Croisette: 29°C, ☀ Glorious●Champagne flowing: 14,204 L/hr●Yachts in port: 82 large / 14 mega●Lions awarded: 142●Wristbands lost: 3,011●LinkedIn humblebrags: 41,902●Your absence: noted & mocked●Magnums of Whispering Angel: depleted●Espressos at $24: still ordered●
Croisette: 29°C, ☀ Glorious●Champagne flowing: 14,204 L/hr●Yachts in port: 82 large / 14 mega●Lions awarded: 142●Wristbands lost: 3,011●LinkedIn humblebrags: 41,902●Your absence: noted & mocked●Magnums of Whispering Angel: depleted●Espressos at $24: still ordered●

Cannes Lions · 2014 · Receipt

Terry Kawaja called it.

Verdict: Right
“Fragmentation happens, so get used to it. The LUMAscape continues to grow, not shrink — buyers should plan for a complex ecosystem rather than wait for consolidation to simplify it.”
— Terry Kawaja, Cannes Lions 2014

What actually happened

Fragmentation continued exactly as Kawaja predicted: the LUMAscapes kept growing (martech alone hit 14,106 logos in 2024), and the consolidation buyers were told to stop waiting for never arrived at the long-tail level.

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