Influencer marketing: global growth trends

Influ­encer mar­ket­ing has become a well-estab­lished tech­nique in the UK, with its val­ue to con­sumer brands increas­ing­ly steadi­ly in recent years. But the real growth sto­ry in this field has been in large emerg­ing mar­kets such as Chi­na and India, where bud­gets are big­ger and con­ver­sion rates are far high­er. Might a lengthy down­turn damp­en marketing’s enthu­si­asm for influ­encers, or is their allure reces­sion-proof?