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  1. Unboxing modern brand building in the creator era: Lessons from Effie Europe 2025

    The Effie Awards Europe celebrates one thing above all: marketing effectiveness. And this ye...
    February 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
    UBA Focus News 60 minutes
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  2. UBA welcomes 6 new members: Astra Sweets, Fost Plus, House of Weddings, In-Lite, NTT Data and Saxo Bank

    As of 1 January 2026, our community reached a milestone of 400 member companies, a number we...
    February 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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  3. Case study Effie Awards 2025: how Foodbag won gold with ‘Opscheppen met Foodbag’

    Foodbag, the Belgian meal-kit pioneer, won a Gold Effie at the Effie Awards Belgium 2025 wit...
    February 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  4. Trends in Social Media 2026

    In its 2026 report titled “Social with Substance & the Return to Real”, Ogil...
    January 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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  5. Forecast 2026: The consumer trends redefining your next brief

    At The Future Laboratory, our business is the future and for over two decades, we have been ...
    January 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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  6. What Matters in Belgium: The trends shaping consumers in 2026

    What matters to people and what does that mean for brands? It’s a question we explore ...
    January 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
    News
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  7. CIM boosts transparency in advertising

    Figures show that brands are allocating an increasingly large share of their advertising bud...
    January 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  8. Green claims: new EU rules approaching

    From September 2026, environmental claims will be tightly regulated in the EU. The ECGT Dire...
    January 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM
    UBA Focus News
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  9. Digital Benchmark: you can still participate!

    The countdown has begun! UBA is currently collecting data for the new edition of the annual ...
    January 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  10. Gen X: Uncool to Ignore, Expensive to Miss

    Generation X has never been particularly interested in being visible. And that, paradoxicall...
    January 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
    News
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  11. UBA reaches 400 member companies

    2025 has been a truly successful year for UBA. With 37 new member companies joining our comm...
    January 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
    News
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  12. AI didn't break leadership, it revealed how we think

    Step into the future with Rahaf Harfoush at UBA Trends Day 2026On 19 March 2026, digital ant...
    January 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  13. There is a huge market for tech that doesn't suck

    On 19 March 2026, Meredith Whittaker (president Signal) will take to the stage at the U...
    January 13, 2026 at 8:30 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  14. Start 2026 strong. Don’t miss out on the benefits of being a UBA member.

    If your company is a member of UBA, then you are too. But do you actually know what that mea...
    January 13, 2026 at 8:30 AM
    News
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  15. Revenue Growth Management in 2026: precision, purpose, and profitability

    After several years of inflation, volatility, and disrupted consumer behavior, Revenue Growt...
    January 13, 2026 at 8:30 AM
    News
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  16. Olympic Winter Games 2026: what you need to know as a brand

    Soon it will be that time again: the Olympic Winter Games will take place from 6 to 22 Febru...
    December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
    News
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  17. 2026 media budgets: confidently moving forward

    As marketers navigate economic uncertainty, the 2026 WFA & Ebiquity Media Budgets S...
    December 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  18. Media trends 2026: streaming and AI reshape media strategy 

    At the recent UBA Exchange Community on 3 December, Bart De Pauw (WPP Media) share...
    December 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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  19. 9 Customer experience trends for 2026 and beyond

    Customer experience is entering a new phase. Not an incremental one, but a structural shift....
    December 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  20. Advertising : the engine of growth and media

    A new study by Ortelius, the consulting branch of the Econopolis Group, commissioned by the ...
    December 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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  21. The future of growth: unlocking the CMO-CIO partnership

    It was only in 2023 that GenAI became widely accessible, and by 2024 experimentation was eve...
    December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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  22. Marketing and IT: how L’Oréal builds shared governance for innovation

    During a recent UBA session in partnership with WPP and the Institute for Real Growth (IRG),...
    December 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  23. Making advertising accessible to all

    Advertising accessibility is becoming a shared priority. RMB h...
    December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
    UBA Focus News Publications
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  24. Time to take back control

    At the “Advertising: Who Cares?” Summit held in London on 16 October 2025, Nick ...
    December 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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  25. How can you adapt to the rise of zero-click search?

    On 21 November 2025, the UBA Exchange Community Content explored the revolution of zero clic...
    December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  26. Food advertising: looking ahead to 2026

    As of 1 January 2026, the Belgian Food Advertising Code will come into force. Advertisers, a...
    December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  27. Why influencers are becoming increasingly essential in a marketing plan

    During the UBA Exchange Community Content on 13 November, leading voices from Ogilvy Social....
    December 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
    News
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  28. Promotions: Friend or Foe? 

    Are manufacturers and retailers better off with or without promotions? To answer this questi...
    November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  29. How AI is already transforming the landscape of paid search

    During a “60 minutes” session, Jonas Geiregat, Senior Business Consultant at Sem...
    November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
    UBA Focus News 60 minutes
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  30. Puratos, Windocare and Aurélie Denayer, winners of the Belgian Marketing Awards

    Puratos, Windocare and Aurélie Denayer (Proximus) are the major winners of the sixth ...
    November 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
    News
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  31. UBA welcomes 6 new members: Bank J. Van Breda, Bozar, ClickTrust, Extra Shop, Versele-Laga and YouGov

    What these companies have in common is their shared ambition to build stronger brands and th...
    November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
    News
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  32. Dare to believe in showmanship again

    At the UBA Media Date on 26 August, Andrew Tindall (System1) shared his insights on why medi...
    November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  33. How search habits are evolving

    During a “60 minutes” session, Cédric Cauderlier, Lead Digital Strategist...
    October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
    UBA Focus News
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  34. Media costs: gradual slowdown

    As brands gear up for 2026, the latest WFA Outlook report offers a snapshot of how media cos...
    October 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
    News
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  35. Is your online visibility at risk? How AI search is changing organic traffic

    Organic search is going through a true revolution. With the rise of generative AI and shifti...
    October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  36. Why marketers need both guts and patience

    During the UBA Media Date on 26 August, Magda Nenycz-Thiel from the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute...
    October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  37. Sustainable consumption: awareness is not enough

    Every year, brands, public authorities and NGOs spend millions raising awareness about susta...
    October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  38. ToVA redefines videoplanning

    The CIM (Center for Information about Media) updates its Total Video Advertising tool, givin...
    October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  39. Connecting with customers and measuring impact

    Media remains one of the most significant and complex areas of marketing investment. It play...
    October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
    UBA Focus News
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  40. BMW customer experience: where innovation and service come together

    At BMW, everything revolves around experience: not only the car itself, but also the feeling...
    October 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
    News
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