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Tomato soup, big pink ships and a climate bra from Kim Kardashian. The last five years have seen climate messages reach us in new, louder, ways. They have been lifted out of science reports and transported to our social media feeds and supermarket shelves. Done well, these messages are more colourful and more compelling than the science alone can ever be.
Marketing and marketing teams can look different company by company. But the overarching goal of marketing capability remains the same: to continuously improve teams and the work they produce.
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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.
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.
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.
With nominations for WFA Global Marketer of the Year 2023 open until October 11, members of the expert jury were asked to share their views on what Global Marketer of the Year nominees should focus on to drive their businesses and the industry forward.
Rebecka Allén, Director of Consumer Policy, explores why food and alcohol brands risk falling out of grace with WHO and UNICEF. And why it matters for marketers.
Several years ago, I launched a website called rentaminority.com where — clue is in the name — you could quickly and easily rent a minority. If you were a multinational corporation who’d realized, in a panic, that your conference panel or client meeting consisted entirely of white men, you could go on my site and, with just a couple of clicks, order the minority of your choice to make your organisation look more woke. It was like an Uber for diversity.
Brands face unprecedented risks and will need the right processes and tools to negotiate these challenges. Will Gilroy, WFA Director of Policy and Communications, explains.
Cannes Lions jurors and commentators share their views on this year's edition of the festival.
This year’s Cannes Lions had a real buzz about it. Clients seemed re-energised by the reprioritisation of creative effectiveness and real purpose, and the challenges of addressing sustainability and inclusion. Stephan Loerke, WFA CEO, provides his take-aways from five days in the south of France.
CMOs of Asahi, Diageo, L’Oréal and PepsiCo on what they want to be asking of the industry during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2023.
If we are to believe all the articles currently being written on the subject of Artificial Intelligence, it’s highly probable that it will cause the end of humanity.
Circular marketing and growth should be the number one item on the Cannes agenda for CMOs. Michelle McEvoy, Initiative Lead for WFA’s Planet Pledge, outlines how marketers can move the levers for change.
What happens if you put 20,000 lesbians in a desert and give them a lot of alcohol and a large swimming pool? There are plenty of plausible answers, but the correct one, in this case, is The Dinah Shore Weekend. Column by Guardian writer and brand strategist, Arwa Mahdawi.
WFA CEO, Stephan Loerke, offers his verdict on WFA Global Marketer Week in Istanbul
Guardian columnist and brand strategist, Arwa Mahdawi, reflects on the newly proposed EU Directive on Green Claims and its consequences for advertisers and consumers
Look after your marketing pence and the pounds will manage themselves. Christine Downton, Associate Partner at The Observatory International, explains how to reduce costs without reducing long-term business growth or affecting your agency relationships.
Ahead of WFA Global Marketer Week in Istanbul, we asked three thought-leaders for their views on how to achieve the holy grail of sustainable growth