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  1.    The Candid CMO: Toby Horry, SVP Global Marketing, Merlin Entertainments
    Candid CMO

    The Candid CMO: Toby Horry, SVP Global Marketing, Merlin Entertainments

    Toby Horry grew up around some of the best British advertising ever made. Now at Merlin Entertainments, he believes AI is making brand fashionable again, and that the strongest brands will win

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  2.    Is marketing effective in a world of indifference?
    Marketing effectiveness

    Is marketing effective in a world of indifference?

    Marketing is under pressure, budgets are tight, and the data we rely on to prove our value is increasingly being questioned. Lex Bradshaw-Zanger, Chief Business Capabilities & Innovation Officer, SAPMENA at L'Oréal, explores marketing’s crisis of confidence

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  3.    Better marketing requires more than smart commercials
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Better marketing requires more than smart commercials

    The conditions for great agency work are shaped long before an invoice is paid. Laura Forcetti, Director Marketing Services Asia Pacific and Global Marketing Sourcing at WFA, explains why the way brands behave towards their agencies, and how they manage and motivate them, matters as much as what and how they pay

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  4.    WFA names expert jury for 2026 Global Marketer of the Year
    Global Marketer of the Year

    WFA names expert jury for 2026 Global Marketer of the Year

    Leading marketers from Burger King, Essity, General Motors, LEGO, IKEA, Shiseido join panel

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  5.    Better Marketing Pod Ep. 54: Taide Guajardo on 36 years of brand building and why marketers must market marketing
    AICMO

    Better Marketing Pod Ep. 54: Taide Guajardo on 36 years of brand building and why marketers must market marketing

    Marketing has rarely moved faster, which makes it easy to lose sight of the fundamentals. David talks with Taide Guajardo, former Chief Brand Officer, Europe at Procter & Gamble, about what 36 years and four countries taught her about building brands, and why marketers need to make the case for marketing itself

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  6.    Premium digital inventory and the US will keep media inflation high through 2027
    Trends & forecasts

    Premium digital inventory and the US will keep media inflation high through 2027

    Digital channels now lead price growth as TV cools, and scarce premium inventory, not advertiser demand, is setting the pace

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