Not surprisingly, the election and party advertising segment increased significantly in September to CHF 12.2 million. This corresponds to an increase of 622.4 percent. Thanks to the charm offensive for Google's Street View product, the Internet directories and search portals segment also had an outstanding advertising month in September with CHF 3.2 million, which corresponds to an increase of 463.9%. Despite the still summery weather in September, the headwear segment recorded significant year-on-year growth of CHF 1.2 million and an increase of 913.5%.
Now that the National Council is of the opinion that young people should be better protected from the personal debt trap and is in favour of an advertising ban on small loans, the latest Mediafocus report reveals just how much advertising this would ban from the advertising stage The small, cash and personal loans segment generated a gross advertising volume of just over 12 million Swiss francs in the current year. In 2010, the advertising volume amounted to 15.4 million Swiss francs. This roughly corresponds to that of the coffee, tea and cocoa segment (15.8 million in the current year).
According to Media Focus, if the National Council's opinion were to be implemented, it would not be the print media or TV marketers who would primarily have to forego the advertising volume, but the poster providers. With a share of over 40 percent, one can speak of a high affinity for outdoor advertising. However, the market is not very fragmented. The top four advertisers account for over 90% of the advertising volume.
The implementation of the advertising ban in the area of search engine advertising would be interesting. According to the SEA market analysis by Media Focus, the credit and financing market invests around CHF 110,000 per month, with a significantly higher number of providers, including some of the more dubious types.
> To the Media Focus Advertising Market Trend Report 2011/09 (PDF)