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The fundamental reason CMOs and their legions of marketers exist is to create brand loyalty, but this in and of itself is becoming an irrelevant and dated concept.

Increasingly, especially in Canada, it appears marketers are becoming devoid of brand zealots, who define and passionately champion and protect their brands.

This is partly attributed to the repatriation of packaged goods marketing to America. At one time Canadian offices of American multi-nationals recruited and trained brand managers to champion their brands in Canada.

Canadians are consuming more media than ever before. Although the weather as of late has made me wonder if I’m single-handedly driving up our national average with my Netflix binging, turns out that’s not the case. Canadians not only have more opportunities to consume content through the ever-expanding number of connected devices at their disposal, […]

By Brett Colbert, Chief Procurement Officer, MDC Partners During my years as procurement professional, I have been asked the same question time and time again – how do you work so well with marketers? Sure, the relationship between procurement and marketing has gotten better over the years. But, let’s put our emotions on the table […]

By Bob Reaume, ACA It being January, every advertising pundit and their cousin are busy doing their look at ‘The New Year Ahead.’ But because the ACA’s focus is on issues that matter to client-marketers, I think you’ll find this list a bit different from most everything else you’ll read out there. The ACA monitors […]