New research: The Pace Principle – A CMO’s guide to effective marketing in Asia

WARC, the global authority of marketing effectiveness, has today released The Pace Principle, a landmark Asian evidence-led and mythbusting guide for marketers providing evidence of what works in Asia. Until now, most evidence underpinning core advertising effectiveness principles has come from Western markets. This ground-breaking research is built on consistent data from across Southeast Asia, Greater China, and India, to address common misconceptions that hinder businesses from maximising returns – specifically the perceived barrier that “Asia moves too fast for long-term brand building to work” due to the speed of…

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Global ad market growth downgraded by $20bn due to growing market volatility: WARC releases Global ad spend outlook 2025/26 Q1 update

A new study from WARC, the experts in marketing effectiveness, has found that global advertising spend is now on course to grow 6.7% this year to $1.15trn, a downgrade of almost one percentage point (pp) from WARC’s November forecast due to growing market volatility. A further cut of 0.7pp has been applied to 2026, downrating growth to 6.3%. The underlying factors for these downward revisions are wide ranging, but core among them is the rising risk of stagflation – or outright recession – across major economies, compounded by heightened costs…

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WARC Rankings 2025: Effective 100 – The world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for effectiveness

The WARC Effective 100, the ultimate independent global benchmark of the world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for effectiveness, and the third and final WARC Ranking, is now released. Compiled by WARC Creative, helping companies deliver creative marketing that works, the annual Effective 100 Ranking is an aggregate of the results of the most important global and regional effectiveness awards of 2024. The shows tracked are determined in consultation with the WARC Rankings Advisory Board and by a yearly global panel survey. Anna Hamill, Senior Editor, WARC Creative, said: “The…

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WARC Rankings 2025: Media 100 is now released! The world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for media

The WARC Media 100, the ultimate independent global benchmark of the world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for media, is now released. Compiled by WARC Creative, helping companies deliver creative marketing that works, the annual Media 100 Ranking is an aggregate of the results of the most important global and regional media awards of 2024. The shows tracked are determined in consultation with the WARC Rankings Advisory Board and by a yearly global panel survey. Anna Hamill, Senior Editor, WARC Creative, said: “The WARC Media 100 are annual worldwide league…

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WARC Rankings 2025: Creative 100 revealed – the most awarded campaigns and companies for creativity

The WARC Creative 100, the ultimate independent global benchmark of the world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for creativity, is now released.   Compiled by WARC Creative, helping companies deliver creative marketing that works, the annual Creative 100 Ranking brings together the results of the most important global and regional creative awards of 2024. The shows tracked are determined in consultation with the WARC Rankings Advisory Board and by a yearly global panel survey. Anna Hamill, Senior Editor, WARC Creative, said: “The WARC Creative 100 are annual worldwide league tables of…

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