eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Mark Dolliver discusses how another recession will affect millennials and how they've delayed adulthood, but not forever. He then talks about what happens when you buck gender stereotypes in ads, the truth about people ages 65 and older and whether our digital lives will become more intertwined.

D2C brands such as Warby Parker, Away, and Casper grew rapidly by leveraging inexpensive digital ads to reach consumers with a message that by cutting out retailers and selling directly to shoppers, they could sell goods at lower prices. But many brands have seen their growth slow due to a host of factors, including rising digital ad costs, increasing shipping costs, and Apple’s iOS privacy changes.

Ecommerce channel advertising is having a big year, with eMarketer forecasting accelerated growth for 2020. Profitero CEO Bryan Wiener joins eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin to discuss consumers' massive shift to ecommerce, how it's benefited the ad businesses of Amazon and other marketplaces, and what online sellers should consider as they strategize for Q4 and beyond.

In both video games and VR landscapes, there are budding opportunities for performance ad formats in the metaverse. Early patents filed by Meta indicate it wants to fill its VR metaverse with in-world advertisements—with the promise of collecting even more data on users, like where their eyes are drawn to. It’s already begun testing ads in some of its titles for the Oculus, its VR headset.

In June, the Media Rating Council (MRC) announced it would be shifting its focus from ad delivery to outcomes in its standards development work. MRC senior vice president of digital research and standards Ron Pinelli joins eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin to talk about what the MRC has learned so far about current measurement and attribution practices, why it's important to have a shared set of standards for measuring outcomes, and whether advertisers are ready for a shift away from user-level attribution.

Digital media is relatively flexible, which has benefited it during the pandemic. Ivan Markman, chief business officer at Verizon Media, joins eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin to discuss how digital platforms can be even better at supporting this flexibility, as well as the explosion of connected TV advertising and the future of virtual and augmented reality.

While the coronavirus pandemic caused every major US sports league to suspend its season, esports resumed relatively quickly. Leagues pivoted from competing inside venues to an online-only format where teams and production crews operated remotely. Despite any short-term struggles from large advertising downturns, the outlook for esports remains positive.

On today's episode, we discuss what the world will look like in 2030. Who will be the digital ad giants, how much shopping will we do online, will bank branches disappear, and more. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer vice president of forecasting Monica Peart, senior director of forecasting Shelleen Shum, and directors of forecasting at Insider Intelligence Cindy Liu and Oscar Orozco.