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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.    Media Forum Meeting Overview (February 2021)
    Marketing technologyMarketing technology

    Media Forum Meeting Overview (February 2021)

    Overview of the Media Forum held on 18 February, 2021.

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  2.    Benchmark: Dynamic Creative Optimisation (DCO) partners & Creative analytics suppliers
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Dynamic Creative Optimisation (DCO) partners & Creative analytics suppliers

    Member benchmark on dynamic creative optimisation partners and creative analytics suppliers.

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  3.    WFA responses to EU consultation on transparency in sponsored political content
    Advertising & policyDigital policy

    WFA responses to EU consultation on transparency in sponsored political content

    WFA responses to the EU Consultation on transparency in sponsored political content.

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  4.    Marketing has the chance to lead post pandemic but structures need an overhaul
    Brand purposeMarketing strategyMarketing structureDigital media transformationMarketing capabilitiesMarketing organisationMarketing strategy

    Marketing has the chance to lead post pandemic but structures need an overhaul

    Companies are asking ever more from their marketing leaders but if they want to achieve the customer-centricity they covet they must first look at how they are set-up, says Marketing Week Editor-in-Chief, Russell Parsons.

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  5.    EU ePrivacy Regulation: WFA briefing, February 2021
    Advertising & policyDigital policyGDPR

    EU ePrivacy Regulation: WFA briefing, February 2021

    WFA has prepared an overview of latest developments and next steps on the ePrivacy Regulation

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  6.    WFA launches guide to diversity and representation through the creative funnel
    Inclusive marketing

    WFA launches guide to diversity and representation through the creative funnel

    Comprehensive framework details potential issues at every stage of the creative process

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  7.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 6: On humor and catching the 'F-train' with Ivan Pollard
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationMarketing structureInclusive marketingMarketing capabilitiesMarketing operations

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 6: On humor and catching the 'F-train' with Ivan Pollard

    WFA Podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Ivan Pollard, Senior VP and Global CMO, General Mills.

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  8.    Gender equality in marketing: are we making progress fast enough?
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Gender equality in marketing: are we making progress fast enough?

    We've asked six industry leaders to share their perspectives

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  9.    #BuildBackBetter: Can marketing be a positive force for change in a post-COVID world?
    Advertising & policyDigital policyValue of advertisingInclusive marketing

    #BuildBackBetter: Can marketing be a positive force for change in a post-COVID world?

    A virtual event for anyone interested in how marketing can be a force for good

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  10.    Agency Family Tree: Global, APAC & China
    Agency management

    Agency Family Tree: Global, APAC & China

    R3's Global Agency Family Tree shows the ownership structures of advertising agencies and their respective holding groups.

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  11.    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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  12.    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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  13.    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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  14.    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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  15.    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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  16.    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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  17.    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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  18.    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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  19.    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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  20.    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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  21.    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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