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08 Jun 2023

An age of fluidity for marketers

Shoptalk Europe 2023 revealed that ‘fluidity’ is everything. Be it fluid channels, fluid consumers/shoppers or fluid technology. WPP's VMLY&R Commerce was there

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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

Mae Karwowski

01 Jun 2023

Obviously: influencer marketing made simple

Mae Karwowski – CEO of WPP’s recently acquired company Obviously – says that companies turn to Obviously to access the world of influencers as easily as possible

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23 May 2023

Racial equity is crucial to our industry

All businesses must get comfortable with talking about race. The future of the advertising industry and its clients relies on it, says WPP’s Karen Blackett OBE

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23 May 2023

Racial equity at WPP: what is the vision?

At WPP, we're just getting started,” says LJ Louis. “We have solid early returns and we have a lot to do"

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23 May 2023

Allyship – vital in the quest for racial equity

Pedro Reiss, of WPP’s Wunderman Thompson in Brazil, says that allyship has been a valuable tool when bringing about transformational change in the workplace

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17 May 2023

Social commerce: building brand love and delivering growth

Debbie Ellison, of WPP’s VMLY&R Commerce, says that both how and where consumers are shopping is changing radically, and we are seeing a confluence of social and commerce on media platforms powered by influence and brand love

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16 May 2023

B2B: invest in experience to deliver on inspiration

B2B: invest in experience to deliver on inspiration

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11 May 2023

UK shoppers love promotions

Customers are becoming more and more savvy about marketing tactics and techniques. These are the findings of the second in the series of ‘What the Brits want from promotions’ from WPP’s Mando

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27 Apr 2023

B2B marketing – be moving and motivational

Let’s be done with clichéd stock images. B2B might deliver different messages from B2C, but that’s no reason not to inspire, touch, move and motivate. James Irvine and Simon Law of WPP’s Wunderman Thompson talk us through the rationale for inspirational B2B

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20 Apr 2023

Innovation – protector of people and the planet

Thinking and acting sustainably can drive both commercial growth and deliver on business imperatives – while also tackling real world problems, says WPP’s Hannah Harrison

Michelle Whelan

08 Mar 2023

Connected moments that matter to achieve growth

Shoppers are voting with their wallets, buying from brands that demonstrate meaningful engagement across the entire customer journey, says Michelle Whelan of WPP’s VMLY&R Commerce

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08 Mar 2023

Diverse talent is at the heart of creative commerce

With creativity firmly at the centre of commerce, creative talent in all its diversities is the differentiator, say Laura Jordan Bambach of WPP’s Grey and Laurent Simon of WPP’s VMLY&R

Karen Blackett

08 Mar 2023

Re-thinking brand growth

Addressing underserved audiences can insulate retail when market conditions are tough, says WPP’s Karen Blackett OBE

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07 Mar 2023

The revolution starts now

Over 200 WPP clients, partners and agency team-members met to learn, share and be inspired by the very latest in commerce. The theme – ‘Commerce Revolution’

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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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28 Feb 2023

Let’s make women safe

Shape culture – that’s what WPP, the creative industries and marketing professionals do when they put out marketing messages. ‘Unite for Her’ is a rallying cry to make the world a better, safer space for all women. We speak to Bee Pahnke at WPP’s Grey

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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