Brands in a time of crisis: Finding your role during unusual times

Looks at how brands can and should help in times of crisis.

Marketing in the COVID-19 recession

This article is part of a series of articles from the WARC Guide to Marketing in the COVID-19 recession. Read more.

Uncharted territory

As the world stares at exponential curves and wakes up to the sheer scale of COVID-19, it can be difficult to maintain perspective, or even know what the appropriate perspective is. 

Beyond the immediate crisis, the concern is that all we see ahead is a recession of a kind we haven’t previously dealt with.  Recent recessions have tended to be short, sharp, shocks; limited to a region, industry or group....

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