2020 In General
- Why ‘Why’ Became A Top Search Term Of 2020, MediaPost.com: MediaDailyNews, Dec. 10 2020
- Google’s Year in Search Powerfully Shows How 2020 Was When the World Asked ‘Why?’, Adweek Feed, by Kyle O’Brien, Dec. 9 2020
- The 12 Days of Data Returns for 2020!, Christopher S. Penn : Awaken Your Superh…, by Christopher S Penn, Dec 8 2020
- The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year Is Almost Over, MediaPost.com: MediaDailyNews, Dec.4 2020
- JibJab’s Had It: ‘2020, You’ve Got to Go!’, MediaPost.com: MediaDailyNews, Nov.28 2020
- Planalytics 2020 Ag Weather Review and Outlook, Planalytics, Inc.,by Tara McAdams, Dec.2 2020
- Love and Thoughtfulness Dominate Giphy’s Top 25 GIFs of 2020, Adweek Feed, by David Cohen, Dec.2 2020
- Cute Colony Of Cheeky Chimps Swings In To Save 2020, MediaPost.com: MediaDailyNews, Dec. 5 2020
- Adobe Reveals 10 Rising Stars of Photography for 2020, Adweek Feed, by Ian Zelaya,Sept. 2020
- If you thought 2020 was backward, wait till you see uphill skiing, Travel, by Brian E. Clark, Dec 11 2020
- The Year in Review: 2020 in 20 Visualizations, Visual Capitalist, by Nick Routley, Dec. 17 2020
- Most Covered Terms Of 2020: ‘COVID-19,’ ‘Digital,’ ‘Personalization,’ ‘Meaningful’, MediaPost.com: MediaDailyNews, Dec. 31 2020
- Words for the Year, Conversation Agent – Valeria Maltoni, by Valeria Maltoni, Dec. 31 2020
- Stories of 2020: a global society changed for good, Warc News, Dec 25 2020
- Matt: State of the Word 2020, WordPress Planet, by Matt, Dec. 25 2020
- Vita Coco Will Help Cure Post-2020 Hangovers at Home, Adweek Feed, by Ian Zelaya, Dec. 25 2020
- Who Was Alex Trebek? One Of The Legends We Lost In 2020, MediaPost.com: MediaDailyNews, Dec. 25 2020
- What Can 2020 Teach Us About the Future?, Adweek Feed, by Shelly Palmer, Dec. 25 2020
- 2020 – The year we unlearned everything we learned, Marketing Land – Internet Marketing News…by Ryan Phelan, Dec. 21 2020
- Cottonelle Invites Us To Flush Away 2020, One Sheet At A Time, MediaPost.com: email, Dec. 23 2020
- Google’s Top Trending Searches of 2020, and Other Year-in-Review Lists, Marketing Charts, by Jami Lashbrook, Dec. 2020
- 20 Ridiculously Useful Holiday Gifts for 2020, Ann Handley – Content Marketing Keynote …, by Ann Handley, Dec. 2020
Artificial Intelligence
- 2020 Rewind: Artificial Intelligence in Sales, Christopher S. Penn : Awaken Your Superh…, by Christopher S Penn, Dec.14 2020
- 2020 Rewind: AI and SEO Applications, Christopher S. Penn : Awaken Your Superh…, by Christopher S Penn, Dec. 2020
- 2020 Rewind: Marketing and Machine Learning, Christopher S. Penn : Awaken Your Superh…, by Christopher S Penn, Dec. 2020
- 2020 Rewind: AI Applications in Healthcare Marketing, Christopher S. Penn : Awaken Your Superh…, by Christopher S Penn, Dec. 2020
B2B
- The B2B Forum 2020 Edition of Marketing Smarts [Podcast], MarketingProfs, Dec. 4 2020
- Seven Resolutions Managers Can Make for 2021 [Infographic], MarketingProfs, Dec. 17 2020
Business
- The best advice we heard from businesses in 2020, Businesses – Yelp, by Amanda Retzer, Dec. 28 2020
- Ranked: The Most Valuable Nation Brands in 2020, Visual Capitalist, by Carmen Ang, Dec. 17 2020
- Barkley Closes 2020 With Another Win, Picking Up 4 Post Cereal Brands, Adweek Feed, by Erik Oster, Dec. 28 2020
CX / Customer Experience
- 10 Best Customer Experience Management Software Of 2020, AvatarBen Aston, The CX Lad, September 30, 2020
Data
- Global Data Market Will Exceed $41bn This Year, OnAudience.com Report Reveals, ExchangeWire.com, by ExchangeWire PressBox, Dec.3
Ecommerce
- The Fastest Growing Brands of 2020 Are Streamers, Ecommerce and Videoconferencing, Adweek Feed, by Emmy Liederman, 10 Déc. 2020
- Shopify boss says the retail landscape has changed forever, Warc News, by Warc, 1 Dec 2020
- Tupperware Is Having a Great Year, and It’s Not Just Because of the Pandemic, Adweek Feed, by Paul Hiebert, Dec 5 2020
- Black Friday Lessons Learned From 2020, MediaPost.com: email, Dec. 2 2020
- Holiday Online Fraud Flat With 2019, But Up From 2018 And The Rest Of 2020: Study, MediaPost.com: email, Dec. 4 2020
- ‘Tis the Season: U.S. Holiday Spending Projected to Reach All-Time High in 2020, Visual Capitalist, by Carmen Ang, Dec. 4 2020
- Laugh If You Want, but Ugly Sweaters Are 2020’s Coolest Holiday Marketing Idea, Adweek Feed, by Robert Klara, Dec. 16 2020
- How Covid-19 and Ecommerce Disrupted the Alcohol Industry in 2020, Adweek Feed, by Kathryn Lundstrom, Dec. 25 2020
- 4 Trends that Shaped the 2020 Holiday Shopping Season, AdParlor, by Brooke Robinson, Dec. 23 2020
- Newsroom: Mercado Libre Will Surpass $20 billion in Ecommerce Sales in 2020, eMarketer Articles, Dec. 2020
- Ecommerce Was By Far the Biggest Retail Trend of 2020, Adweek Feed, by Lisa Lacy, Dec. 2020
Economy
- Stories of 2020: Crises of economic confidence, Warc News, by Warc, Dec. 30 2020
- Goodbye to blowouts: The U.S. market for hair tool and appliance brands declined in 2020, Digiday, by jim cooper, Dec. 31 2020
- 2020 Was a Watershed Year for Retail Bankruptcies, Adweek Feed, by Richard Collings, Dec 31 2020
- Weird Economics in 2020: Tech & Business, Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang, by jeremiah_owyang, Dec. 5 2020
- How 2020 canceled the concept store , Digiday, by Jill Manoff, Dec. 26 2020
- Animation: Mapping the Recovery from the Global Recession of 2020, Visual Capitalist, by Jenna Ross, Dec. 16 2020
Health
- 5 of the Best Cannabis Marketing Moves in 2020, Adweek Feed, by T.L. Stanley, Dec. 25 2020
Love
- Helena Bonham Carter Pays Tribute to 2020 Singles in Relatable Bumble Ad, Adweek Feed, by Sara Spary, Dec 9 2020
- 2020 Is Satan’s Soulmate in a New Match Ad from Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort, Adweek Feed, by Jess Zafarris, Kathryn Lundstrom, Dec. 3 2020
- How Satan Fell for 2020, Personification of the Year From Hell, Adweek Feed, by Kathryn Lundstrom, Dec. 4 2020
Human Ressources
- The Future of Work is Here: Supply Chain Talent Lessons From 2020, Gartner Blog Network, by Dana Stiffler, Dec. 15 2020
- What I Learned in 2020 About New Ways Of Working, Gartner Blog Network, by Craig Roth, Dec. 30 2020
Privacy
- 2020 Was All About Digital Identity – And Expect The Same In 2021, AdExchanger.com: Exchanging Ideas On Dig…, by Allison Schiff, Dec. 25 2020
Technology
- One-Third of B2B Tech Marketers Say They’ll Meet Their Original KPIs This Year, Marketing Charts, by Jami Lashbrook, Dec.2 2020
- The top technology PR people to know in 2020, Business Insider – Advertising, by Sean Czarneck, Dec 2 2020
- Software as a Service (SaaS) Churn Rate Statistics for 2020, Marketing Technology Blog, by Jafar Sadhik, Nov. 2020
- Gartner Publishes the Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services, 2020, Gartner Blog Network, by Raj Bala, Oct. 2020
- Gartner’s Top 20 Emerging Technologies and Trends Topics for 2020, Gartner Blog Network, by John A. Wheeler, Dec. 31 2020
- Stories of 2020: Technology in every side of life, Warc News, Dec. 26 2020
Telecom
- SES tops WTA Operator Rankings for 2020, Advanced Television, by Editor, Dec. 9 2020
- 7 Best Cloud Phone Systems for Remote Teams – Compared (2020), WPBeginner, by Editorial Staff, Dec 8 2020
- Samsung Taps Paul Mescal to Capture a Turbulent 2020 Through Modern Dance, Adweek Feed, by Ian Zelaya, Dec. 16 2020
Travel
- This year, give a holiday gift that evokes your favorite city or state, Washington Post Travel, by Liza Weisstuch, Dec 4 2020
- Santa Decides ‘You’ve Been Good Enough’ for 2020 in Virgin Hotels’ Forgiving Ads, Adweek Feed, by T.L. Stanley, Dec.1 2020
- What consumers learned about travel complaints in 2020, Washington Post Travel, by Christopher Elliott, Dec. 3 2020
- What happened to travel in 2020? What will happen in 2021?, Washington Post Travel, by Christopher Elliott, Dec. 16 2020
- How Covid-19 Killed The Travel Industry In 2020, Daily Infographic, by Jenny, Dec. 25 2020
Video Conferencing
- The Fastest Growing Brands of 2020 Are Streamers, Ecommerce and Videoconferencing, Adweek Feed, by Emmy Liederman, 10 Déc. 2020
VPN
- What is a VPN? The 2020 Guide, August 5, 2020 by Sankalan Baidya, Cloudzat