Finance
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Ajaz Ahmed sets up WPP rival Studio.One
Ajaz Ahmed, founding CEO of WPP-owned agency AKQA is setting up a rival, Studio.One. Ahmed, who founded AKQA 30 years…
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New US EV Slate may be another headache for Musk
More not so good news for Elon Musk: there’s a rival indie US EV, Slate, planning to launch in a…
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WPP and IPG report dismal Q1 2025
How much attention should we pay to the first quarter numbers (dismal) from WPP and IPG? After all, we’ve yet…
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Musk’s Tesla needs some urgent brand repairs
Agencies have been arguing until they’re blue in the face that brand building is the key to sustained corporate growth.…
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IPA Bellwether survey paints a grim picture for UK main media
When the going gets tough the tough…run for cover, might be the motto of the world’s marketers despite being forever…
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Ad holding co’s new two tiers – Publicis and Omnicom then the others
Omnicom posted 3.4% organic growth in Q1 2025 although net income fell sharply by 9.7%. Media and advertising led the…
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Publicis Groupe begins 2025 with 4.9% growth – sticks to forecasts despite Trumponomics
Publicis Groupe has started 2025 more or or less as it finished 2024, reporting organic growth in Q1 of 4.9%.…
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Is space the next frontier for Out of Home ads?
As Amazon’s Jeff Bezos prepares to catapult wife-to-be and her pals, including warbler Katy Perry, into space in advance of…
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McDonald’s fights cost pressures with French slices of life
It’s always diverting to see how others live so this is how they consume McDonald’s in France, courtesy of TBWA\Paris.…
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