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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.    Uniting Minds and Functions in 2024
    Forum ConnectCMO Forum

    Uniting Minds and Functions in 2024

    WFA members know that the strength of our forums lies in their focus: servicing specific client-side functions. But that very strength also risks exacerbating the global silos that we need to break down.  

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  2.    Five predictions for 2025
    Marketing technologyAIMarketing technology

    Five predictions for 2025

    WFA experts look ahead to identify the key issues for brands as they look forward to the new year.

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  3.    WFA CEO looks back at 2024

    WFA CEO looks back at 2024

    WFA’s year has reflected the rapidly evolving and uncertain economic and geo-political landscape in which we and our members operate. It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster with both lows and highs.

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  4. Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    How will the cultural events of 2024 define your 2025?

    2024 has been a whirlwind year of changes and challenges. WFA strategic partners, Creative Equals, share four key cultural opportunities for brands to strategically disrupt categories, create engaging, authentic and inclusive creative work in 2025. 

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  5.    Benchmark: Global Marketing Organisation Scale
    Marketing structureCMO Forum

    Benchmark: Global Marketing Organisation Scale

    WFA member benchmark exploring global marketing organisation scale

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  6.    RAC Programme Meeting Overview (November 2024)
    Advertising & policy

    RAC Programme Meeting Overview (November 2024)

    Meeting overview and presentations from WFA’s Responsible Advertising and Children (RAC) meeting on 27 November 2024.

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  7.    Halo CMM Community Townhall Meeting
    Cross-media measurementHalo

    Halo CMM Community Townhall Meeting

    Discover the Future of Cross-Media Measurement - December 2024 meeting

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  8.    PAG Meeting Overview (November 2024)
    Advertising & policyDigital policy

    PAG Meeting Overview (November 2024)

    Meeting overview and presentations from WFA’s Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting on 26 November 2024

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  9. Regional WFA-IARD Webinar for Africa

    Setting standards that effectively protect minors in digital environments.

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  10.    Raja Rajamannar on the qualities required of the modern-day CMO
    Brand purposeBrand reputationGlobal Marketer of the YearMarketing capabilities

    Raja Rajamannar on the qualities required of the modern-day CMO

    As the race to be crowned Global Marketer of the Year heats up, the Mastercard marketer and jury president tells The Drum what it takes to excel in today’s ever-evolving marketing world.

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  11.    AI Community meeting overview (November 2024)
    Digital policyMarketing technologyAIMarketing technology

    AI Community meeting overview (November 2024)

    WFA’s AI Community aims to equip brand marketers with the knowledge, insights and practical guidance needed to leverage the potential of AI in an effective, safe and responsible way.

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  12.    Insight Forum Meeting Overview (November 2024)

    Insight Forum Meeting Overview (November 2024)

    Overview of the Insight Forum held remotely, November 2024

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  13.    WFA reveals CMO shortlist for Global Marketer of the Year 2024
    Global Marketer of the YearCMO

    WFA reveals CMO shortlist for Global Marketer of the Year 2024

    Expert jury selects global marketing leaders from AB InBev, DoorDash, Kraft Heinz, The Walt Disney Company and Cisco as finalists. Voting is now open until 20 January 2025, with the winner announced later that month in partnership with The Drum.

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  14.    Major multinationals look to supplier diversity as they seek to appeal to a broader consumer base
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Major multinationals look to supplier diversity as they seek to appeal to a broader consumer base

    Close to 1 in 4 multinationals have been working on this area for more than a decade, yet challenges around tracking and availability persist. A new WFA playbook offers voluntary guidance and case studies for marketing leaders looking to develop or strengthen their supplier diversity programmes.

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  15.    Ad spend growth to slow in 2025
    Media transformation

    Ad spend growth to slow in 2025

    The latest WFA and Ebiquity study indicates a further rise in media budgets next year, but positive movement is likely to be more targeted than in previous years says Tom Ashby, Global Lead Media Services at WFA.

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  16.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 35: On redefining customer proposition with Michelle McEttrick, Primark
    Brand purposeBrand reputationMarketing structureSustainability

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 35: On redefining customer proposition with Michelle McEttrick, Primark

    In this episode of WFA's Better Marketing Podcast, David Wheldon speaks to Primark's Chief Customer Officer, Michelle McEttrick, about pivoting from a 'no marketing' approach to putting brand at the core of a new customer proposition and expansion strategy.

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  17.    AI Essentials: avatars spark DEI debates, brand fakery and EU investigates prohibited uses
    Digital policyMarketing technologyAIMarketing technology

    AI Essentials: avatars spark DEI debates, brand fakery and EU investigates prohibited uses

    AI is transforming the way marketers work. Gabrielle Robitaille, Associate Director, Digital Policy at WFA, looks at the latest developments and how they impact insights, customer communication, video generation and copyright. 

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  18.    Children and teens online safety overview
    Advertising & policyDigital policy

    Children and teens online safety overview

    An overview of mechanisms and safeguards put in place by platforms to protect children and teens online. Based on publicly available data.

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  19.    PepsiCo - Driving impact at the 2024 UCL final
    Sustainability

    PepsiCo - Driving impact at the 2024 UCL final

    Pepsi piloted simple, fun and engaging sustainability solutions for fans to win rewards for recycling.

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  20.    Webinar: Descubriendo el uso de la IA generativa por parte de las agencias
    Agency managementAI

    Webinar: Descubriendo el uso de la IA generativa por parte de las agencias

    De la mano de Guillermo Girola de R3, descubre cómo las agencias y medios utilizan la IA generativa y qué medidas puedes tomar para gestionar sus riesgos.

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  21.    Reflections on 2024: Inclusion, Innovation, and the Future of Marketing
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeCreativityInclusive marketing

    Reflections on 2024: Inclusion, Innovation, and the Future of Marketing

    In this 60-minute session in partnership with Creative Equals we look back on an eventful year for brands and what it means for inclusive marketing. 

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