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07 Jun 2023

How to win at retail media

Retail media is today’s fastest growing advertising channel. CPG companies have already caught onto its potential, but there is still so much for brands to explore. Laura Badea, Digital Commerce Partner, at WPP’s Wavemaker explains

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14 Apr 2023

RGBlack: AI causes history to repeat itself

WPP’s Racial Equity Programme has supported AKQA’s RGBlack initiative in a new phase of development. Tim Devine, of WPP’s AKQA, explains

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12 Apr 2023

Gen AI: how the world could look

So much has been said about the wonders and the worries associated with generative AI. But re-imagining a world without violence and prejudice is very much a new use of the technology. Jason Carmel at WPP’s Wunderman Thompson explains

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12 Apr 2023

How you use AI will be a critical part of messaging

Communicating how you use AI – in a way that people who are not data scientists can understand – is, and increasingly will be, vital for companies. That is why WPP’s BCW has launched BCW Navigate, says Harry Stovin-Bradford

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06 Mar 2023

Generative AI: a new phase of innovation

‘Transformational’, ‘augmenting’, ‘magical’ – these are the words that were peppered throughout WPP’s roundtable on generative AI (a forum of experts from across WPP, partners and clients). We asked what this technology means for the creative industries

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28 Feb 2023

On our minds – and on your radar

What should companies watch out for as this year unfurls? Marie Stafford at WPP’s Wunderman Thompson Intelligence bundles up dozens of trends into five key ‘watch outs’ for 2023

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20 Feb 2023

It’s all about how to grow and resilience

‘The 2030 Forecast’ from Ogilvy Consulting sets out the 10 challenges facing humanity – largely resulting from its own hand. Carla Hendra says companies must meet these challenges head on if they are to grow

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06 Feb 2023

How should we think about AI?

WPP’s Chief AI Officer and Satalia CEO, Daniel Hulme, says understanding the intended applications of AI technologies is perhaps the most compelling way of thinking about AI

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11 Jan 2023

CES returns with purpose

Partnering with the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security gave CES 2023 a definite sense of purpose. But technologies enhancing a huge spectrum of human experience were on the agenda too

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28 Dec 2022

AI: adopt or fail

Artificial intelligence (AI) is proving to have the power to transform commerce, says Chloe Hobart. But what do business leaders and consumers think it is, and how is it being used?

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28 Dec 2022

An escapist’s dream: the metaverse

The metaverse can only ever be as safe as we allow ourselves to be, says Friederike Sandow. But we don’t need to safeguard fantasy, we need to safeguard ourselves

14 Dec 2022

AI drives low-cost low-carbon delivery

It’s a lot to expect the human brain to figure out how to meet customers’ heightened demand for delivery while simultaneously reducing the cost of sales for the retailer and being mindful of the carbon impact of operations, says Paul Hart of WPP’s Satalia

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14 Dec 2022

CX is king in commerce

Roberta Balcytyte at WPP’s Satalia explains how AI ensures that the customer experience (CX) is always king when it comes to commerce

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06 Dec 2022

Brand Guardian helps navigate DE&I

Discover how an AI called Brand Guardian can assist by helping brands implement DE&I policies in their marketing

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06 Dec 2022

Unseen: mobility is more than cars

UNSEEN, from Linna Zhao, Wavemaker China, and Tongji University, is a documentary series that investigates trends in value and ecosystem transformation – with the first episode focusing on The Third Space, or vehicles

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06 Dec 2022

We must learn from our mistakes

It is vital for us to learn from our mistakes before it’s too late to safeguard the next version of the internet, the metaverse, writes Christina Fusco-House

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06 Dec 2022

Data and AI can predict success

Nearly half of promotions lose money. Angus McLean and Randy Kohl look at some of the most effective promotional tactics for defining and measuring promotion effectiveness using deeper promotion analysis

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06 Dec 2022

Space commerce

Joseph Gilligan and Minos Makris explain why the commercial opportunities of space should be on businesses’ radars

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05 Dec 2022

Haleon: turning words into action

WPP’s Richard Hau explains how AI is helping blind and low vision consumers – and others – access information on healthcare packaging

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01 Dec 2022

WPP on 2023

The marketing innovations to watch