The Middle East is at war. Ad budgets are on watch

March 13, 2026

The Middle East is at war. Ad budgets are on watch

Wars don’t pause for marketing plans but they do rewrite them. The world, for better or worse, keeps spending. That much has been clear from conversations with ad execs since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. In the second week of the war, the furor has been all about oil and gasoline prices. Neither feels

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