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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.    Media budgets are on the rise, finds WFA and Ebiquity annual research

    Media budgets are on the rise, finds WFA and Ebiquity annual research

    Neither global economies nor politics today are in a particularly stable position. But big brands are expecting to increase their budgets. A new WFA and Ebiquity study says that 60% of company representatives will increase their global media budgets in 2024 - with 14% saying they will make a significant increase, year on year.

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  2.    Pitch Smart - A Study by MediaSense
    Trends & forecasts

    Pitch Smart - A Study by MediaSense

    MediaSense's global survey of 100+ media agency professionals 

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  3.    Spotlight: Contractual watch outs - ensuring agency contracts are fit for purpose (non-media)

    Spotlight: Contractual watch outs - ensuring agency contracts are fit for purpose (non-media)

    Are your agency MSAs (non media) giving you the protection you need in the ever-changing nature of the ecosystem in which advertisers, agencies and their suppliers interact?

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  4.    Behavioural advertising practices in Europe by Meta
    Advertising & policyDigital policyPrivacy & tech

    Behavioural advertising practices in Europe by Meta

    A detailed overview of recent developments concerning Meta’s behavioural advertising practices in Europe

    Last update: December 2024

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  5. Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Savings Categorisation of Inflation Hedging

    WFA member benchmark on how marketing procurement professionals classify inflation hedging savings associated with media buying.

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  6.    In-House Forum Meeting Overview (Oct 2023)
    Marketing structure

    In-House Forum Meeting Overview (Oct 2023)

    Meeting overview from WFA’s In-House Forum meeting held remotely on 31 Oct 2023 addressing creative in-housing and agency talent

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  7.    The Marketer's Forecast 2024
    Trends & forecasts

    The Marketer's Forecast 2024

    MediaLink's global annual survey of 400+ marketing leaders

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  8.    Unpacking the Digital Services Act: A Q&A session with Meta
    Advertising & policyDigital policyPrivacy & tech

    Unpacking the Digital Services Act: A Q&A session with Meta

    A Q&A session to understand how Meta is implementing the Digital Services Act and how it will impact advertising on its services.

     

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  9.    DGX Benchmark: Deprecation of third-party cookies and Meta’s CAPI
    Advertising & policyDigital policyPrivacy & tech

    DGX Benchmark: Deprecation of third-party cookies and Meta’s CAPI

    A WFA benchmark on the deprecation of third-party cookies and Meta’s Conversion API (CAPI).

     

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  10.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 30: On great senior leadership with Jane Wakely, PepsiCo
    Brand purposeBrand reputation

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 30: On great senior leadership with Jane Wakely, PepsiCo

    Understanding people, great (female) leadership and why diversity brings diversity of thought: in episode 30 of the Better Marketing Pod, host David Wheldon speaks with Jane Wakely, Chief Consumer & Marketing Officer and Chief Growth Officer, International Foods, at PepsiCo - and PepsiCo's first global CMO.

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  11.    Media Forum meeting overview (October 2023)
    Marketing effectiveness

    Media Forum meeting overview (October 2023)

    Overview of the Media Forum held in Zurich, Switzerland in October 2023

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  12.    The most exciting thing about marketing right now…
    Global Marketer of the Year

    The most exciting thing about marketing right now…

    With the call for nominations closed, we checked in with members of our Global Marketer of the Year jury on what excites them most about marketing as a discipline today.

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  13.    Are advertisers growing up and slowly embracing aging?
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Are advertisers growing up and slowly embracing aging?

    Have you heard of Bryan Johnson? He’s the tech entrepreneur who made international headlines because he spends millions of dollars a year trying to reverse his biological age. That involves a gruelling fitness and diet regime, taking hundreds of pills a day, and getting blood transfusions from his teenage son. The result? He’s 45 and looks…42.

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  14. Digital policy

    The Digital Services Act: changing the rules of the (advertising) game?

    At the end of August, big tech platforms were called to lay their cards on the table. This was the deadline by which they needed to comply with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a law aimed at protecting consumers from illegal content and regulating advertising online.

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  15.    Privacy Spotlight: India
    Privacy & tech

    Privacy Spotlight: India

    An in-depth overview of recent privacy developments in India impacting brand advertisers.

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  16.    DGX meeting overview (September 2023, New York)
    Digital policyPrivacy & tech

    DGX meeting overview (September 2023, New York)

    Overview of the Digital Governance Exchange (DGX) meeting held in person on 27 September 2023

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  17.    Capability Forum Meeting Overview (October 2023)
    Marketing capabilities

    Capability Forum Meeting Overview (October 2023)

    Overview of Capability Forum held remotely on 12th October 2023.

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  18.    Benchmark: Marketing Budget Setting

    Benchmark: Marketing Budget Setting

    WFA benchmark containing best practices of marketing budget setting.

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  19.    Spotlight: An update on Google’s Privacy Sandbox
    Privacy & tech

    Spotlight: An update on Google’s Privacy Sandbox

    The changing nature of data privacy is fundamentally redefining the way in which online audiences are measured and targeted by advertisers.

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  20.    RAC Programme Meeting Overview (September 2023)
    Advertising & policy

    RAC Programme Meeting Overview (September 2023)

    Meeting overview, presentations and briefings from WFA’s Responsible Advertising and Children (RAC) programme meeting on 20 September 2023.

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  21. Insight Forum Meeting Overview (September 2023)

    From Insights to Foresights

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