Agency & Brand Xmas 2012: This is what millions of dollars worth of ad agency hours looks like

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2012's Holiday Trends

• 3D Printing is so hot right now
• Giving to charity is popular but agencies max out at $20k Although multiple agencies, through their own ecard's lack of involvement gave < $100
• Gangnam Style sweaters. Every agency that went there wore it on an ugly sweater
• The end of the World. It was 4 days before Xmas and kind of a big deal
• Live streaming any other time of year would just seem wrong
• World Records are always popular
• Mobile featured heavily this year. The experience of being told I need my mobile, go to a URL and then enter a code just to experience a site was a bad one though.
• Making and selling things.

The Big Losers in 2012's Holiday Trends

• Instagram, tumblr and pinterest featured much less than Facebook
• The staff that have to dress up and/or sing
• Games? Very few games this year
• QR codes and NFC
• Upload your face
• The hipster market is down with just a couple this year compared to several last year
• Projections were non existent