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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.    DGX meeting overview (March 2021)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyPrivacy & tech

    DGX meeting overview (March 2021)

    Overview of the Digital Governance Exchange (DGX) meeting held remotely on 11 March 2021.

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  2.    Guide to Ecommerce content production optimisation
    Marketing procurementRetail media & ecommerceMarketing procurement

    Guide to Ecommerce content production optimisation

    APR is providing this guide free to WFA members as an introduction to exploring ecommerce through a content production lens.

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  3.    Delivering diversity is a must-pass test
    Inclusive marketing

    Delivering diversity is a must-pass test

    The pandemic has highlighted the need to push the diversity and inclusion agenda harder and faster. Stephan Loerke, WFA CEO, explains why we need to accelerate our impact.

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  4.    ePrivacy task force meeting overview (March 2021)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyGDPR

    ePrivacy task force meeting overview (March 2021)

    Meeting materials for WFA members from the PAG ePrivacy task force meeting on 4 March 2021

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  5.    WFA report: The future of data-driven marketing
    Digital policyPrivacy & tech

    WFA report: The future of data-driven marketing

    A WFA report to lay the foundations for a debate on how to build a sustainable future for data-driven marketing

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  6.    CMO Forum meeting overview (March 2021)
    Agency managementMarketing strategyMarketing structureSustainabilityCMO ForumMarketing strategy

    CMO Forum meeting overview (March 2021)

    Overview of the CMO Forum held remotely on March 9, 2021.

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  7.    54% of people don't feel culturally represented in online ads, Facebook study finds
    Inclusive marketing

    54% of people don't feel culturally represented in online ads, Facebook study finds

    The study includes research in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, a survey of 1,200 people, a review of more than 1,200 brand life studies and an analysis of 1,022 global Facebook video ads.

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  8.    WFA Global Position on Digital Taxes
    Advertising & policyDigital policy

    WFA Global Position on Digital Taxes

    In response to recent developments which have seen regulators across the world put forward digital services taxes, WFA has developed a global policy position on the taxation of digital services. 

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  9.    PAG Meeting Overview (February 2021)
    Advertising & policyDigital policy

    PAG Meeting Overview (February 2021)

    Meeting overview, presentations and briefings from WFA’s Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting on 23 February 2021.

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  10.    Case study | Brahma: What you see today
    Inclusive marketing

    Case study | Brahma: What you see today

    Beer brand edits sexist 2009 advert to highlight its mistakes and underline its commitment to change

    This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 25 February 2021

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  11.    COVID has re-emphasised how brands must serve society
    Advertising & policy

    COVID has re-emphasised how brands must serve society

    Phil Myers, WFA Deputy President and SVP Public Policy and Government Affairs, PepsiCo, on how the policy function has had to adapt during the pandemic

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  12.    Insight & Strategy | Mattel: Creatable World
    Inclusive marketing

    Insight & Strategy | Mattel: Creatable World

    Why a toy maker decided to remodel conventions with a genderless doll range

    This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 2 December 2019

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  13.    Spotlight: Brand Building in Uncertain Times
    Agency managementMarketing capabilitiesMedia transformation

    Spotlight: Brand Building in Uncertain Times

    The world as we know it has changed…  what impact has this had on how brands are built today and what will this mean as we look ahead in 2021?

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  14.    Business Intelligence / Data analytics for a strong agency management program
    Agency managementMarketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Business Intelligence / Data analytics for a strong agency management program


    An e-book by our partners Decideware that looks at the importance & need for Business Intelligence / Data Analytics for a strong agency management program.

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  15.    Benchmark: Global Category Management - Strategic ‘packaging’ design agency
    Agency managementMarketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Global Category Management - Strategic ‘packaging’ design agency

    Member benchmark on global category management of strategic ‘packaging’ design agency.

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  16.    Spotlight: How to win the hearts of Gen Z in 2021
    Influencer marketingCMO Forum

    Spotlight: How to win the hearts of Gen Z in 2021

    Born between 1996 and 2015, Gen Z is estimated to become the largest generation of consumers in just a few years. Businesses that want to get out in front of the trends and succeed in the next decade and beyond need to consider the group that is shaping today’s youth culture.

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  17.    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (February 2021)
    Marketing procurementMarketing strategyMarketing procurementMarketing strategy

    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (February 2021)

    Overview of the Sourcing Forum held remotely on February 17, 2021.

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  18.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 5: On digital transformation with L'Oréal’s Lubomira Rochet
    Advertising & policyMarketing technologyInclusive marketingDigital media transformationMarketing capabilitiesMarketing technology

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 5: On digital transformation with L'Oréal’s Lubomira Rochet

    WFA Podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Lubomira Rochet, L'Oréal's Chief Digital Officer

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  19.    What marketing talent wants
    Trends & forecastsMarketing structureCMO ForumMarketing capabilitiesMarketing operationsMarketing organisation

    What marketing talent wants

    Company and marketing department attributes that resonate with today's marketer

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  20.    RAC Programme Meeting Overview (February 2021)
    Advertising & policy

    RAC Programme Meeting Overview (February 2021)

    Overview of the Responsible Advertising and Children (RAC) Programme meeting held remotely on 10 February 2021.

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  21.    Benchmark: Agency scope of work (SOW) tools
    Agency managementMarketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Agency scope of work (SOW) tools

    WFA member benchmark survey on Scope of Work (SOW) tools.

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