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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: 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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  2.    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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  3.    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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  4.    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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  5.    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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  6.    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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  7.    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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  8.    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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  9.    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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  10.    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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  11.    Benchmark: Marketing spend tail end management

    Benchmark: Marketing spend tail end management

    This WFA survey provides an understanding of how clients in a marketing procurement role manage their marketing spend tail end management.

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  12.    Benchmark: Tech & tools in marketing procurement

    Benchmark: Tech & tools in marketing procurement

    This WFA survey provides an understanding of how clients in a marketing procurement role rely on tech & tools to deliver their goals.

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  13.    DGX Benchmark: Google Analytics
    Advertising & policyDigital policyPrivacy & techGDPR

    DGX Benchmark: Google Analytics

    WFA member benchmark on the Austrian DPA and EDPS decisions finding Google Analytics in breach of GDPR.

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  14.    DGX meeting on Google Analytics (January 2022)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyPrivacy & techGDPR

    DGX meeting on Google Analytics (January 2022)

    In this session on 27 January 2022, WFA members discussed the Austrian DPA and European Data Protection Supervisor decisions which found the use of Google Analytics in violation of the EU GDPR.

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  15.    The EU Digital Markets Act: what is it and why is it relevant to advertisers?
    Advertising & policyDigital policy

    The EU Digital Markets Act: what is it and why is it relevant to advertisers?

    WFA has developed a briefing on the EU Digital Markets Act which outlines the key provisions relevant for advertisers.

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  16.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 13: On creativity with Sir John Hegarty
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationDigital media transformation

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 13: On creativity with Sir John Hegarty

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with ad legend Sir John Hegarty about the value of creativity, building iconic brands and the secret to making the perfect marmalade.

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  17.    Benchmark: Investment in Marketing Capability (2021)
    CMO ForumMarketing capabilities

    Benchmark: Investment in Marketing Capability (2021)

    This WFA member benchmark examined the investment in marketing capability building .

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  18.    Spotlight: Shift - A Marketing Re-think
    Marketing structureCMO ForumMarketing organisation

    Spotlight: Shift - A Marketing Re-think

    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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  19.    Insight & Strategy: Don’t Ever Leave Me

    Insight & Strategy: Don’t Ever Leave Me

    Why Lacta, Greece’s top chocolate brand, subverted its messaging around love to deliver a domestic violence awareness campaign – resulting in 1 million organic views on YouTube

    This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 9 December 2021

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  20.    Insight & Strategy: Real Birth Announcements
    Inclusive marketing

    Insight & Strategy: Real Birth Announcements

    Why Frida Mom launched in the UK by exposing the truth behind childbirth and postpartum care with a bold and provocative integrated campaign

    This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 13 December 2021

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  21.    Insight & Strategy: #TheMassiveOvershare and #LoveBeatsLikes

    Insight & Strategy: #TheMassiveOvershare and #LoveBeatsLikes

    How Maltesers sparked conversation and united women through laughter to destigmatise maternal mental health

    This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 15 December 2021

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