We sit down with neuroaesthetics specialist and cognitive scientist Katherine Templar Lewis and Wonder's executive creative director David Crease to unpick how scientific thinking about all five senses is pushing forward experience design. For more on sensory branding's cutting edges, check out this story on The Drum.

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The ad business has long faced accusations of geocentrism, with heavy focuses in London, New York and Tokyo. That has long been shifting, with those evolving dynamics amplified by the universal-amplifier of the Covid-19 pandemic. But are borders shifting again? We hear from a top marketer in Dubai, and another who sold one of the UK's most successful independent groups from Bournemouth.

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Everyone wants to be Duolingo: over a hundred million active users worldwide, all hooked on its nudges and streaks and terrified of that big green bird. But where else is 'play-thinking' starting to transform the rest of the marketing industry? Jaywing's Danni Smith and UsTwo's Maz Karimian tell us.

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Last month, The Drum released our World Creative Rankings, a definitive list of world's most-awarded agencies, creatives and campaigns from 2024. But how does a creative climb the ranks of the many thousands of ad people around the world? We asked two people whose rankings increased the most from last year to this: LePub Milan's Cristiana Candido and FCB Chicago's Bruno Mazzotti.

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With ADM Group's chief sustainability officer Tom Hunter and Green House's Tessa Corcoran, we look at how marketers are rethinking their role in a FMCG world that's copping a lot of flack for wastage and unsustainable practices.

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Phase one of the mass global roll-out of generative AI is coming to an end, and phase two is coming. With the help of Jellyfish's Jack Smyth and Lindsay Hong of SmartAssets, we inventory the best AI tools right now, the smartest marketing approaches, and where we're going next: an 'agentic AI' future that just might have some world-shaking repercussions for marketing.

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Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy is arguably the most widely-distributed piece of criticism of the marketing industry in recent times. We sit down with the doc's producer Flora Bagenal and one of its star interviewees, former Adidas brand chief Eric Liedtke.

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The Super Bowl is over, but the conversation's just beginning. Off-pitch, what will we remember this year's event for most? Kendrick Lamar's barnstorming half-time show? The advent of the AI Super Bowl ad? Or seeing, for some reason, Seal as an actual Seal? We're joined by Metaforce's Allen Adamson and Gartner's Nicole Greene to discuss the biggest advertising takeaways from the Big Game.

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Unpack the power of marketing mix modelling (MMM) with Anja Bertoncelj Tugrul (group account director, Stellar Search), Thomas Barker (CEO, Green House Agency), and Aaron Dicks (technology director, Impression). From Coca-Cola’s $3 return on every $1 spent to other real-world wins, they share sharp insights on how data, tech, and smart partnerships are transforming the future of performance marketing.

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Unpack the seismic shifts reshaping the financial sector with Louise de Ste. Croix (Head of Growth & Founding Partner, Brand Opus) and Jack McLaren (Director & Founder, PATTRNS) as they explore how neo-banks like Monzo and Revolut are shaking up the industry with bold branding and customer-first features. Dive into the challenges of marketing in a heavily regulated space: How do you build trust when no one trusts banks? Can killer branding beat the red tape? And what happens when big tech crashes the party?

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