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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.    Three principles from four decades of media practice
    Media transformation

    Three principles from four decades of media practice

    Global media expert Ben Jankowski, former SVP Global Media at Mastercard, shares his key learnings from his forty-year career in media as he ends his impressive 11-year tenure at the company and eight years as a global chair of WFA’s Media Forum to start a new consulting venture.

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  2.    Transparency in Political Task Force Meeting Overview (February 2022)
    Digital policy

    Transparency in Political Task Force Meeting Overview (February 2022)

    The WFA Transparency in Political Advertising Task Force met on 9 February 2022 to discuss the recent European Commission proposal on the transparency and targeting of political advertising, and agree on WFA priorities.

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  3. Advertising & policyAd techMedia transformation

    Welcome to the privacy-focused future

    The march towards a consumer privacy model for the future is gathering pace and it’s hard to keep up. Advertisers need to check out the alternatives to third-party cookies, says WFA Global Media Manager, Joe Mourani.

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  4.    Spotlight: 2022 Global Production Trends

    Spotlight: 2022 Global Production Trends

    Another year of pivoting and adapting for clients prompted APR to take a different approach when preparing Annual Trends for 2022. 

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  5.    Spotlight: Mitigating risk - inflation, agency talent shortfall, etc.
    Agency management

    Spotlight: Mitigating risk - inflation, agency talent shortfall, etc.

    Inflation is back. Agencies are being more selective about who they want to work for. What’s happening in the agency world, and how can clients better collaborate with agencies to mitigate risk on their account.

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  6.    Benchmark: Definition, target setting and tracking of savings

    Benchmark: Definition, target setting and tracking of savings

    This WFA member benchmark examined how clients define, set targets and track savings

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  7.    Benchmark: Global Category Management – Experiential & Events

    Benchmark: Global Category Management – Experiential & Events

    This WFA member benchmark examined the category management of Experiential & Events.

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  8.    DSA/DMA Task Force Meeting Overview (January 2022)
    Digital policy

    DSA/DMA Task Force Meeting Overview (January 2022)

    The WFA DSA/DMA Task Force met on 25 January 2022 to discuss the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA), and agree on WFA next steps.

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  9.    EU Digital Markets Act: WFA briefing, February 2022
    Digital policy

    EU Digital Markets Act: WFA briefing, February 2022

    WFA has prepared an overview of EU institutions’ positions and WFA next steps on the DMA.

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  10.    EU Digital Services Act: WFA briefing, February 2022
    Digital policy

    EU Digital Services Act: WFA briefing, February 2022

    WFA has prepared an overview of EU institutions’ positions and WFA next steps on the DSA.

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  11.    WFA returns to face-to-face events with Global Marketer Week in Athens
    Global Marketer Week

    WFA returns to face-to-face events with Global Marketer Week in Athens

    Speakers include marketing leaders from Dole Sunshine Company, Mastercard, Procter & Gamble and Unilever as well as Sir John Hegarty and Futerra's Solitaire Townsend

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  12.    Spotlight: Navigating global media demand and pricing trends – 2022, 2023 & beyond

    Spotlight: Navigating global media demand and pricing trends – 2022, 2023 & beyond

    In this recording, Mark Gallagher (EVP Global Investment) at Omnicom Media Group as we dig into global media pricing trends for 2022 and beyond

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  13.    Agency Management Forum Overview (December 2021)
    Agency managementCMO Forum

    Agency Management Forum Overview (December 2021)

    Meeting overview and presentations from WFA’s Agency Management meeting on 8 December 2021, which took place remotely.

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  14.    Case Study | Canesten: Vagina Academy

    Case Study | Canesten: Vagina Academy

    Bayer’s intimate healthcare brand Canesten addresses its Brazialian audience by creating Vagina Accademy, an ongoing educational program that challenges social taboos rooted in harmful myths and misconceptions related to vaginal health.

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  15.    Spotlight: The Media Shift - Anticipating the Media World of Tomorrow

    Spotlight: The Media Shift - Anticipating the Media World of Tomorrow

    The future does not look any easier. The pandemic has further intensified consumer adoption and reliance on the internet. While this increases opportunities for global marketers, it also introduces a growing set of challenges, requirements and capabilities. Many of which are not yet fully on the radar.

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  16.    Conny Braams named WFA Global Marketer of the Year 2021
    Global Marketer of the Year

    Conny Braams named WFA Global Marketer of the Year 2021

    Unilever's Chief Digital and Marketing Officer was selected from a shortlist of seven

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  17.    Media Forum Meeting Overview (19th January 2022)

    Media Forum Meeting Overview (19th January 2022)

    Meeting overview and presentations from WFA’s Media Forum on 19th January 2022.

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  18.    Mastercard's Raja Rajamannar: ‘Do not think to return to pre-Covid habits'
    Brand purposeBrand reputation

    Mastercard's Raja Rajamannar: ‘Do not think to return to pre-Covid habits'

    Raja Rajamannar, WFA President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Mastercard, shares his vision for the year ahead.

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  19.    Credit Suisse, Essity and Heineken sign up to WFA’s Planet Pledge
    Sustainability

    Credit Suisse, Essity and Heineken sign up to WFA’s Planet Pledge

    Twenty-five global brand owners have now signed up to WFA Planet Pledge, representing $43bn in ad global spend.

    National advertiser associations in Germany and Turkey push number of countries promoting the scheme to local brands to 26

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  20.    100 days on from COP26
    Sustainability

    100 days on from COP26

    Sarah Goodenough, Communications Manager for the UN Climate Champions, shares her reflections on COP26 and the activist role marketers must play to lead the way in the Race to Zero.

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  21.    7 partner predictions for 2022
    Advertising & policy

    7 partner predictions for 2022

    Seven of WFA’s strategic partners reflect on what will define marketing for the year ahead

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