In this episode of Modern Marketing and Measurement, Becky talks with Alexia Nakad, VP of Brand and Commerce Media at LiveRamp, about how data collaboration and clean room technology are transforming marketing measurement. From retail media to cross-platform standardization, Alexia shares how brands like Tesco and L’Oréal are closing the loop between media spend and real business outcomes—and what it takes to build trusted data partnerships that deliver results.
Any global event, whether sport or entertainment, creates the same temptation for brands to prioritise presence over purpose. But the biggest lesson from this World Cup is not that brands need to shout louder, it is that promotional activity performs best when it reflects how people actually experience the tournament.
The brands that succeed over the next decade will be the ones that rediscover the simple truth of why they exist, and stretch towards the dream of how they can add more to the world, then express that clearly and consistently in everything they do.
When agencies are able to demonstrate likely outcomes before campaigns launch, conversations become less speculative and more evidence-based.
