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Orlando Wood, Research on WARC, April 2021
Explores the effectiveness of advertising during an economic downturn.
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Research on WARC, April 2021
Examines how responding in uncertain times requires investing in trust alongside a clear brand purpose and strategy that supports all stakeholders.
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Jann Schwarz, Research on WARC, April 2021
Alison Lange Engel, a B2B Institute Research Fellows, gives her frontline insights into the startup space and what lessons there are for marketers and business leaders.
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WARC Exclusive, April 2021
This report looks at the strategies and approaches of some of the world’s most awarded campaigns for creativity in 2020.
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WARC Exclusive, April 2021
This report looks at the strategies and approaches of some of the world’s most awarded campaigns for effectiveness in 2020.
Opinion
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Chrissie Hanson, April 2021
The pandemic has continually put partnerships under immense pressure, where only the most meaningful survive. 2020 was a year where agencies had to demonstrate the ability to pivot with startup-like agility to support clients’ response to the triple crises of public health, socio-economic, and ecological challenges.
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Sam Peña-Taylor, Event Reports, Festival of Marketing, March 2021
KFC, the global chicken-focused fast food brand, reversed a drop in sales and footfall in the UK thanks to diagnostic insight work that resulted in a five-year turnaround plan.
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ECI, WARC Data, March 2021
A Q1 2021 update of ECI Media Management's Media Inflation Report explores the effect of the pandemic on media inflation in 2020, and provides forecasts on how it will recover globally, by region and in key markets in 2021.
Opinion
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Tati Lindenberg, February 2021
Tati Lindenberg, Vice-President of Marketing for Dirt Is Good (Persil, OMO), Unilever, is chairing the Brand Purpose category in this year’s WARC Awards for Effectiveness . Here, she talks about clear KPIs, Disney’s Christmas film and why brands need to drive action.
Opinion
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Biprorshee Das, February 2021
A brand championing a cause is not a novel phenomenon. But as consumers become more vocal about environmental, political and social causes, there is pressure on brands to speak up too. While many worldwide are answering that call, most Indian brands have stayed silent. In this India Spotlight series, WARC India Editor Biprorshee Das asks if it is time for Indian marketers to be bolder.
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Ashraf Engineer, WARC Exclusive, Spotlight India, February 2021
Pitchfork Partners’ Ashraf Engineer says marketers taking a stand on issues in their communication must be sensitive to consumers and society at large; they also have to avoid being gimmicky.
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Suraja Kishore , WARC Exclusive, Spotlight India, February 2021
BBDO’s Suraja Kishore introduces Brand Activism 101, a strategic framework that marketers in India can follow if they want to champion an issue.
Opinion
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Anna Hamill, February 2021
Raja Rajamannar, Chief Marketing Officer of Mastercard and author of the new book ‘Quantum Marketing’, speaks to WARC’s Anna Hamill about how technology can drive marketing forward, purpose and trust as key brand differentiators, and why risk management is a crucial marketing function.
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12 February 2021
During the pandemic, agencies and clients have fallen into a familiar recessionary pattern, with clients cutting budgets and agencies feeling squeezed.
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Anna Hamill, WARC Exclusive, February, 2021
McDonald’s, one of the world’s biggest fast food brands, is capitalising on booming digital sales to set the foundations for post-pandemic growth.
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Bruno Gralpois, WARC Exclusive, February, 2021
This article examines the increased tension in client–agency relationships amid the COVID-induced recession, and how to make 2021 an opportunity to renew and refresh these partnerships.
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03 February 2021
Interbrand’s Best Global Brands report for 2020 illuminates how the best brand leadership has dealt with unusual turmoil, by building economic resilience and individual confidence.
Opinion
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Mark Inskip, February 2021
It’s as tough a time as it ’ s ever been for businesses, and marketing budgets are under extreme pressure, but going dark is a false economy, says Kantar’s Mark Inskip.
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WARC Exclusive, February 2021
Spotify 관련 기술 및 통신 분야에서의 B2B 마케팅 분석.
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Manfredi Ricca, WARC Exclusive, January, 2021
Insights from Interbrand’s annual Best Global Brands report for 2020, with a focus on how the best brands adapt to rapid change.
Opinion
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Mike Teasdale, January 2021
Corona’s 2020 experience is proof that brands are astonishingly resilient, and you must work damn hard to damage one when it is built properly - Mike Teasdale explores what’s happening under the surface.
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27 January 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into another year, brands are being forced to rethink their short-term strategies to ride out the pandemic and balance plans for long-term growth with the realities of marketing in a fast-moving situation.
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21 January 2021
Procter & Gamble, the consumer packaged goods manufacturer, believes that a variety of habits that have taken root during the COVID-19 pandemic will have long-term staying power.
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Stephen Whiteside, WARC Exclusive, January 2021
소비자 패키지 상품 제조업체인 프록터 앤드 갬블은 코로나19 동안 뿌리내린 다양한 습관이 장기적인 힘을 가질 것이라고 내다본다.
Opinion
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Faris Yakob, January 2021
Everything is PR because, in an age of crises, everything is crisis communication, writes Faris Yakob, but the flip side is that everything communicates.