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25 November 2020
Stock markets may have reacted with glee to the news that COVID-19 vaccines are on the way, but most business leaders are a great deal less sanguine, according to new research from Kantar.
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WARC Exclusive, November 2020
Part of WARC’s Marketer’s Toolkit 2021, this report illustrates how marketing leaders across different categories and markets are thinking about the volatile year ahead, based on interviews with 20 leading brand marketers.
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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.
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WARC Exclusive, November 2020
The Marketer’s Toolkit 2021 is a guide to six major challenges facing brands in the year ahead.
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Zara Erismann, November 2020
The effects of COVID-19 on consumer behaviour, coupled with the end of cookies, are opening up a new chapter for publishers and advertisers, says Zara Erismann.
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03 November 2020
The rapid migration to digital technologies driven by the pandemic has done little for digital experience (DX) maturity in the ASEAN region, according to a new report by Sitecore, Ecosystm and AKQA.
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Sam Peña-Taylor, Event Reports, DMEXCO @home, September 2020
German beauty retailer Douglas is two years into a significant shift to e-commerce, with its platform position setting it up to capture growth.
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19 October 2020
For the German automaker, a shift to electric vehicles has meant a fundamental adaptation, not only of manufacturing but also of communications.
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Sam Peña-Taylor, Event Reports, DMEXCO @home, September 2020
Volkswagen (VW), the German carmaker, is going electric; here the brand’s CMO talks about reducing paid media spend, thinking in terms of software, and growing a new category.
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Siva Ganeshanandan, October 2020
Siva Ganeshanandan shares how Oracle leveraged a four-step process of continuous improvement to fuel its digital-only shift to deliver better customer experiences.
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01 October 2020
After being hit hard by a pandemic-induced decline in sales, supply chain and logistics issues, e-commerce businesses in Hong Kong are confident about a quick rebound, according to a new study by PayPal.
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30 September 2020
As so many newspapers around the world struggle to survive during the coronavirus pandemic – and with many not succeeding – one leading Swedish title finds it’s heading for a record year.
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29 September 2020
Fintechs like Monzo, Revolut and Starling are best known for their consumer offerings, but a new report shows the progress digital-first banks are making among business customers, while also sketching their limitations.
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Stephen Whiteside, WARC Exclusive, September 2020
Nike, the sporting-goods manufacturer, is developing a holistic digital strategy that combines a membership program for consumers with various other strategic priorities.
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Brian Carruthers, Event Reports, World Retail Congress, September 2020
Looks at how global wellness company WW rapidly adapted to the new demands of pandemic-driven lockdowns around the world.
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02 September 2020
Singaporean luxury tea brand TWG Tea is launching more than 20 new official online stores on third-party marketplaces in new and emerging markets across APAC, North America and Europe on platforms such as Zalora, Amazon and Lazada.
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Gemma Spence, WARC Webinars, September 2020
Explores how brands can grow online in the competitive e-commerce landscape.
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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.
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Steven Moy, WARC Exclusive, August 2020
With pressure to generate fast consumer insights in a time of constant change, brands need to use data and artificial intelligence to their advantage.
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Christian Polman, August 2020
Earlier this year, lockdowns changed the face of retail overnight. No longer could people access most shops or retail outlets and supermarkets had to adapt to support vulnerable customers and key workers. Consumers, meanwhile, started looking for alternative solutions to meet their needs and desires.
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Manik Godhwani, WARC Exclusive, July 2020
Marlin Brands’ Manik Godhwani shares some of the key lessons learnt in the company’s pandemic-driven dive into e-commerce during Australia’s lockdown phase.
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WARC Best Practice, August 2020
A summary of new thinking and best practice on e-commerce and the future of effectiveness, from the WARC Guide.
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Carlos Matriano, WARC Exclusive, July 2020
PHD’s Carlos Matriano outlines key developments in Southeast Asia’s e-commerce landscape that will inform brand strategy beyond COVID-19.
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Ajinkya Pawar, July 2020
Wunderman Thompson India’s Ajinkya Pawar writes about the advertising industry’s growing fragility, as agencies have failed to keep up with the new dimensions through which people now encounter brands.
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13 July 2020
With the announcement that the search giant is planning to invest $10 billion in the Indian market over the next five years, Google is likely to have an impact on companies large and small.
