Finance
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What Brexit vote means for adland – bad or worse
As British PM Theresa May waits to hear the verdict of Parliament on her proposed Brexit deal (they won’t like…
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Williams Lea Tag expands with Popcorn Global
Williams Lea Tag (WLT) has bought Popcorn Global which it describes as an “end-to-end shopper marketing activation partner” offering point…
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US Army $4bn ad review heading for court again as WPP contests DDB win
WPP has joined former incumbent Interpublic’s McCann in contesting the result of the US Army’s review of its massive ten-year…
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Direct marketing pioneer Lester Wunderman dies at 98
It’s one of those ironies of life that Lester Wunderman, who founded his direct marketing agency Wunderman Ricotta & Kline…
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Under-fire Barclays’ ad review is a poser for agencies
Barclays is reviewing its £60m creative account after 17 years at BBH. The bank, currently under siege from a dissatisfied…
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Hirst moves to global role at Havas, BETC plans to go global
Havas has named Chris Hirst as head of its international creative network, working alongside Havas Media Group CEO Peter Mears…
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Roz Thomas: “Alexa, buy me some haemorrhoid cream….” and other problems in a world of voice assistants
We now know that the number of Amazon Alexa Skills in the UK rose by 233 per cent from 2017…
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David Jones’ You & Mr Jones hits the big time with majority stake in global on-site network Oliver
David Jones’ “brandtech” venture You & Mr Jones has bought a majority stake in Oliver owner Inside Ideas Group for…
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Sorrell hits CES to plug S4 – and push aside WPP exit
If there’s a big pow-wow going Sir Martin Sorrell will be there (CES this week, Davos to come – for…
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