At Advertising Week Europe 2025, most brand sessions centered on scale, spend, and safe bets. Burger King UK, on the other hand, showed up with postpartum hunger, hospital room selfies, and an unapologetically human campaign that sparked a national debate.
At Advertising Week Europe 2025, the question wasn’t whether influencer marketing works—it was whether it’s gotten too powerful. And if you were in the packed audience at this headline session, you know one thing for sure: no one held back.
While many sessions at Advertising Week Europe 2025 buzzed with the usual talk of performance metrics and AI-driven innovation, one quieter, more intimate discussion delivered something rarer: a blueprint for building brands that don’t just include disabled consumers—they center them.
We still call it social media, but the way people use these platforms today has nothing to do with being social.
From creative and strategy to experiential and digital, here’s how key voices from across the industry are interpreting the latest findings, and what they believe marketers must prioritise to navigate the road ahead.
Whether it’s a last-second game winner, a viral TikTok trend, or a breakout Twitch stream, the path to relevance is no longer about reach alone. It’s about resonance.
By measuring genuine engagement with key moments rather than surface-level metrics, brands can build advertising strategies that deliver real value across platform boundaries.
In this industry where technological advancements are booming and we’re constantly being introduced to new touchpoints, it can be hard to focus on the simple truths of building great ads.
In 2025, the ability to navigate uncertainty with confidence will separate the leaders from the laggards.
These unreachable destinations ignite imagination. With the right stories and tech, they can become symbols of aspiration. The challenge is balancing adventure with responsibility, encouraging sustainable travel while protecting these extraordinary places.
If charities are to continue to garner the donations needed to further the causes they champion, a new approach to brand suitability is vital.
Performance marketers, relying on this shaky foundation, often over-credit mobile and desktop environments because their identity resolution seems “perfect,” while under-crediting CTV or larger screens, where device matching is weaker.
Asking these five questions and taking relevant actions will go a long way to ensuring you deliver effective marketing that drives business growth over the long term.
By building a memorable brand, B2B businesses can wean themselves off a relentless focus on ROI, and instead build successful relationships with customers and prospects in new, exciting and efficient ways, building long-term value.
Let a fluent device unlock entertainment and creative effectiveness for your brand by pairing a lovable character with engaging narratives, humor, and cultural references. Once your star is born, you won’t look back.
In the end, the brands that embrace this reality, that push past the status quo, will be the ones that redefine pharma advertising for good. The stakes have never been higher. The potential for breakthrough work is enormous.
With memorable takeaways that blend utility and appeal, brands move from a fleeting impression to a lasting presence, staying top-of-mind long after the trade show is over.
Enacting customer-centric privacy controls builds trust, further improving brand reputation. These policies can attract more customers.
