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.
Brands that lead with clarity and courage will win the next decade. Not because it’s trendy. Because it’s true.
The sentiment at Cannes was one of grounded optimism. There’s growing alignment around the need for outcomes, better measurement, and AI integration.
Let’s focus on what matters: insights fueled by data, strategy that responds to human needs, creative that connects emotionally, and measurement that proves we are on the right path.
Our 4-part AWNewYork Twitter Chat series with Nielsen continues with part 2 – The Importance of Representation in Media.
And the winners of the 2021 Madison Avenue Walk of Fame are… Liberty Mutual’s LiMu Emu & Doug and Microsoft’s Clippy!
We kick off our 4-part AWNewYork Twitter Chat series with Nielsen discussing The Elements of a Great Brand.
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