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WFA produces resources, research and guides across a wide range of emerging marketing topics and challenges. All the work is informed by WFA member input and developed in close cooperation with the best experts from across the industry.

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  1.    WFA launches guide to inclusive insights to help strengthen consumer understanding
    Inclusive marketing

    WFA launches guide to inclusive insights to help strengthen consumer understanding

    WFA has launched a new guide to inclusive insights, providing consumer insights leaders with a practical framework to embed inclusion into consumer research, data interpretation and strategic decision-making.

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  2.    India to the world. Highlights from WFA’s Forum Connect Mumbai
    Forum ConnectCMO Forum

    India to the world. Highlights from WFA’s Forum Connect Mumbai

    Six takeaways from WFA's first Forum Connect in India, which brought together CMOs, Media and Insights leaders from WFA's global network.

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  3.    Grab CMO Cheryl Goh's playbook on how to cross swim lanes for commercial impact
    Marketing effectiveness

    Grab CMO Cheryl Goh's playbook on how to cross swim lanes for commercial impact

    Growth doesn’t start with an ad. It starts where your product decisions meet real people. In this episode of the Better Marketing Podcast David Wheldon sits down with Cheryl Goh, newly named 2025 Global Marketer of the Year, to unpack how Grab scaled across Southeast Asia by turning marketing into a true commercial engine where product, pricing, algorithms, and culture work in sync to earn trust and drive results.

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  4.    How WFA is helping brands navigate AI use
    AI

    How WFA is helping brands navigate AI use

    Drowning in AI? Here’s how to come up for air. Gabrielle Robitaille, Director of Policy at WFA, identifies the right guidance for every stage of marketing organisation development.

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  5.    AI in marketing procurement: what are the emerging trends?
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    AI in marketing procurement: what are the emerging trends?

    3 in 4 marketing procurement teams lack KPIs to monitor AI/GenAI impact, as they are still at an early stage of deployment.

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  6.    WFA strategic partners predict what to watch in 2026
    Trends & forecasts

    WFA strategic partners predict what to watch in 2026

    What’s next for global marketing in the year ahead? WFA strategic partners share their take.

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  7.    Eleven new members start the year with WFA

    Eleven new members start the year with WFA

    Eleven new brand owners have signed up to be part of WFA's global network of senior marketers, reinforcing its position as the world’s biggest organisation for client-side marketing and policy leaders.

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  8.    WFA President David Wheldon shares his vision for 2026
    Trends & forecasts

    WFA President David Wheldon shares his vision for 2026

    In 2026, the best marketing leaders will empower their teams with a healthy mixture of curiosity, humility and optimism.

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  9.    WFA Forum Connect heads to Mumbai
    Forum ConnectCMO Forum

    WFA Forum Connect heads to Mumbai

    On 3 February, WFA’s world-class, cross-function knowledge exchange is heading to India in association with the Indian Society of Advertisers (ISA), with a brief to bring new ideas and inspiration to marketers.

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  10.    Next steps for Halo and cross-media measurement in 2026
    Halo

    Next steps for Halo and cross-media measurement in 2026

    It’s time to review the successes of 2025 and look forward to more progress on cross-media measurement in 2026, says Matt Green, Director, Global Media and Measurement at the WFA.

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  11.    Why data integrity matters for media effectiveness
    Data governance

    Why data integrity matters for media effectiveness

    WFA's new White Paper The Data Integrity Advantage shows why stronger upstream data practices are central to media quality.

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  12.    4 changes taking place in sponsorships and partnerships
    Trends & forecasts

    4 changes taking place in sponsorships and partnerships

    Sponsorship is evolving beyond presence to partnerships that shape culture and deliver measurable brand and business performance according to a WFA Global Study with Lumency.

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  13.    How WFA Forums have brought clarity to a turbulent 2025
    Forum Connect

    How WFA Forums have brought clarity to a turbulent 2025

    The game has changed for global brand owners, these are the new priorities and actions they are taking.

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  14.    How to supercharge your AI adoption
    AI

    How to supercharge your AI adoption

    While many marketers are testing AI, shifting the conversation to mainstream operations is proving more difficult. Gabrielle Robitaille, Director of Policy at WFA, outlines how brands can overcome the barriers to adoption.

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  15.    Influencer marketing: how is it being strategically procured?
    Influencer marketing

    Influencer marketing: how is it being strategically procured?

    Average spend on influencer marketing has been steady but is set to increase to take up a larger share of marketing and media budgets.

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  16.    Is it all about AI? What's really shaping the CMO Agenda? - 2025 in review
    Marketing effectiveness

    Is it all about AI? What's really shaping the CMO Agenda? - 2025 in review

    In this episode we review a year of conversations with Unicef's Frederique Covington Corbett, culture guru Marcus Collins, Cathay Pacific's Ed Bell, Meta's Nicola Mendelsohn, Marcel Marcondes from AB InBev and Global Marketer of the Year, marketing expert Seth Godin, Leyal Eskin Yilmaz from the Magnum Ice Cream Company, and Ogilvy's Rory Sutherland.

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  17.    Community matters in unpredictable times. WFA CEO's year in review.
    Trends & forecasts

    Community matters in unpredictable times. WFA CEO's year in review.

    The ability to share experiences and talk to peers to work out what’s best for our individual brands sits at the heart of the WFA. This year has proven how valuable that sense of community is, says WFA CEO Stephan Loerke.

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  18.    Inflation and media budgets - is there still a link?
    Trends & forecasts

    Inflation and media budgets - is there still a link?

    Marketers are willing to increase budgets where performance data justifies it. Tom Ashby, Global Lead, Media Services at WFA, argues that the relationship between budget growth and price inflation is breaking down.

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  19.    10 marketing trends to watch out for in 2026
    Trends & forecasts

    10 marketing trends to watch out for in 2026

    The WFA team presents its annual look at what will be important for marketers and brands in the next 12 months.

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  20.    Global brands, global shifts: marketing transformation in action
    Forum ConnectCMO Forum

    Global brands, global shifts: marketing transformation in action

    A round-up of what we learned at Forum Connect New York 2025.

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  21.    CMOs: your marketing procurement team might be more useful than you think
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    CMOs: your marketing procurement team might be more useful than you think

    Deeper collaboration with marketing procurement can be a quiet competitive advantage for CMOs – and a powerful ally. Laura Forcetti, Director of Global Marketing Sourcing at WFA, explains why.

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