Press Releases

ANA client-side membership is overwhelmingly female, white, and heterosexual — but is more gender and ethnically diverse than CMOs at ANA member companies.

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has announced the launch of the CMO Growth Council in partnership with the ANA's CMO Masters Circle.

The 19 Crimes Infamous Tasting (AR/VR) campaign from 19 Crimes Wine, created by J. Walter Thompson and Geometry Global, was awarded the top prize in the 2018 REGGIE Awards competition.

National advertisers are so enamored with influencer marketing that a full 75 percent of their companies currently employ the discipline and almost half (43 percent) are planning to increase their spending on it in the next 12 months. Those are the findings of a new survey from the ANA (Association of National Advertisers) on how ANA members are using influencer marketing, which also revealed that of those respondents not currently using influencer marketing, 27 percent indicated they plan to do so in the next 12 months.

ANA client-side marketers are making strong progress in achieving gender balance among CMOs, but in stark contrast there remains significant work to do in attaining ethnic diversity.

The ANA today announced the launch of the Talent Forward Alliance, a new cross-industry initiative committed to inspiring and accelerating the development of exceptional talent to fuel marketing industry growth.

The ANA today announced it is acquiring another leading trade group, the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA).

A new ANA survey revealed that more than a third of respondents (35 percent) have expanded their in-house programmatic media buying capabilities, and have subsequently reduced the role of external agencies that previously performed the same function.

Mastercard and its ad agency McCann New York received top honors last night, winning the Best in Show award in the ANA Multicultural Excellence Awards competition for "Restroom for All," a spot celebrating Mastercard's support of the LGBT community via the company's installation of a gender-neutral restroom at the 2016 Pride Parade in New York City.

Category winners in the 17th annual Association of National Advertisers’ Multicultural Excellence Awards competition were announced today, and will be honored in November for their industry-leading multicultural advertising campaigns run between June 2016 and June 2017.

The ANA (Association of National Advertisers) elected 13 new members to its board of directors at its annual conference

The ANA announces a new summer internship program developed by the ANA Educational Foundation (AEF) for the next generation of leaders in the marketing and advertising industries.

The ANA names the 2017 recipients of its Rising Marketing Star Award.

Brands experience greater revenue growth when companies use a networked marketing structure with cross-functional teams, according to a new study form the ANA.

The U.S. marketing industry is suffering from sub-optimal growth and a range of other potentially debilitating issues, but the potential for recovery is in the hands of CMOs, says ANA CEO Bob Liodice.

The ANA (Association of National Advertisers) is launching a new resource designed to help marketers develop and enhance their understanding of data and analytics to fuel insights that foster and speed brand growth. Called the ANA Analytics Center of Excellence, the initiative was developed in partnership with Neustar.