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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.    Spotlight: Putting attention to work
    Cross-media measurement

    Spotlight: Putting attention to work

    One key measurement metric which has gained a lot of traction is “Attention” and a willingness from brands to shift towards this from other metrics such as viewability as a key indicator for success.

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  2.    Spotlight: E-commerce content creation - setting up for success
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Spotlight: E-commerce content creation - setting up for success

    To support an efficient and effective e-commerce content creation strategy it is essential that brands establish a clearly defined workflow and engage the right creative and production partners.

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  3.    Benchmark: Global Category Management – Digital production & publishing
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Global Category Management – Digital production & publishing

    This WFA member benchmark examines the category management of digital production & publishing.

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  4.    Benchmark: Market Research & Insights – Recommended agency partners
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Market Research & Insights – Recommended agency partners

    WFA member benchmark on recommended market research & insights agency partners and approaches to benchmarking rates.

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  5.    Benchmark: Global Category Management – Loyalty & Reward
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Global Category Management – Loyalty & Reward

    This WFA member benchmark examined the category management of Loyalty & Reward.

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  6.    WFA suggested amendments on EU ‘greenwashing’ ban proposal
    Advertising & policy

    WFA suggested amendments on EU ‘greenwashing’ ban proposal

    On 30 March, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition. Crucially, this text proposes to ban practices related to ‘greenwashing’, as listed under the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’s (UCPD) exclusion list. On this page you can download WFA’s suggested amendments to the proposal, which it has co-signed with an active coalition of trade associations.

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  7.    Media Forum Meeting Overview (New York 22nd September 2022) – Media Responsibility and Agencies, Talent & Pitching
    Advertising & policyAgency managementInclusive marketing

    Media Forum Meeting Overview (New York 22nd September 2022) – Media Responsibility and Agencies, Talent & Pitching

    Meeting overview and presentations from WFA’s Media Forum on the 22nd September 2022

     

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  8.    Ditch the metaverse FOMO
    Marketing technologyMarketing technology

    Ditch the metaverse FOMO

    Brands need to think twice before entering ‘the metaverse’. Rob Foster, senior consultant at The Observatory International, explains why strategy should be more important than fear of missing out.

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  9.    Marketing budgets under heavy scrutiny, WFA and Ebiquity research

    Marketing budgets under heavy scrutiny, WFA and Ebiquity research

    Marketing and advertising budgets are coming under increasing pressure and heavy scrutiny from finance directors in the volatile and unpredictable 2022 marketplace, according to new research. Nevertheless, some of the world’s biggest brands remain committed to maintaining planned investment despite the threat of recession in many markets.

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  10.    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (September 2022)
    Marketing procurementMarketing strategyMarketing procurementMarketing strategy

    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (September 2022)

    Overview of the Sourcing Forum held remotely on 28th September, 2022

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  11.    WFA Benchmark Results: Measuring Media Dollars & Performance
    Cross-media measurementMarketing effectiveness

    WFA Benchmark Results: Measuring Media Dollars & Performance

    A WFA member wanted to understand trends in the membership with respect to how media costs are being tracked.

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  12.    PAG Meeting Overview (September 2022)

    PAG Meeting Overview (September 2022)

    Meeting overview and presentations from WFA’s Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting on 20 September 2022.

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  13.    Inclusive Marketing - Why representation matters to your customers and your brand
    Inclusive marketing

    Inclusive Marketing - Why representation matters to your customers and your brand

    A WFA session around how to embed true representation across the entire marketing process

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  14.    RAC Programme Meeting Overview (September 2022)
    Advertising & policy

    RAC Programme Meeting Overview (September 2022)

    Meeting overview, presentations and briefings from WFA’s Responsible Advertising and Children (RAC) programme meeting on 21 September 2022.

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  15.    Spotlight: How do you translate happiness into brand success?

    Spotlight: How do you translate happiness into brand success?

    Current and future events, like the global pandemic and ongoing unrest in Ukraine, may change how consumers define happiness. That's why brands need to understand what makes consumers happy and how they can adhere to and implement the values and initiatives that spark this sentiment.

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  16.    What’s the biggest challenge facing marketers right now?
    Global Marketer of the Year

    What’s the biggest challenge facing marketers right now?

    With nominations for WFA Global Marketer of the Year 2022 open until October 16, members of the expert jury were asked to share their views on the single biggest challenge facing the marketing function today.

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  17.    Re-finding our marketing mojo
    Creativity

    Re-finding our marketing mojo

    Our industry can still be the place where the best people do their best work, says Will Gilroy, WFA Director of Policy and Communications.

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  18.    Marketing is going through a talent crisis. How can we fix it?
    Advertising & policy

    Marketing is going through a talent crisis. How can we fix it?

    Nearly half of clients, agencies, ad tech and media companies think the industry is facing its “worst-ever crisis” when it comes to talent, reaching 54% among agencies, according to recent WFA research. In light of this acute crisis, four industry experts share their views on the size and source of the issue and how companies can take practical actions to address these challenges.

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  19.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 20: On diversity and cultural relevance with Susan Akkad, The Estée Lauder Companies
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeMarketing structureMarketing operations

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 20: On diversity and cultural relevance with Susan Akkad, The Estée Lauder Companies

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Susan Akkad, Senior Vice President, Local and Cultural Platforms, Corporate Innovation at The Estée Lauder Companies, about the importance for brands to listen and cater to diverse audiences to stay relevant. 

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  20.    Benchmark: Global Category Management – Adaptation & transcreation
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Global Category Management – Adaptation & transcreation

    This WFA member benchmark examined the category management of adaptation & transcreation

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  21.    DGX meeting overview (September 2022)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyPrivacy & tech

    DGX meeting overview (September 2022)

    Overview of the Digital Governance Exchange (DGX) meeting held remotely on 15 September 2022

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