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 need to move from risk aversion to value alignment. Stop worrying about backlash and start focusing on why you’re showing up.
The goal for any business should be to capture today’s demand while projecting and protecting a go‑to‑market narrative that is both clear and consistent.
If you’re a major brand or large agency considering starting an internal production offering, I see two main roads ahead of you.
The endemic-era’s digital focus makes it easy for brand advertisements to get lost in the sea of commercials, sponsored posts, and constant notifications.
As we approach the Christmas period, we are likely to see our inboxes snowed under by a steep influx of emails that advertise gifts and services. In order to stand out from the crowd, it is crucial to plan your email marketing with close attention to detail.
As summer plans give way to changing weather, it’s time to start preparing for another holiday shopping season. After a pandemic year, retailers are counting on strong consumer spending to drive revenue and provide momentum into the new year.
B2B audiences are people, not robots. Do not treat them like machines.
In the following Q&A, we chat with Isha Sesay, OkayMedia CEO and former CNN journalist, to get her thoughts on the rise of female leaders in media, emerging media trends that could make an impact in 2022 and more.
The pandemic created a variety of shifts for destination marketers. Drive markets increased, while fly markets went way down, then transitioned into a bumpy recovery.
People know Venus Williams as a tennis champion and Olympian. However, they may not know her as an entrepreneur. As it turns out, Venus is passionate about tennis and design.
In January of 2020, I launched the U.S. office of BAM Strategy, a 25-year-old independent digital agency headquartered in Montreal. It was, without question, one of the most exciting moments of my career and a milestone for which I’d spent the better part of a year prepping and planning.
The consumer journey is as complex as it’s ever been. There are countless factors that come into play that affect the time between a customer deciding to buy something and when they actually make the purchase.
It’s never good to put all your eggs in one basket, and harnessing data is opening up fresh ways for brands to reach new people and drive traffic to their websites.
Focus Groups have been set on the back burner, most recently due to COVID-19 restrictions and the necessity for fast and precise results as the tech era is on the rise. So, what’s next?
