Finance
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So what’s so good about AMV/BBDO?
And why should we inquire? Well, according to the new Campaign/Nielsen list of UK agency billings AMV/BBDO remains top dog…
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Vodafone’s decision to pull out of Formula One may be only a short-lived opportunity for its ad agencies
Vodafone is pulling out of Formula One after sponsoring the McLaren team since 2007 (and before that Ferrari). The company…
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Telegraph’s 7-day tinkering just disguises the internet storm that is killing UK newspaper sales
The newspaper is dead, and the Telegraph’s decision to merge its daily and Sunday titles into a 7-day-a-week operation is…
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How the Brits can break into the Chinese market
They do it differently in China, especially in the luxury car business. Chinese buyers like sitting in the back –…
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Michael Roth’s Interpublic finds itself back on the takeover menu – the a la carte version
Then there were three? There are four big marcoms holding companies (if you exclude Dentsu which is still 90 per…
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Tesco and W+K dive into new supermarket price war with attack on Sainsbury’s Brand Match
Tesco CEO Phil Clarke is a combative type and now Tesco is launching a new ‘price promise,’ a version of…
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WPP’s Sorrell and shareholders limber up for annual pay fist fight
This one is becoming a hardy perennial – according to the Sunday Times WPP investors are (once again) revolting over…
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Was the great HSBC ad review just the bank’s way of putting a rocket under JWT and WPP?
So, what was all that about? HSBC’s group marketing director Chris Clark (left) calls a review of the “£400m” (actually…
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KMP founder Michael Manton dies at 86
I learned today that Michael Manton, one of the founders of famous 1960s agency KMP, has died aged 86. Michael…
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