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.
Continued investment in tech-based solutions have streamlined the process and enhanced their efficiencies.
Times change, but the hallmarks of great advertising don’t, now matter how blindsided marketers become with performance marketing results.
Your brand name: nothing will be used more often or for longer. It’s the cornerstone of your relationship with customers.
B2B marketing has the potential to be electrifying, and should no longer be paralyzed by a culture of conservatism.
According to data from Winmo, 31% of tech brands that reported layoffs in Q4 2022 and/or Q1 2023 have hired new CMOs and/or agency partners in Q1 2023.
The word “creative” needs to be redefined to reflect an expression of novel ideas which are designed to solving business problems.
Brands must understand and adapt to shifting consumer behaviour, and be ready to reshape and reset in short order.
We all know measuring brand activity and aligning it with business objectives is critical to effective marketing.
Advertisers and agencies’ rising confidence in Advanced TV channels is grounded in their ability to deliver against marketing priorities.
Measuring the effectiveness of brand experiences is what clients have been asking agencies forever. GMR has the answers.
If there’s little relevance to context and people are left confused, your brand may still be remembered, just not for the right reasons.
Brand ambassadors aren’t simply extensions of your brand – they ARE your brand and should be as well trained as a full-time team member.
