By Stephen Foster on May 31, 2012
Publicis Groupe CEO Maurice Levy told his company’s AGM that he was confident that Publicis Groupe would continue to outperform the market in the second half of 2012 despite the financial carnage in the Eurozone (with Spain now heading for the knacker’s yard) and clients trimming budgets accordingly. He also produced this interesting take on [...]
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By Stuart Smith on February 19, 2012
The only surprise about the dissolution of the Publicis Groupe/Dentsu strategic alliance is the speed with which it has happened. Less than two weeks ago, PG chief executive Maurice Lévy (pictured) was telling shareholders he couldn’t pay them a better dividend because he had to hoard every last euro in case the Japanese wanted their [...]
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By Stuart Smith on December 20, 2011
There’s an interesting ownership conundrum facing Bartle Bogle Hegarty and its 49 per cent sponsor Publicis Groupe. Here is what I have learned. It concerns Neogama BBH, the global micro-network’s Sao Paulo agency. Its founder, president and chief creative officer Alexandre Gama (pictured) wants to cash up the majority stake he owns. Neogama, set up [...]
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