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.
Before your brand ever said a word, it could have dropped a beat. Not just any beat — the beat.
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.
An Exclusive Celebration of U.S. Latino Power in Marketing and Creativity!
Being valuably different, and not focused on being better, is the key to being a brand that stands the test of time.
As Cannes Lions 2025 kicks off, one thing is certain: the conversations won’t just shape headlines, but help define the next chapter of advertising. Industry experts weigh in.
Marketers should have more confidence in their ability to demonstrate how their brand influences pricing.
You either have health and wellness value in your brand or you don’t. If you do, then it’s time to determine how to incorporate this into your brand marketing and PR.
Emotional intelligence puts the human back in marketing, helping brands cut through biases and connect meaningfully.
When platforms extract value from communities without consent or reciprocity, they recreate the logics of empire.
Digital marketing is powered by fossil fuels. It’s time we started counting the clicks that cost the planet.
Where do you start when designing event formats that resonate across different markets while honouring different countries’ cultures?
Snapchat lets brands connect with audiences in a way that feels personal, interactive, and natural, like chatting with a friend. In an age of polished perfection, that kind of authenticity is what truly converts.
Planning around propensity, not persona, means the messaging is more relevant and consistent from the very top of the funnel to the bottom. Not brand or performance – just marketing, executed with purpose.
The tired consumer isn’t unreachable. Reach them with a tangible shift towards respect and understanding. If you can be that kind of brand, you’ll matter—now and long after the headlines shift.
