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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.    Case study | Dove (Unilever): 20 years on – Dove and the future of Real Beauty
    Inclusive marketingAI

    Case study | Dove (Unilever): 20 years on – Dove and the future of Real Beauty

    This case study was originally published in the WFA DEI in Content Production guide (June 2024)

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  2.    Case study | Reckitt: Cultivating Safety & Belonging on Set – Talent Charter & Survey for Production
    Inclusive marketing

    Case study | Reckitt: Cultivating Safety & Belonging on Set – Talent Charter & Survey for Production

    This case study was originally published in the WFA DEI in Content Production guide (June 2024)

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  3.    Case study | Unilever: Inclusive Set Commitment & Inclusive Production Toolkit
    Inclusive marketing

    Case study | Unilever: Inclusive Set Commitment & Inclusive Production Toolkit

    This case study was originally published in the WFA DEI in Content Production guide (June 2024)

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  4.    Case study | Vanish (Reckitt): Me, My Autism and I
    Inclusive marketing

    Case study | Vanish (Reckitt): Me, My Autism and I

    This case study was originally published in the WFA DEI in Content Production guide (June 2024)

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  5.    This is the fourteenth marketing article you’re browsing today. So, you think you’re going to learn something by reading?

    This is the fourteenth marketing article you’re browsing today. So, you think you’re going to learn something by reading?

    Confucius knew it, Linus knew it.; you know it.  And yes, consumers know it as well. “Facta, non verba”, “Talk is cheap”, “A tongue doesn't get things done”.

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  6.    The Good Insight: study on how DEI drives higher Glassdoor scores
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    The Good Insight: study on how DEI drives higher Glassdoor scores

    The UK data consultancy presented a new study at Creative Equals’ 2024 RISE conference which looked at how DEI is a significant contributor to companies’ overall Glassdoor score.

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  7. Marketing capabilities

    Benchmark: Centralised Marketing Hub

    WFA member benchmark on centralising marketing assets and resources into a singular platform

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  8.    Benchmark: Programmatic models
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    Benchmark: Programmatic models

    WFA member benchmark exploring how members are structuring programmatic models

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  9.    CMO, the impossible job?
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    CMO, the impossible job?

    Marketers at this year’s Global Marketer Week responded to the challenge that being CMO had turned into an impossible task.

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  10.    How to build better brands?
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    How to build better brands?

    CMOs at Global Marketer Week provide key pointers on what will help build stronger, more resilient brands.

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  11.    Highlights from Global Marketer Week 2024
    Global Marketer Week

    Highlights from Global Marketer Week 2024

    Global Marketer Week, the event for international marketers, went to Toronto in May 2024. See the highlights below from another week of discovery, inspiration and learning with the best minds of the industry. 

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  12.    From AI to Audiences: Key Takeaways from Global Marketer Week 2024
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    From AI to Audiences: Key Takeaways from Global Marketer Week 2024

    It was a massive week of insights and inspiration in Toronto. Brenna Brandes, Junior Marketing Services Manager at WFA, picks out the highlights.

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  13.    Insight Forum Meeting Overview, GMW 2024 (May 2024)

    Insight Forum Meeting Overview, GMW 2024 (May 2024)

    Overview of the Insight Forum held in Toronto, May 2024

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  14.    Media Forum APAC Meeting Overview (April 2024)
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    Media Forum APAC Meeting Overview (April 2024)

    Overview of the WFA Media Forum Asia Pacific held in person in Singapore

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  15.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 33: On selling cars through YouTube Music with Allyson Witherspoon
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    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 33: On selling cars through YouTube Music with Allyson Witherspoon

    In this episode of the Better Marketing Pod, David Wheldon speaks to Allyson Witherspoon, Global CMO of Nissan Motor Corporation, about the electric vehicle race, why marketers should always put brand before product and how a YouTube music channel can help sell cars.

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  16.    Spotlight: Bothism - efficiency & effectiveness to drive performance in marketing departments
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    Spotlight: Bothism - efficiency & effectiveness to drive performance in marketing departments

    There is great potential in re-engineering marketing operations - from team structure, stakeholder alignment, processes, channel & content optimisation to in-house and agency management.

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  17.    This month in AI: new tools, content labelling, voice cloning and licensing deals
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    This month in AI: new tools, content labelling, voice cloning and licensing deals

    In today’s rapidly changing digital and technological landscape, keeping pace with the latest trends can be challenging. WFA’s monthly update serves as your one-stop round up of the most important developments impacting your use of AI, to help you stay informed of the forces transforming the marketing industry today.

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  18.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Dr. Marcus Collins: ‘Cultural Catalyst'
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    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Dr. Marcus Collins: ‘Cultural Catalyst'

    Few external forces are more influential to human behaviour than culture, which makes cracking the culture code critical for marketers. With culture driving consumption & ushering brands' futures, Dr. Marcus Collins his presentation is a must see.

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  19.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Jonathan Adashek: ‘Putting Your Trust in AI?'
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    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Jonathan Adashek: ‘Putting Your Trust in AI?'

    40% of companies have not yet deployed AI, underscoring a dramatic gap between hype and use. 2024 will be the year of overcoming barriers of entry to AI; including the skills gap, data complexity and, crucially, trust. Jonathan shares on how marketers and communicators can move to build trust in technology and help companies get out of the AI sandbox. 

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  20.    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Stephan Loerke: ‘A Shared Global Agenda'
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    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | Stephan Loerke: ‘A Shared Global Agenda'

    Uncertainty and volatility are on the rise, whilst globalization is perceived to be in retreat. Yet marketers, no matter where they’re based in the world, face a very similar set of challenges. And that creates opportunities.

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    WFA Global Marketer Week 2024 | The Better Marketing Debate: ‘CMO, The Impossible Job?'

    The CMO brief has never been so complex. Against a backdrop of polarised politics, a 24/7 newsreel and endless changes in consumer habits and technology, CMOs are tasked to drive business growth through purposeful and inclusive brands that appeal to new, more diverse audiences. Has CMO become the impossible job? The host of the Better Marketing podcast, David Wheldon, asks practising CMOs and an AI infused version of marketing guru Mark Ritson.

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