As a leader of an organization, the journey for balance starts with creating margin and releasing control to grow on an everyday basis.

Brands from virtually every segment have been hard hit by the economic downturn, which has led to layoffs, hiring freezes and budget cuts.

Digital experiences cannot be replicated in print, and vice versa. Neither cancels out the other and both have a valid place in marketing.

At year-end, we’ll look back to see how accurate our soothsaying was. We’ll measure our hits and misses and then, as always, make a new set of predictions for 2024.

Representation matters in creativity on every level. We all know that. The truth is without true representation, the work suffers.

Now is not the time to hit the snooze button on your PR and communications efforts, but to invest time and effort into crystallizing your company’s story and fortifying its reputation in the marketplace.

A focus on autonomy and collective ownership allows employees to belong to and own their role far more intrinsically than they could in an over-engineered hierarchy.

Empathetic and in-depth support should be a given from employers, especially against the backdrop of the pandemic and current cost-of-living crisis.

The opportunity to grow a gift subscriber into a long-term customer is exactly the source of growth most retailers are seeking—the legendary conversion!

According to Kelly Revestijn, Senior VP, Strategic Planning at Advantage Unified Commerce, the pandemic “created lost time for GenZ and Millennial consumers.

Only time will tell if Musk’s recent interventions have shaken the foundations of the social media marketplace or proven to be little more than a storm in a Tweet cup.

Cultural sensitivities are changing fast and brands need to keep up. That doesn’t mean you will always get it right, but you have to try.

The very act of binary gender targeting is hopelessly out of date. Will the ID solutions and CDPs ever offer a ‘they/them’ audience attribute alongside he and she?

From in-store shopping to gifts laced with meaning, brands will need to pay attention to this generation as it gains spending power.

Only by knowing the true worth of their product can brands make sure they deliver value to consumers, while avoiding the race to the bottom, writes Mike Foster, founder & strategic creative director at Straight Forward Design.

If marketers truly want to strive towards a more sustainable future, they need to ensure they’re not only providing traffic that is high in value, but are also implementing techniques that truly optimise the user journey.

In summary, find the people who are passionate about making a difference and give them the opportunity to have a bigger impact. Work with the right partners, such as B-Corp, THG Eco and MyCarbon.

As brands prioritize diversity and inclusion, they need to ensure intent and education converts to action.

At the end of the day, the key to evolution is and has always been agility. Those who are willing to remain flexible and adapt to new and better ways of working will always succeed.

There isn’t a brand in existence that doesn’t need to implement health and wellness into itsidentity from the inside out, starting with its own employees and internal culture, and sharing that self-love out to its customers.