Finance

Omnicom has reported steady Q3 2018 performance with organic revenue growth of 2.9 per cent although most of this has come from Europe and Asia with US organic growth inching ahead by just 0.6 per cent. There was a small ...

WPP is in advanced talks to buy the Financial Times’s London headquarters at One Southwark Bridge for £93m, continuing the trend of giant centralised HQs in adland. It already has similar operations in Amsterdam and Toronto. At the same time ...

WPP is putting a brave face on its loss of the Ford creative account, telling the world it’s been appointed as Ford’s “activation” agency. This includes dealer advertising (so-called Tier Two), PR, production, Ford work with a partner in China ...

Omnicom’s BBDO has won the Ford creative account with Wieden+Kennedy, which is handling Ford’s fall ad campaign, retained as a roster partner (which should keep BBDO on its toes). WPP, which has handled Ford for decades through JWT and Ogilvy ...

Publicis boss Arthur Sadoun and Publicis Media head Steve King have landed another big name – pharma giant GSK’s $1.8bn global media account. The business moves from WPP’s MediaCom and Mindshare and Omnicom’s PHD. GSK reviews its media every three ...

By Tom Perrett, international client services director of Talon Outdoor The airport industry is constantly innovating and challenging convention. Ryanair – an airline that isn’t everyone’s cup of tea – is a hugely successful business and does more than anyone ...

Agency Spy’s Revolving Door feature is spinning at dizzying speed these days as US creative agencies appear to be experiencing a cull of ferocious proportions. Today we have Publicis closing Leo Burnett Chicago’s Greenhouse production unit, CP+B closing its LA ...

Why are so many brands hopping on the wellness treadmill, and do customers even care? Weight Watchers has relaunched as WW. People are still going to call it Weight Watchers – ‘double u double u’ is a phonetic nightmare, and ...

Campaign has just produced its list of the best 20 British agencies (to mark the mag’s 50th birthday) and it’s hard to argue with its choices although one might question to decision to include media agencies. Not that they haven’t ...