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  1.    CDO FORUM: 2015 Year in Review

    CDO FORUM: 2015 Year in Review

    The digital economy has given rise to Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.

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  2.    SOURCING FORUM: 2015 Year in Review

    SOURCING FORUM: 2015 Year in Review

    In recent years much of the industry trade press has lamented the encroachment of procurement on marketing spend.

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  3.    Responsible Advertising and Children Programme: 2015 Year in Review

    Responsible Advertising and Children Programme: 2015 Year in Review

    2015 continued to see marketing to children grab the headlines.

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  4.    INSIGHT FORUM: 2015 Year in Review

    INSIGHT FORUM: 2015 Year in Review

    The INSIGHTFORUM was launched in 2014 and reflects a growing demand from WFA members to optimise market research and consumer…

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  5.    Policy Action Group: 2015 Year in Review

    Policy Action Group: 2015 Year in Review

    2015 was punctuated by the rise in an existential threat to the advertising ecosystem, global policy challenges and a landmark…

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  6.    Digital Governance Exchange: Priorities for 2016
    Digital policy

    Digital Governance Exchange: Priorities for 2016

    WFA’s Digital Governance Exchange (DGX) benchmark results looking at brand marketers digital governance priorities for 2016 as…

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  7.    Survey results on Sponsorship investment 2015
    Marketing procurement

    Survey results on Sponsorship investment 2015

     WFA survey covering sponsorship investment levels in 2016, license vs. activation costs and vendor roles &…

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  8. WFA’s 10 predictions for 2016

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  9.    Benchmark on Creative Agencies and the Multichannel Challenge
    Integrated marketing

    Benchmark on Creative Agencies and the Multichannel Challenge

     

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  10.    WFA CEO: 2015 in review

    WFA CEO: 2015 in review

    WFA CEO Stephan Loerke reflects on te year 2015

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  11.    Don’t scrap marketing procurement, embed it

    Don’t scrap marketing procurement, embed it

     
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  12.    Media transparency: picking a way through the storm

    Media transparency: picking a way through the storm

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  13.    MEDIA FORUM Meeting Overview London December 2015

    MEDIA FORUM Meeting Overview London December 2015

     

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  14.    Survey on Media Procurement Excellence
    Agency evaluation & performanceAgency remuneration & contractsMarketing procurement

    Survey on Media Procurement Excellence

    Survey in partnership with ID Comms on best-in-class media procurement: prevalence of Media Leadership Councils, how paid media is…

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  15.    Survey results on Global Partnerships
    Agency management

    Survey results on Global Partnerships

     

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  16.    An Advertiser’s View on Ad Blocking

    An Advertiser’s View on Ad Blocking

     

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  17.    Benchmark on Recommended agency fee negotiators in Asia
    Agency remuneration & contractsAgency review & pitchingMarketing procurement

    Benchmark on Recommended agency fee negotiators in Asia

    WFA benchmark conducted for a member looking for recommendations on suppliers for agency fee negotiations in APAC.

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  18.    Building Social Communities
    ChannelsInfluencersInfluencers

    Building Social Communities

    What are the key forces behind successful social communities, how to systematically nurture them for consumer to consumer advocacy,…

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  19.    Media cost inflation & deflation forecasts 2016

    Media cost inflation & deflation forecasts 2016

     

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  20.    Survey on Global Ad Fraud
    Ad fraud & verification

    Survey on Global Ad Fraud

    This WFA survey offers insights into the level of ad fraud exposure global marketers are aware of, the areas where it is seen to be…

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  21.    Benchmark on Media rebates & agency remuneration China
    Agency managementAgency remuneration & contractsMarketing procurement

    Benchmark on Media rebates & agency remuneration China

    A benchmark examining average media rebate levels and agency remuneration levels among clients in China.

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