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WARC Best Practice, March 2020
Explores current writing and thinking on the topic of brand purpose, a powerful way to engage consumers and gain preference, it is fast becoming an expectation for some customers.
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Rachael Smith, WARC Best Practice, December 2018
Outlines the six ways to effectively blend brand purpose and data ethics.
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Kunal Sinha, WARC Exclusive, March 2020
Kunal Sinha shares his insights on how brand purpose can be meaningfully pursued amid a context of fear and uncertainty.
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WGSN, WARC Exclusive, March 2020
Coronavirus is set to drive a significant evolution in consumer beliefs and attitudes, accelerating a number of strategic shifts and creating a new spending landscape.
Opinion
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Cindy Gallop, March 2020
Puzzled about purpose? Worried about wokewashing? Cindy Gallop cuts through the crap. In January 2019, Alan Jope succeeded Paul Polman as CEO of Unilever.
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Heather Dansie and Lisa Cowie, WARC Exclusive, March 2020
Research by Starcom UK and Twitter into the motivations behind social activism, and consumer expectations of brands in relation to issues such as climate change and poverty.
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Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, ANA Masters of Data and Technology, March 2020
Procter & Gamble, the consumer goods manufacturer, is seeking to ensure that a focus on the humans behind digital data is a consistent point of emphasis for its strategy.
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Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, ANA Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference, November 2019
Ulta Beauty, the retailer, has put diversity at the heart of its strategy, and made sure that it is focused on multicultural consumers across its operations.
Opinion
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Brian Carruthers, March 2020
Accessibility and brand activism emerged as key features of the top 10 campaigns in this year’s WARC Creative 100 rankings.
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Case Studies on WARC, 2017
The Movember Foundation, a charity for men’s mental health, raised awareness of its cause and increased donations in New Zealand through a controversial campaign targeting high-school students.
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Case Studies on WARC, 2018
Low-cost airline Flybondi entered the Argentine market by starting a movement for positive change in the country.
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Case Studies on WARC, 2018
Retailer Almacenes Éxito increased sales and purchase frequency by siding with consumers in a protest against rising taxes in Colombia.
Opinion
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Anne Rayner, February 2020
This year’s Valentine’s Day was especially lovely as I received overwhelming interest around a topic that is close to the hearts of many of my colleagues, friends and family.
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20 February 2020
Marketers in the business-to-business space are often falling short when it comes to developing and activating brand purpose, according to a study led by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA).
Opinion
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Chiara Manco, February 2020
As consumers increasingly expect brands to be the drivers of change, WARC’s Chiara Manco looks at three brands that embraced activism.
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WARC Exclusive, February 2020
WARC's US commissioning editor Cathy Taylor discusses the key themes from The Marketer's Toolkit 2020 with a focus on how the America's responded.
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17 February 2020
As many as 36.7 million city-dwellers will change the way they travel over the next ten years and, by 2030, greener means of transport will represent 49% of all trips undertaken within cities, versus 46% for cars (which currently account for 51% of ...
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Stephen Whiteside, WARC Exclusive, February 2020
The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) led a survey of business-to-business marketers that sought to understand their use of brand purpose.
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WARC Exclusive, February 2020
Outlines the results of a survey of business-to-business marketers that sought to understand their use of brand purpose.
Opinion
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Sam Peña-Taylor, February 2020
Sustainability is about survival – the subject needs to overcome the semantic bleaching that makes it a corporate nice-to-have, says Sam Peña-Taylor - a startup is working toward solving the chronic market failure of food waste in the face of global hunger.
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Stephen Whiteside and Catharine P. Taylor, Event Reports, FeelMore50, February 2020
System1, the research firm, produced a ranking of the top TV ads from 2019 based on an assessment of their emotional impact on consumers.
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Aude Broos, WARC Exclusive, February 2020
While brand purpose remains a hugely popular marketing approach, brands must prioritise accountability and impact to stay relevant.
Opinion
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Pauline Robson, February 2020
Climate change is on the agenda as never before. MediaCom’s Pauline Robson calls for the advertising industry to play its part in tackling the crisis.
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06 February 2020
Women’s sport offers particular opportunities for brands, being typically less cluttered and cheaper to sponsor than its male equivalent, but potential sponsors need to tread carefully, an industry specialist advises.
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03 February 2020
Nearly half (46%) of British consumers believe advertising has a positive impact on society, while 42% say that advertising can help to make the world a better place, a new survey has revealed.
