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.
Gaining consumer attention is a must for any brand, but in a more and more fragmented media world, the industry must seek fresh approaches to break through all the noise and clutter.
When leveraged ethically and insightfully, social norms tap into the deep emotional wellsprings of behavioral change —creating room for people to feel more seen and aligned with their values.
The underbelly of programmatic has always had issues like these. Right now, this double game appears to be a remarkably common state of affairs among ad platforms and their clients, and I think it’s time we all looked at it a bit harder.
As Google itself celebrates their quarter-century birthday, top executives from around the industry weigh in on Google’s milestone, their influence, and the future.
Meaningful attention offers the possibility of finally getting inside the head of the shopper. We can’t afford to ignore it.
Business travel is back, and it promises some spectacular opportunities for learning and networking.
The big landscape theme for marketers today is the accelerating rate of change in all aspects of reaching customers. Media, customer touchpoints, distribution channels, and the appropriate and effective messaging about your brand are all in a constant state of flux.
Advertisers know where their spend is going and who they’re reaching, publishers can grow their revenues, and users get to see only the most relevant ads. It’s a win-win-win.
There will be bumps in the road – misunderstandings, communication and briefs that need to be clearer, individuals that cause friction, and a lack of structure that brings progress to a standstill.
What does the CMO of the future look like? Spoiler: busy with lots of weighty decisions.
Seeing young-adult audiences gravitate toward more personalized and colorful products ranging from the clothes they wear to the phone cases they carry, Logitech realized there was an opportunity to create products that connect with these consumers.
Great marketing works. Having a fantastic product to market works more.
Here’s how marketing agencies can drive client growth and add value during tough times.
The people in charge at Twickenham need to take a look at the success story over at Lords.
In collaboration with Amazon Ads, Milk-Bone developed a distinctive, delightful campaign in 2022 that leveraged the power of Alexa for interactive audio ads and brand experiences.
