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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.    Mastercard's Raja Rajamannar: 'The role of the CMO is being eroded'
    Global Marketer of the Year

    Mastercard's Raja Rajamannar: 'The role of the CMO is being eroded'

    Mastercard’s chief marketing officer and WFA’s president Raja Rajamannar catches up with The Drum on the biggest issues facing the industry ahead of the reveal of the Marketer of the Year nominees.

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  2.    7 things to keep in mind when designing for integration
    CMO ForumDigital media transformation

    7 things to keep in mind when designing for integration

    There are a few areas that research and experience suggest are important to focus on for delivering effective communication at pace and scale, says Julia Kraft, WFA Marketing Services Manager

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  3.    True partners
    Agency management

    True partners

    Some of the world’s leading advertising agencies give their views on what advertisers need to do to make a great partnership.

     

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  4.    WFA names shortlist for Global Marketer of the Year 2019
    Global Marketer of the Year

    WFA names shortlist for Global Marketer of the Year 2019

    Voting starts on December 3 at www.globalmarketeroftheyear.com

    Winner to be announced in January 2020 in partnership with The Drum

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  5.    Benchmark: Managing slow moving or obsolete (SLOB) products
    Marketing procurementMarketing operationsMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Managing slow moving or obsolete (SLOB) products

    This WFA member benchmark covers how WFA members handle slow moving or obsolete (SLOB) products.

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  6.    Benchmark: Shopper Agency recommendations in Western Europe
    Marketing procurementMarketing strategyMarketing structureMarketing procurementMarketing strategy

    Benchmark: Shopper Agency recommendations in Western Europe

    This WFA member benchmark covers recommendations for shopper agencies in Western Europe.

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  7.    Benchmark: Procurement systems for marketing
    Marketing procurementMarketing organisationMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Procurement systems for marketing

    This WFA member benchmark covers the usage of buying channels / procure-to-pay systems that WFA members employ and whether they would recommend them.

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  8.    Take-outs from the Data Protection Congress 2019
    Advertising & policyDigital policy

    Take-outs from the Data Protection Congress 2019

    WFA's Director of Digital Policy, Catherine Armitage, shares her main take-aways from this year's IAPP Data Protection Congress in Brussels

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  9.    Survey: Media Planning & Buying Management Tools
    Marketing procurementMarketing operationsMarketing procurement

    Survey: Media Planning & Buying Management Tools

    A WFA member reached out to us with the aim to understand what Media Planning & Buying Management Tools would be recommended by our network. This benchmark report includes the consolidated feedback from 19 respondents.

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  10.    Benchmark: Category Management of Market Research & Insights
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Category Management of Market Research & Insights

     WFA member bechmark on category management of market research & insights. For additional details, please log in.

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  11.    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (November 2019)
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (November 2019)

    Overview of the Sourcing Forum held on November 7th, 2019 in Singapore.

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  12.    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (October 2019)
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (October 2019)

    Overview of the Sourcing Forum held on 8 October, 2019 in Amsterdam.

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  13.    Privacy compliance for cookies, pixels and other types of tracker (2019)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyAd techData governancePrivacy & techGDPR

    Privacy compliance for cookies, pixels and other types of tracker (2019)

    This survey examines how WFA members are managing the issue of privacy compliance for cookies, pixels and other trackers, the level of awareness and readiness across organisations and the challenges members are facing going forward.

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  14.    KPIs to consider when buying on TV in the MEA region
    CMO Forum

    KPIs to consider when buying on TV in the MEA region

    WFA member benchmark on common KPIs brands look at when buying on TV for the MEA region (or Middle East).

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  15.    ePrivacy task force meeting overview (November 2019)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyGDPR

    ePrivacy task force meeting overview (November 2019)

     Meeting materials for WFA members.

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  16.    Media Transformation - Case Study 2: Royal Philips
    Marketing strategyDigital media transformationMarketing organisationMarketing strategyMedia transformation

    Media Transformation - Case Study 2: Royal Philips

    The adoption of programmatic and ‘precision at scale’ principles, the changing nature of technology and data ownership and the shifting partner relationships. Clients in the media space find themselves in radically different roles to the recent past.

    We’re seeing a growing focus on education and company-wide transformation of the client-side media function. The agents of change leading this are typically in global media roles, as is the case in this inspiring media transformation case study written by Sital Banerjee, Global Head of Media & Marketing Performance at Philips.

    This is the second part of a serial of Media Transformation case studies that WFA is publishing, to provide inspiration and education to clients in media and marketing roles.
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  17.    Webinar: Digital Asset Management
    Trends & forecastsMarketing procurementMarketing technologyMarketing capabilitiesMarketing organisationMarketing procurementMarketing technology

    Webinar: Digital Asset Management

    The Marketing Technology landscape continues to grow at lightning speed and shows no sign of slowing. Fuelled by an expectation economy, “always on” campaigns and an increasingly complex network of marketing channels, there are now close to 7000 technology vendors pushing disruptive innovation. Few companies really understand the modern marketing landscape and finding a good explanation of how it all fits together is a real challenge.

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  18.    Webinar: Blockchain in Marketing
    Trends & forecastsAd techMarketing technologyMarketing technology

    Webinar: Blockchain in Marketing

    During this webinar you can hear from Greg Paull, Principal & Co-Founder, R3, as he offers a global overview of the current Blockchain landscape including a guide to some of the more prominent players in the space.

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  19.    The Unstereotype Metric

    The Unstereotype Metric

    Developed for the Unstereotype Alliance, it helps measure gender portrayal in advertising

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  20.    Webinar: Proliferation of kids privacy regulations
    Advertising & policyDigital policyGDPR

    Webinar: Proliferation of kids privacy regulations

    Hear from Max Bleyleben, Managing Director & Chief Privacy Officer at SuperAwesome, on how the latest regulatory trends are transforming online marketing to children and younger audiences.

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  21.    Achieving greater financial transparency with your agencies
    Agency managementMarketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Achieving greater financial transparency with your agencies

    Transparency has been one of the words most used by advertisers in recent years when talking about their agency relationships. This study, run in partnership with Financial Progression, provides:

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