Finance
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Michael Lee of Madam: why I ditched the Cannes adfest and went to join the procurement people
Michael Lee is a former ECD of Euro RSCG New York, handling Volvo worldwide. In 2012 he set up agency…
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Controversy at last from SMS in Cannes – client payment terms, PG Twitter deal, Aegis bad debt
We thought WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell had been a bit quiet at Cannes but it turns out he did say…
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Ever-acquisitive WPP buys digital outfits in New York and South Africa
WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell (left) is pushing towards his target of 40 per cent of revenues from digital with…
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Leagas Delaney swims upstream as it strikes digital deal with top consultancy Booz & Company
Leagas Delaney, the British-based advertising network has formed an alliance with Booz & Company, one of the world’s leading strategic…
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Indigestion for Kellogg’s as new formula Special K challenges consumers
Kellogg’s Special K has been one of those wonderful brands that surf over all the rubbish talked about healthy diets…
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Which UK brand can make you richer if you’re lucky enough to live nearby?
We all get accustomed to the power certain brands can have on society, like the queues snaking around Apple stores…
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Recession, what recession? The good times roll for M&C Saatchi’s top quartet
Original founder Charles Saatchi may be in the doghouse (he’s ‘accepted’ a police caution following a widely-publicised public row with…
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Chancellor Osborne pushes Stephen Hester out of RBS – might his next stop be chairman of WPP?
Comings and goings at 83 per cent state-owned UK bank RBS don’t usually engage our attention but UK chancellor George…
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Sir Martin Sorrell is wrong – putting media ahead of creative leads to bad and wasteful advertising
Sir Martin Sorrell stirred up some controversy in adland recently by suggesting media has become the lead discipline over creativity…
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