78% of Brands Have No Technology to Remove Third-Party Cookies
Removal of third-party cookies can come to badly haunt marketers in 2022. According to the latest report published by Adform, a large number of brands have no clue what to do with third-party cookies. Reason: they either don’t know about the solutions that can help with the removal of third-party cookies, or are yet to test a solution. In a report titled, “Effortless Modern Marketing” that was jointly published with Dynata, Adform surveyed more than 1,000 marketing professionals across the UK, EMEA, and the US to understand the future of third-party cookies and how brands are positioned to manage these.
The report found out:
- Three-quarters (75%) of companies globally believe the removal of third-party cookies will have an impact on their business
- But 78% of marketers globally have no tested solution in place for 2022, rising to 82% in DACH and 90% in the UK
- Only 3 in 10 (29%) companies globally currently have a first-party ID solution, this figure rises to 4 in 10 (40%) for the US and drops to 2 in 10 in Poland (23%) and the UK (22%)
Surviving with Third-party Cookies: Don’t Risk Your Chances
The report highlights a significant lack of readiness for life without third-party cookies.
The research also reveals marketers’ priorities are centered around finding time and cost efficiencies in a more transparent supply chain, and a desire to move towards ‘brand gardens’ – a purpose-built, future-proofed ecosystem where modern marketers are empowered with complete data ownership and management.
Louise Kloster, SVP Marketing at Adform, warns the industry’s current lack of preparation for the deprecation of third-party cookies signals a significant problem: “With Chrome’s deadline looming at the end of the year, marketers must a****** to find a first-party ID solution that works for them – one that works without prejudice and, most importantly, is future proof. We have already seen success with publishers that have made the transition to first-party ID solutions following Firefox and Safari’s removal of third-party cookies – but further education is clearly required especially after a challenging year where marketers have not prioritized working on first-party IDs. Marketers understand the value in maintaining transparency, efficiency, and flexibility to provide a balance of control and neutrality, but this research highlights the need to implement innovative solutions to truly achieve effortless modern marketing both now and in the future.”
The research also reveals marketers believe enhanced data ownership will unlock a range of much-needed benefits; the concept of a closed, brand-owned ecosystem – underpinned by first-party data, transparent costs, and operational adaptability – is viewed positively by around three-quarters of Spanish (73%), Polish (74%), UK (78%) and US (78%) marketers.
Globally, over three-quarters (79%) of respondents believe a brand garden would increase flexibility and data control, while more than two-thirds (70%) state the resulting improvements to trust and data transparency would be advantageous to their business outcomes.
Taking back control
More than nine in ten (92%) global marketers state cost and time efficiencies are key challenges in their supply chain, with almost two-thirds (63%) ranking these savings as the primary benefit of working with a single provider on a global scale. In addition, more than three-fifths of Nordic (61%), UK (63%), and Italian (65%) marketers say they lack control over their supply chain and this is a significant reason to move towards a clear, centralized point of oversight when deploying marketing campaigns.
Most likely, this is due to at least half (50%) of marketers prioritizing rapid response capabilities in the ever-changing market, with greater time efficiencies enabling better agility. This also indicates a strong preference for consolidation and transparency throughout the supply chain to achieve greater control, likely driven in part by the findings from the recent ISBA programmatic supply chain transparency study.
Adform and Dynata’s Effortless Modern Marketing report looked into current trends and sentiment regarding control and transparency, identity, cost efficiencies, and user experience. The survey was conducted in 12 markets across Europe (UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Poland) and the USA from 1st to 13th September 2020, analyzing responses from 1047 marketing professionals.
Regional summary
Looking at each of the regions included in the survey, the following percentage of brands do not have a solution in place for the removal of third-party cookies:
- 90% of UK brands
- 82% of DACH brands
- 73% of US brands
- 74% of Italian brands
- 76% of Nordic brands
- 76% of Polish brands
- 79% of Spanish brands
While the following percentage of brands currently have a solution based on first-party IDs:
- 2 in 10 (22%) UK brands
- 3 in 10 (29%) DACH brands
- 4 in 10 (40%) US brands
- 3 in 10 (29%) Italian brands
- 3 in 10 (28%) Nordic brands
- 2 in 10 (23%) Polish brands
- 3 in 10 (26%) Spanish brands
Currently, Adform provides a fully integrated advertising platform built for modern marketing. Its unique enterprise technology – Adform FLOW – harnesses superior user experience and a scalable, modular and open architecture, to enable seamless management of the whole campaign lifecycle. It provides clients with enhanced control and transparency across their advertising operations, including ownership of all data from their campaigns.
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