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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.    Semcon / Re-search

    Semcon / Re-search

    Browser extension Semcon combats gender stereotypes in online search results

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  2.    Godiva / One for me, none for you

    Godiva / One for me, none for you

    Confectionery brand Godiva calls for an end to the Japanese custom of giving ‘obligation chocolates’ to colleagues on Valentine’s Day

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  3.    SK-II / Marriage market takeover

    SK-II / Marriage market takeover

    Cosmetics brand SK-II creates online film to empower and celebrate single women in China

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  4.    Barbie / Blonde Ambition

    Barbie / Blonde Ambition

    How Mattel set out to demonstrate the doll’s relevance by embracing female empowerment and diversity

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  5.    REI / The Level Playing Field

    REI / The Level Playing Field

    Outdoor retailer REI seeks to advance gender equality with series of long-term pledges

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  6.    Kenzo / My Mutant Brain

    Kenzo / My Mutant Brain

    Luxury brand Kenzo creates a cinematic short film to promote its latest fragrance, sets new standard for beauty advertising

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  7.    A guide to progressive gender portrayals in advertising
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeCannes LionsInclusive marketing

    A guide to progressive gender portrayals in advertising

    At the Cannes Lions Festival 2017, UN Women and a number of leading voices in the marketing and advertising industry including WFA, founded the Unstereotype Alliance. As part of WFA’s commitment to the Alliance we have developed this short guide which we hope will build awareness for the movement among our corporate members around the world, our national advertiser associations in sixty countries on six continents and the tens of thousands of brands represented by them at local level.

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  8.    Benchmark on Ecommerce capabilities
    Agency managementRetail media & ecommerceMarketing capabilities

    Benchmark on Ecommerce capabilities

     WFA member benchmark. For additional details, please log in.

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  9.    DGX meeting overview (April 2018)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyPrivacy & techGDPR

    DGX meeting overview (April 2018)

    Presentations from WFA’s Digital Governance Exchange (DGX) meeting on April 26, 2018 in London.

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  10.    Benchmark: Agency recommendation, India: Lifestyle communications/quantitative product research
    CMO Forum

    Benchmark: Agency recommendation, India: Lifestyle communications/quantitative product research

    This WFA member benchmark covers recommendations for agency partners in India that either specialise in new product concept quantitative research or lifestyle communications.

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  11.    Benchmark on structure and size of market research organisations

    Benchmark on structure and size of market research organisations

     

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  12.    WFA unveils final speakers for Global Marketer Week
    Global Marketer Week

    WFA unveils final speakers for Global Marketer Week

    Nissan, Panasonic, Samsung, Shiseido and Standard Chartered to speak at annual showcase for global marketers in Japan

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  13.    RAC - Meeting presentations – May 3, 2018

    RAC - Meeting presentations – May 3, 2018

     

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  14.    PAG Meeting Overview (May 2018, Brussels)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyInclusive marketing

    PAG Meeting Overview (May 2018, Brussels)

    Meeting overview, presentations and briefings from WFA’s Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting on 2 May 2018 in Brussels.

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  15.    Webinar: Independent media advisors

    Webinar: Independent media advisors

    Media ‘advising’, encompassing services such as media auditing, contract compliance, consulting, and others, is a changing space, as WFA identified in the recent report ‘Independent Media Advisors’. In this webinar Matt Green, WFA’s lead for media & digital, will examine the major trends identified in the report while focusing on some practical steps brands can consider when considering working with an advisor.

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  16.    EU Pledge launches accountability mechanism

    EU Pledge launches accountability mechanism

    Members of the public will now be able to question the compliance of EU Pledge members

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  17.    Briefing on New Deal for Consumers
    Advertising & policy

    Briefing on New Deal for Consumers

     WFA’s preliminary analysis of the potential impact on advertisers of the EU's New Deal for Consumers.

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  18.    In the spotlight: Union des marques France’s Jean-Luc Chetrit
    Marketing strategyMarketing strategy

    In the spotlight: Union des marques France’s Jean-Luc Chetrit

    Meet Jean-Luc Chetrit, Director General of Union des marques

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  19.    Let's unstereotype it
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Let's unstereotype it

    The Unstereotype Alliance, the UN Women-led initiative aimed at breaking down stereotypes in advertising, held an event in New York earlier this month. A founding member of the movement, WFA was represented by CEO Stephan Loerke.

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  20.    GDPR awareness and action gap reduces significantly among marketers  as compliance deadline approaches
    Digital policy

    GDPR awareness and action gap reduces significantly among marketers as compliance deadline approaches

    But half of marketers are not regarded as fully aware of the implications for future campaigns

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  21.    GDPR Survey - Brand owners' views on GDPR risks, readiness and challenges
    Advertising & policyDigital policyData governancePrivacy & techGDPR

    GDPR Survey - Brand owners' views on GDPR risks, readiness and challenges

    WFA member survey on brand owners' views on GDPR risks, readiness and challenges. The survey builds on the WFA GDPR Guide for Marketers and WFA Guide to Data Transparency & GDPR.

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