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The five models that will define brand-agency relations in the 2020s

News • 24 November 2020

The coming decade will redefine the consumer landscape and the approaches taken by brands and agencies, according to a new report from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) which identifies five core relationship models for effective ma

Drivers of change: Part of the Marketer's Toolkit 2021

Article • WARC Exclusive, November 2020

Part of WARC’s Marketer’s Toolkit 2021, this data report, based on a survey of client and agency-side executives, looks at near-term trends in six key areas, following the STEPIC methodology.

The Marketer's Toolkit 2021: Navigate through uncertainty

Article • WARC Exclusive, November 2020

The Marketer’s Toolkit 2021 is a guide to six major challenges facing brands in the year ahead.

Fixing the problems of US fashion brands in China

News • 20 October 2020

US fashion does not sell well in China – unlike other foreign brands, from Italy, France and the UK, Chinese consumers see US brands as lacking cachet.

Best Buy reinvents itself (again) to prosper in times of crisis

Article • Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, Association of National Advertisers In-House Agency Conference, August 2020

Best Buy, the electronics retailer, adapted at speed to the COVID-19 pandemic, a process driven by an in-house agency team that had built up many of the capabilities needed to meet a crisis.

How Gorilla Glue benefits from in-housing TV ads

News • 22 September 2020

The Gorilla Glue Company, the adhesives manufacturer, has yielded numerous benefits from handling television advertising through an in-house agency that is involved in every aspect of making its spots.

Gorilla Glue generates multiple benefits from in-house approach to TV commercials

Article • Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, ANA In-House Agency Conference, August 2020

The Gorilla Glue Company, a manufacturer of various different adhesive products, has yielded multiple advantages from creating and producing TV advertising through its in-house agency.

What we know about in-house agencies

Article • WARC Best Practice, September 2020

Explores the impact of the increasing popularity of in-house agencies and how traditional agencies need to evolve to meet modern time and data demands.

How Target balances relevance and risk when creating ads

News • 07 September 2020

Target, the retailer, seeks to focus on relevance as much as avoiding risk in formulating messages that it believes can break through with its target audience.

John Hancock adapts to new COVID-19 mindsets and marketing realities – and 'ramps' up for 2021

Article • Geoffrey Precourt, WARC Exclusive, July 2020

John Hancock, the insurance and investment company, has developed its marketing strategy and capabilities in response to the spread of COVID-19.

Majority of multinationals have in-housed creative

News • 03 September 2020

A new study finds that more than half of large global companies are now using some in-house creative capability, as the benefits and difficulties of the arrangement become clear in the mainstream.

Target’s in-house agency topples traditional marketing precepts to embrace wider audiences

Article • Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, ANA In-House Agency Conference, August 2020

Target, the retailer, has built an in-house creative shop that is able to take a holistic approach to building its brand strategy.

Initiating impact: Differentiating in a different world

Article • Research on WARC, September 2020

Provides regional insights to support brands as a change agent as they redefine their goals now and into the future.

Speed, trust and inspiration: How the client-agency relationship is evolving

Article • Low Lai Chow, Event Reports, The Drum Can Do Festival , August 2020

The pandemic is changing the ways in which clients and agencies work together.

AB InBev in-house agency delivers alignment legacy shops can’t match

Article • Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, ANA In-House Agency Conference, August 2020

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the brewing giant, has built significant in-house agency capabilities through its draftLine unit, which functions in several countries.

RB uses TikTok to share public hygiene advice with #HandWashChallenge campaign

Article • Alex Brownsell, WARC Exclusive, August 2020

RB brand Dettol achieved virality on TikTok with a public hygiene campaign.

GDPR’s in-housing legacy

News • 03 August 2020

European organisations are leading the way in bringing their programmatic operations in house, according to a new report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau which suggests that this may be a consequence of GDPR and their greater ability to manage

How a hybrid in-house/agency model works for 3M

News • 18 May 2020

3M, the owner of brands like Post-it notes, Scotch tape and Scotch-Brite cleaning products, has found success with a hybrid agency/in-house model that may be useful for other clients taking ownership of certain media duties.

How a hybrid agency/in-house model serves 3M’s need for accountability

Article • Geoffrey Precourt, WARC Exclusive, May 2020

3M, the manufacturer of brands like Post-it notes and Scotch tape, has adopted a hybrid in-house/agency model to drive maximum effectiveness from its media spend.

How “decoupled production” helped Experian’s in-house agency master TV advertising

Article • Geoffrey Precourt, WARC Exclusive, May 2020

Experian, the credit-reporting firm, has used “decoupled production” to help it manage TV advertising with an in-house agency.

“You can’t spend your way out of this one”: Sir Martin Sorrell on the ‘shape’ of the COVID-19 recession

Opinion • David Tiltman, May 2020

The S4 Capital boss talks to WARC’s Head of Content about the impact of COVID-19 on the advertising industry and the possible outline of recovery.

Structuring marketer-agency partnerships for effectiveness

Article • Lucinda Peniston-Baines and Rob Foster, WARC Webinars, April 2020

As part of the WARC Guide to Structuring for effectiveness, Lucinda Peniston-Baines and Rob Foster of Observatory International share some top tips on how brands can best work with their agency partners to deliver work that connects with consumers.

How marketing creative is evolving in the COVID-19 era

Opinion • Stephen Whiteside, April 2020

Marketers are delivering work that reflects, and responds to, the spread of the coronavirus despite the challenges of fostering creativity under lockdown, a study by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has found. WARC’s Stephen Whiteside provides more details.

In-housing: How to overcome common pitfalls

Article • Ryan Kangisser, WARC Exclusive, April 2020

In housing digital media buying is a popular trend, but it isn’t right for every brand and requires careful strategy.

Setting up an in-house marketing effectiveness team

Article • Nick Milne, WARC Exclusive, April 2020

In-house marketing excellence or effectiveness teams can provide more accountability on performance, but brands should avoid common pitfalls.

The Future of Strategy 2020

Article • WARC Exclusive, July 2020

Analysing the results of a global WARC survey of senior strategists, the Future of Strategy report provides both quantitative and qualitative data with a focus on the disruption of COVID-19.
The Marketer's Toolkit 2021: Navigate through uncertainty

Article • WARC Exclusive, November 2020

The Marketer’s Toolkit 2021 is a guide to six major challenges facing brands in the year ahead.
Learn from the best: Lessons from the world's most awarded brands

Article • WARC Exclusive, April 2020

Provides lessons learned by the best-performing brands in the WARC Rankings 2020 and the strategies they used to achieve success in 2019 awards shows.
Marketer's Toolkit 2020

Article • WARC Trends, November 2019

WARC's Marketer’s Toolkit 2020 adopts the STEIP methodology to cover five drivers of change that will affect marketers next year, built from an annual survey, 10 CMO interviews and WARC analysis.
The WARC Guide to Structuring for effectiveness

Article • WARC Best Practice, April 2020

A summary of new thinking and best practice on structuring for effectiveness, from the WARC Guide.
How to write a creative agency brief

Article • Merry Baskin and Kate Waters, WARC Best Practice, August 2017, pp. 36-37

This article provides agencies with a best practice guide for writing an effective creative brief, which can form the foundation for the disruptive, breakthrough thinking that can really make a difference to a client's business.