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.
By deepening their understanding of youth passions and fandoms, marketers can foster engagement that is not only meaningful in the present but also lays the groundwork for future brand affinity.
Shifting from traditional lead generation to genuinely influencing revenue isn’t just beneficial; it’s essential for marketers today.
Confidence isn’t just a nice-to-have right now—it’s essential. And brands and their marketers are at the heart of rebuilding it. It’s more than just putting out the right messaging.
Hyper-personalisation should exist to enhance the user experience, but brands need to be wary of how close they are to crossing the line.
The future of customer loyalty is about creating meaningful, personalised connections that anticipate and fulfil customer needs in real-time.
As you plan for 2025 and beyond, ask yourself: could our marketing work harder? It’s time to try something different. After all, healthcare marketing doesn’t have to be mediocre; it’s only mediocre if we allow it to be.
The next time you find yourself fixating on attention metrics, take a step back and ask yourself: “Is this ad worth seeing?” If the answer is no, then it’s time to rethink your strategy.
In 25 years’ worth of Interbrand’s Best Global Brands, a personality brand has never featured in the top 100 – until this year.
Forecasting the hottest gifts and trending recipes for the holiday season used to be straightforward: just check magazines or TV shows, where content was created months in advance.
New agency amplifies Horizon Media’s commitment to transformative, integrated marketing solutions that deliver impactful consumer engagement
By focusing on authentic human interactions at the core of their strategy, brands can foster meaningful connections and build loyal communities on TikTok. That’s how brands play the social media long game to win.
If Jaguar wants to course-correct, it’ll need to do more than ride the wave of modern design. It’ll take serious work to listen to its customer base, rebuild trust, and reclaim the emotional resonance that made its brand roar in the first place.
A Q&A With Amanda Williams, Senior Director, Client Experience & Integrated Strategy, Parallel Path, Boulder, CO
Heading into 2025, as more advertising dollars are poured into the industry than ever, we’re seeing marketers move away from brand storytelling and toward a scaled, transactional approach.
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