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  1.    Kofi Amoo-Gottfried, DoorDash: Meet the 2024 Global Marketer of the Year Finalists
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    Kofi Amoo-Gottfried, DoorDash: Meet the 2024 Global Marketer of the Year Finalists

    The five finalists for WFA’s 2024 Global Marketer of the Year award, celebrating the work of global marketing leaders from some of the world’s biggest companies, have been announced. Voting is now open until 20 January 2025 at https://www.globalmarketeroftheyear.com, with the winner announced later that month in partnership with The Drum.

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  2.    Alcohol marketing: We must demonstrate how the marketing industry can be a partner for positive change

    Alcohol marketing: We must demonstrate how the marketing industry can be a partner for positive change

    Marketers have made progress in highlighting their role in achieving UN goals but the stakes are rising. Unless we intensify these efforts, we risk bans, comprehensive restrictions and exclusion, says Alexandre Boyer, Policy Manager at WFA.

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  3.    In case you missed it… Powerful WFA content from Q3: media planning tools, insights in AI and marketing updates from APAC & LATAM
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    In case you missed it… Powerful WFA content from Q3: media planning tools, insights in AI and marketing updates from APAC & LATAM

    We are constantly working with our members to share best practice and smart ways for marketing to make a bigger impact. Here are some of our highlights from our third quarter that you might have missed:

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  4.    Five takeouts from the predicted media inflation rises

    Five takeouts from the predicted media inflation rises

    Media inflation is predicted to rise over the next couple of years. WFA Tom Ashby, Global Lead, Media Services, highlights some implications for advertisers.

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  5.    Global Marketer Week heads to Brussels
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    Global Marketer Week heads to Brussels

    Registrations are now open for WFA Global Marketer Week 2025, which will take place in Brussels in partnership with UBA, the Belgian national advertiser association.

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  6.    5 take-aways from Buenos Aires

    5 take-aways from Buenos Aires

    Advertisers’ priorities and concerns in Latin America are more aligned than ever with our members’ global agenda, and that gives us a renewed sense of purpose, says WFA CEO Stephan Loerke as he reflects on this year’s WFA regional meeting in LATAM. 

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  7.    The Ritbot tackles marketers’ deepest fears
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    The Ritbot tackles marketers’ deepest fears

    Marketing guru Mark Ritson may be travelling the world dispensing words of wisdom, but so is his AI-generated alter-ego, the Ritbot.

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  8.    WFA launches new call for agency cost data
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    WFA launches new call for agency cost data

    The WFA is relaunching its Agency Cost Index (ACI) tool to support members as they seek to gain a better understanding of what the costs of using agency services might look like globally.

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  9.    Co-operation between marketing and policy experts reaches unprecedented levels in Latin America
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    Co-operation between marketing and policy experts reaches unprecedented levels in Latin America

    Levels of cooperation between marketing and policy teams in LATAM outscore that of their global counterparts, shows new WFA research

    Responsible marketing and brand purpose, the main areas for collaboration

    WFA mebers can download the findings in Spanish here

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