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.
If you’re a major brand or large agency considering starting an internal production offering, I see two main roads ahead of you.
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.
While most of us are now comfortable being back in the room, the halfway house of hybrid chemistry meetings and pitches seems here to stay.
Whether you’re launching or expanding a program, be sure to do the foundational work to get your brand ready for success in partner and affiliate sales.
By using MMM, marketers can gain a more accurate understanding of which channels are truly contributing to the bottom line.
The premium brand market is highly competitive making it crucial for brands to stand out. The vast majority of premium brands have a more serious slant to their creative work.
Devising a marketing localization strategy that accounts for all the above facts and automates key processes can help you save time and money.
It’s becoming increasingly clear that for brands to truly understand their audience, going back-to-basics is the most innovative approach to take.
Finding a sustainable, cost-effective way of reaching consumers, combined with closer relationships between advertisers and publishers, is where it all begins.
Brands have the opportunity to be the catalyst for a more equitable, balanced and ultimately more sustainable marketplace.
Newest iteration of the campaign features NHL phenoms Matty Beniers and Jack Hughes and shines a light on authentic fans pushing the envelope in their sports.
No matter where in the world, all consumers are very much the same. We are all wary of change. Happy enough with what we already have.
Audio offers a valuable combination of reach, relevance, and listener affinity — and it’s this combination that will drive sales and brand awareness going forward.
Here, we look at how different brands can successfully maintain customer satisfaction, and how in some cases this has been refreshed to put a fresh spin on it.
