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Attitudes to Advertising - Ireland


Published Date: November 2007
Published By: Mintel International Group Ltd.
Order Code: R560-2991
 
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Issues in the Market
Definitions
A note on adspend data
Abbreviations


Insights and Opportunities
More NI-specific portals
Online media exchange
Empathise not patronise grey market


Findings in Brief
Irish ads compete with UK media
One in three negative towards advertising
Advertising budgets soar in RoI
TV is the main advertising channel in NI
Press the main channel in RoI
Irish search engines boost growth
New media opportunities offer vital link to younger generation


Factors Influencing Lifestyles
Key Points
Internet use becomes mainstream
Figure 1: Adult population who have used the Internet in the last 12 months, NI and RoI, 2001-06
Still focused on young adults…
…but growth is coming from grey consumers
Very little advertising per se
Too much focus on young people?
The most advertising-exposed consumer group
Declining audience size
Grey population too patronised?
Why bother?
Today’s grey market are a new generation
But some advertisers are taking note
Economic climate favourable to advertising budgets
Figure 2: Health of the economy, NI and RoI, 2002-07
Growth forecast for NI economy
RoI forecasts tighter times
Advertising, the media and children
Limited concern about the effects of advertising on children
Watching TV - bad for children’s health
Codes of conduct established
More media exposed than ever
More advertising regulations
Food and drink given particular emphasis…
…as have advertisements to children
Ads to children under review in UK
Use stats wisely
Can savvy marketers simply sidestep some issues?
Speaking to a multicultural Ireland
Sales opportunities exist


Strengths and Weaknesses


Competitive Context
Key Points
The competitive environment
International ads and media
Local dominance over global advertising?
UK TV exposure
Print media
Further multi-channel adoption widens scope of Irish advertising industry
Other above-the-line promotion - direct mail
Scrapped postcode system means DM will lose out to advertising in RoI
A growing number ‘opting out’…
Figure 3: Agreement with “I always choose that my name not be included on mailing lists”, NI and RoI, 2002-06
…leads to a shrinking target market, yet opportunities remain
Good for traditional advertising
Other above-the-line promotions - sponsorship
Sponsorship spending set to grow
Sponsorship gets noticed, but does it increase sales?
Figure 4: Agreement with selected sponsorship-related statements, NI and RoI, 2006
Below the line - sales promotions
Goodbye grocery order


Who’s Innovating?
Key Points
Channel innovations
Bluetooth
Bus and taxi-side advertising
Controlling downloadable TV shows
Interactive TV services
Mobile phones
‘Actual’ moving billboards are a captive audience
Online advertising
Pub advertising sidesteps regulations
Video games
Online media exchange


Advertising Expenditure Trends
Key Points
Adspend flourishes in a booming economy
Figure 5: Indexed advertising expenditure in Ireland, euros, NI and RoI, 2001-12*
Figure 6: Advertising expenditure in ireland, NI and RoI, 2001-12
RoI adspend set to grow by 6% per annum
NI adspend to grow by 4% per annum


Segment Performance
Key Points
TV dominates NI adspend
Figure 7: Estimated advertising expenditure in Ireland, by category, NI and RoI, 2006
RoI TV ads lose out to UK TV
Figure 8: Average annual advertising expenditure growth, by category, NI and RoI, 2001-06
Radio losing out in NI…
…boosting outdoor advertising
UK media affects NI adspend
Figure 9: Per capita advertising expenditure, in euros, NI, RoI and GB, 2001-06
€447 million spent on TV ads in Ireland
Figure 10: Television advertising expenditure, RoI and NI, 2001-06
Economic growth drives RoI TV advertising by 66%
Adspend in NI limited by lack of local channels
Newspapers: the fastest-growing channel
Figure 11: Advertising expenditure for print media, RoI and NI, 2001-06
It helps to READ
Radio adspend experiencing record growth in RoI
Figure 12: Radio advertising expenditure, RoI and NI, 2001-06
Non-commercial radio plays a large role in NI
Is the NI cinema market turning into a horror picture?
Figure 13: Cinema advertising expenditure, RoI and NI, 2001-06
Outdoor advertising: the fastest-growing medium in NI
Figure 14: Outdoor advertising expenditure, RoI and NI, 2001-06


Consumer Attitudes to Key Media Channels
Key Points
Attitudes to TV
Figure 15: Attitudes to selected television-related statements, NI and RoI, 2006
Future threat?
Digital TV is gaining ground
Half of NI adults rely on TV to keep them informed
Men go digital
Establishing trust among consumers
Attitudes to newspapers
Newspapers are a key media for half the adult Irish population
Figure 16: Attitudes to selected newspaper-related statements, NI and RoI, 2006
Free newspapers are diminishing in popularity
Irish becoming more fickle about the newspapers they purchase
Newspapers still an important source for entertainment listings in Ireland
Attitudes to radio
RoI audience is more radio ad-friendly
Figure 17: Attitudes to selected radio-related statements, NI and RoI, 2006
NI radio effectiveness in question
Figure 18: Agreement with the statement “I often notice the advertisements on the radio”, NI and RoI, 2002-06
Men are the largest contingent of radio listeners in NI
Target older adults during news broadcasts
Attitudes to cinema
Declining number of core users
Figure 19: Agreement with “I am a regular cinema goer”, NI and RoI, 2003-06
In-home entertainment continues to threaten cinema admissions
Attitudes to outdoor advertising
More recognition of bus stop ads in RoI
Figure 20: Attitudes to selected outdoor advertising-related statements, NI and RoI, 2006
Visually stimulating posters make a strong impression
Buses get noticed and congestion helps
RoI adults more inclined to notice poster adverts compared to NI adults
Attitudes to the Internet
RoI online ads worth €13.5 million
An important role in product information…
Figure 21: Agreement with selected Internet-related statements, NI and RoI, 2002-06
…when making major purchases
Know how consumers view your product
New digital technologies will fuel growth of Irish advertising market
Lack of online visibility
A growing number of RoI portals…
…but no NI portals yet


Consumer Attitudes to Advertising
Key Points
Half of adults feel ‘bombarded’
Figure 22: Attitudes to selected advertising-related statements, NI and RoI, 2006
Majority still receptive
Figure 23: Agreement with “I feel bombarded by advertising”, NI and RoI, 2004-06
Have consumers become desensitised to advertising humour?
Figure 24: Agreement with “I expect advertising to be entertaining”, NI and RoI, 2002-06
Ignore advertising
Figure 25: Agreement with “I rarely notice the adverts in newspapers and magazines”, NI and RoI, 2002-06
Rising resistance to advertising
Figure 26: Agreement with “I find advertising a waste of my time”, NI and RoI, 2002-06
Is irritation blinding the target audience?


Targeting Consumers Through Advertising
Key Points
Figure 27: Advertising cluster group, NI and RoI, 2006
Ad Friendly - (22% in NI, 18% in RoI)
Demanding - (21% in NI, 22% in RoI)
Mail Friendly - (23% in NI, 27% in RoI)
Bombarded - (18% in NI, 18% in RoI)
High maintenance - (16% in NI, 15% in RoI)


Industry Views
Targeting the new ethnic community
New community = new consumers
But threats to Irish brands/companies exist
How important is ethnic advertising?
Little information available…
…leads to problems of stereotyping
What challenges face advertisers targeting ethnic groups?
How do we target them?
The generation gap
Why can’t advertisers speak to the grey market?
Ignore existing assumptions
Which media channels are useful?
What’s different about young people and the media?
Caution needed
What are the best channels for the younger audience?
New media channels
Unexplored territory
Slow adoption
Advertising apathy
Are consumers apathetic towards advertising?
Ads must work harder
A change in tone
Global vs local
Do adverts need a local flavour?
Budgets don’t match ideas
How can ads from Ireland better suit the audience?
Changes in the next few years


Appendix
Lifestages
Regional definitions
Conversion factors
Exchange rate
Population 2005
BMRB Target Group Index (TGI) sample sizes
Adults who have used the Internet
Figure 28: Adult population who have used the Internet in the last 12 months, by demographic sub-groups, NI and RoI, 2006
Figure 29: Consumers who choose “The effect of the media and advertising on our children” as a concern, by demographic sub-groups, NI, 2006
Employment statistics
Figure 30: Percentage in employment, by age group, NI and RoI, 2000-05
Household size
Figure 31: Number of households, by size, NI and RoI, 2000-05
Figure 32: Growth in number of households with children, RoI and NI, 2000-06
Long-term responsibilities
Figure 33: Average age at marriage, men and women, NI and RoI, 2000-05
Figure 34: Average age of women at birth of first child, NI and RoI, 1991-2005
Working hours
Figure 35: Average number of hours worked a week, by gender and working status, NI and RoI, 1998-2005
Population statistics
Figure 36: Population change, by age group, NI, 2000-20
Figure 37: Population change, by age group, RoI, 2000-20
Figure 38: Forecast population change, by age, NI, 2000-20
Figure 39: Forecast population change, by age, RoI, 2000-20
Figure 40: Current worries, NI and RoI, 2006
Marketing to children - codes of conduct
Figure 41: Advertising spend per capita, NI, RoI and GB, 2001-06
Market forecast explanation
Figure 42: Advertising expenditure in the UK, 2001-06
Figure 43: Top 20 cinema advertisers in RoI, Jan-Dec 2006
Figure 44: Top 20 cinema advertisers in NI, ‘000s, Jan-Dec 2006
Figure 45: Top 10 outdoor advertisers in RoI, Jan-Dec 2006
Attitudes to television
Figure 46: Attitudes to selected television-related statements, NI and RoI, 2006
Figure 47: Attitudes to selected television-related statements, NI, 2006
Figure 48: Attitudes to selected television-related statements, RoI, 2006
Figure 49: Attitudes to selected television-related statements, NI, 2006
Figure 50: Attitudes to selected television-related statements, RoI, 2006
Attitudes to newspapers
Figure 51: Agreement with “I read a newspaper most days” by demographic sub-groups, NI and RoI, 2006
Figure 52: Attitudes to selected newspaper-related statements, NI and RoI, 2002-06
Attitudes to radio
Figure 53: Attitudes to selected radio-related statements, NI and RoI, 2006
Figure 54: Attitudes to selected radio-related statements, NI, 2006
Figure 55: Attitudes to selected radio-related statements, RoI, 2006
Figure 56: Attitudes to selected radio-related statements, NI, 2006
Figure 57: Attitudes to selected radio-related statements, RoI, 2006
Attitudes to cinema
Figure 58: Cinema attendance in Ireland, NI and RoI, 2001-06
Figure 59: Cinema infrastructure, NI and RoI, 2006
Figure 60: Agreement with “I am a regular cinema-goer” by demographic sub-groups, NI and RoI, 2006
Attitudes to outdoor advertising
Figure 61: Attitudes to selected outdoor advertising-related statements, NI and RoI, 2006
Figure 62: Attitudes to selected outdoor advertising-related statements, NI, 2006
Figure 63: Attitudes to selected outdoor advertising-related statements, RoI, 2006
Figure 64: Attitudes to selected outdoor advertising-related statements, NI, 2006
Figure 65: Attitudes to selected outdoor advertising-related statements, RoI, 2006
Attitudes to the Internet
Figure 66: Attitudes to selected Internet-related statements, by demographic sub-groups, NI and RoI, 2006
Attitudes to direct marketing
Figure 67: Agreement with “I always choose that my name not be included on mailing lists”, by demographic sub-groups, NI and RoI, 2006
Consumer attitudes to advertising
Figure 68: Agreement with “On television I enjoy the adverts as much as the programmes”, by demographic sub-groups, NI and RoI, 2006
Figure 69: Agreement with “I expect advertising to be entertaining”, by demographic sub-groups, NI and RoI, 2006
Figure 70: Agreement with “I rarely notice the adverts in newspapers and magazines”, by demographic sub-groups, NI and RoI, 2006
Figure 71: Agreement with “I rarely notice the adverts in newspapers and magazines”, by demographic sub-groups, NI and RoI, 2006
Figure 72: Agreement with “I feel bombarded by advertising”, by demographic sub-groups, NI and RoI, 2006
Figure 73: Agreement with “I find advertising a waste of my time”, by demographic sub-groups, NI and RoI, 2006
Figure 74: Agreement with “Nearly all TV advertising annoys me”, by demographic sub-groups, NI and RoI, 2006
Targeting consumers through advertising
Figure 75: Agreement with advertising-related statements, % point difference from average, by cluster group, NI, 2006
Figure 76: Agreement with advertising-related statements, % point difference from average, by cluster group, RoI, 2006
Figure 77: Demographic breakdown, by cluster group, NI, 2006
Figure 78: Demographic breakdown, by cluster group, RoI, 2006
Figure 79: Agreement with “On television I enjoy the adverts as much as the programmes”, NI and RoI, 2002-06

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