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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: Global Trends in Creative In-Housing
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    Spotlight: Global Trends in Creative In-Housing

    The subject of in-housing creative services has been increasingly prevalent in recent years with 57% of WFA members currently having created an in-house model of some shape or form.

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  2.    Privacy in China: the new draft PIPL and what it could mean for advertisers
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    Privacy in China: the new draft PIPL and what it could mean for advertisers

    A briefing session on China’s new draft Personal Information Protection Law.

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  3.    Benchmark: Global Category Management - Consumer Promotions
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    Benchmark: Global Category Management - Consumer Promotions

    Member benchmark on category management of consumer promotions.

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  4.    DGX meeting overview: Competition and digital advertising (October 2020)
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    DGX meeting overview: Competition and digital advertising (October 2020)

    Overview of the special Digital Governance Exchange (DGX) session on competition and digital advertising held remotely on 30 October, 2020.

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  5.    EU's Gender Equality Index 2020

    EU's Gender Equality Index 2020

    With a score of 67.9 out of 100, the EU is at least 60 years away from reaching complete gender equality, if we continue at the current pace. The latest Gender Equality Index from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) shows that the EU is improving by just half a point each year.

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  6.    Power of the Black Community - From Moment to Movement

    Power of the Black Community - From Moment to Movement

    According to "The Power of the Black Community – From Moment to Movement," the 10th annual report in Nielsen's Diverse Intelligence Series on African American consumers, Black influence on the economy and pop culture continues to drive not only significant moments in history, but drive change across industries and digital platforms. 

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  7.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep. 2: Marketing in times of Covid
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    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep. 2: Marketing in times of Covid

    David Wheldon speaks to Karmarama’s Jon Wilkins and Contagious’ Paul Kemp-Robertson

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  8.    How ‘viewable’ is your market? 10 trillion impressions provide some answers

    How ‘viewable’ is your market? 10 trillion impressions provide some answers

    In 2019, WFA invited key verification suppliers to join forces and participate in an exercise to share market-by-market data on levels of impressions. Twenty months since the launch, we are now able to assess how these trends are moving over time.

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  9.    Change in 2020 extends beyond marketing
    Global Marketer of the Year

    Change in 2020 extends beyond marketing

    The jury for Global Marketer of the Year ponder whether the unique conditions of 2020 will result in a very different future for the profession.

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    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep.1: Diversity & Inclusion

    David Wheldon speaks to WFA’s Global Diversity Ambassadors, Belinda Smith and Jerry Daykin

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  11.    WFA launches Asian Marketing Leaders Program to create the next wave of regional CMOs
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    WFA launches Asian Marketing Leaders Program to create the next wave of regional CMOs

    Focus will be on developing empathetic, entrepreneurial and ethical skillsets and imparting a keen understanding of Asian markets and marketing practices. The program is developed with Human Capital Leadership Institute and supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board.

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  12. Advertising & policy

    Industry experts on the next steps for brand safety

    Please note that GARM was discontinued on August 8 2024. See more here.

    The new agreement on harmful content in the digital space achieved within the Global Alliance for Responsible Media highlights the need for action from brands as well as platforms. It’s not simple, however, and our five industry experts describe the next steps for brands, ranging from ensuring that the same standards are applied to all the media partners they invest with, through to an emphasis on ensuring brand safety efforts do not lead to discrimination against certain sections of the population.

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  13.    Global Marketing Procurement: 2020 and beyond
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    Global Marketing Procurement: 2020 and beyond

    The current state of marketing procurement, trends in structures and ways of working, the career path of the function and possible developments for the discipline beyond 2020.

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  14.    Benchmark: Global marketing procurement team structures & workload allocation
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    Benchmark: Global marketing procurement team structures & workload allocation

    WFA member benchmark regarding workload allocation and related team structures.

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  15.    Client views on developing creative in-house
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    Client views on developing creative in-house

    Recent WFA research identified increased use of in-house creative teams among many of our members. We asked four brands to celebrate work created in-house that they loved most.

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  16.    DGX meeting overview (October 2020)
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    DGX meeting overview (October 2020)

    Overview of the Digital Governance Exchange (DGX) meeting held remotely on 21 October, 2020

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  17.    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (October 2020)
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    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (October 2020)

    Overview of the Sourcing Forum held remotely on October 15, 2020.

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  18.    Webinar: Where do great ads thrive?
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    Webinar: Where do great ads thrive?

    In an increasingly volatile landscape, which environments can advertisers trust to reflect ambition of their brands?

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  19.    Top take-outs from The World in 2021 with The Economist

    Top take-outs from The World in 2021 with The Economist

    Will Gilroy, WFA's Director of Policy and Communications, shares key take-aways from the recent webinar with The Economist's Deputy Editor, Tom Standage.

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  20.    DSA task force Meeting Overview (October 2020)
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    DSA task force Meeting Overview (October 2020)

    The WFA DSA task force met on 12 October 2020 to discuss the Digital Services Act.

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  21.    Webinar: The Economist presents The World in 2021
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    Webinar: The Economist presents The World in 2021

    The Economist’s predictive look to the year ahead. Tom Standage shares key insights from the upcoming The Economist report this November

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