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24 May 2023

Beyond Convenience

What shoppers really value about the modern grocery run

Karen

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

LJ

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"

Pedro

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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22 May 2023

The secrets of a successful spin

Spinning a new, independent company out of an established company is no mean feat. Focus is so often on financial and strategic goals, but the human challenges are the ones to watch

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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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10 May 2023

Gen Z: a lesson for sports brands

The growth in sports brands has been unrelenting: more participants, more viewers, more followers. But, for the first time, this growth is being challenged – by the difficulty in attracting Gen Z audiences

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04 May 2023

The B2B boom: don’t let these myths bust your momentum

Despite the surge in B2B marketing, most marketers aren’t tailoring their storytelling to reach their target audiences. Selena Cameron of WPP’s content marketing agency SJR debunks some common B2B myths

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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

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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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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

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

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