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On bridging consumer & business | WFA #BetterMarketingPod with Marcel Marcondes, AB InBev

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  1.    Global brands, global shifts: marketing transformation in action
    Forum ConnectCMO Forum

    Global brands, global shifts: marketing transformation in action

    A round-up of what we learned at Forum Connect New York 2025.

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  2.    CMOs: your marketing procurement team might be more useful than you think
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    CMOs: your marketing procurement team might be more useful than you think

    Deeper collaboration with marketing procurement can be a quiet competitive advantage for CMOs – and a powerful ally. Laura Forcetti, Director of Global Marketing Sourcing at WFA, explains why.

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  3.    Rory Sutherland on fat-tailed marketing and why creativity outperforms efficiency
    Marketing effectiveness

    Rory Sutherland on fat-tailed marketing and why creativity outperforms efficiency

    The biggest wins in marketing rarely fit into neat dashboards. Marketing guru Rory Sutherland joins us to unpack why creativity is “fat-tailed,” how a few outlier ideas create the lion’s share of value, and why short-term incentives push teams to optimise what’s easy to count rather than what actually compounds.

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  4.    WFA reveals finalists for Global Marketer of the Year 2025
    Global Marketer of the Year

    WFA reveals finalists for Global Marketer of the Year 2025

    Expert jury selects top global marketing leaders from Cathay Pacific, The Coca-Cola Company, e.l.f. Beauty, Grab, Lenovo and Mercado Libre

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  5.    Understanding global rules on AI transparency in advertising
    AI

    Understanding global rules on AI transparency in advertising

    What are the implications of the EU AI Act?

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  6.    Full-funnel media planning – perspectives from global media leads
    Media & analytics

    Full-funnel media planning – perspectives from global media leads

    Improving measurement and attribution across the customer journey is the top benefit behind full funnel strategies.

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  7.    How are marketing procurement leads managing POS & Displays?
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    How are marketing procurement leads managing POS & Displays?

    Digitalisation and sustainability are influencing the future of POS & Displays.

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  8.    How brands are unlocking insights with mature knowledge management systems
    Marketing effectiveness

    How brands are unlocking insights with mature knowledge management systems

    WFA research reveals that many of the world’s biggest brands are still struggling to access full value from the knowledge they hold within their organisations.

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  9.    What’s best practice for training insights teams?
    Culture

    What’s best practice for training insights teams?

    How storytelling and AI can ramp up your insights training.

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    04 Dec 2025

    Boasting over a 1700 marketing sourcing contacts around the world, the Sourcing Forum has been referred to as a group of “enlightened marketing procurement specialists”.

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