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David Jones’ Brandtech Group has reeled in a major recruit just in time for Cannes. Former Facebook CCO Mark D’Arcy is joining Brandtech as partner and CCO. D’Arcy (above), said to have been instrumental in teaching brands how to use ...

Is another dotcom crash on the way? Shares in recently listed Baidu and Pinterest both plummeted yesterday, China’s Baidu after it posted its first loss as ad sales slowed and Pinterest because it lost more than expected. Uber’s float was ...

David Jones’ “brandtech” venture You & Mr Jones has bought a majority stake in Oliver owner Inside Ideas Group for an estimated $200m. Oliver, set up by Simon Martin in 2004, provides on-site agency/studios to a range of advertisers. Its ...

Some more clues have emerged about the intended shape of former Havas CEO David Jones’ You & Mr Jones, described (by itself) as “the world’s first brandtech group, aiming to build brands better, faster and cheaper through technology.” We already ...

Everything is up for grabs. New ideas are being put together, tested and learned from, and tested and learned from a little more, to get both agencies and clients operating at a higher level. Clients are looking at new ways ...

It’s been quite a while since France’s Havas was seen as a buyer not a seller in the ad market but things are changing. Vincent Bollore (left) has increased the family holding company’s stake in the marcoms group from 36.2 ...

French Tycoon Vincent Bollore, the biggest shareholder in marcoms group Havas with about 36 per cent, is offering a share swap in his family conglomerate Bollore Group which would take his share in Havas to over 50 per cent – ...

It’s more ‘out with the old and in with the new’ at Havas, this time at Havas Media UK where CEO Mark Craze (left) is off to spend more time on ‘exciting new projects.’ Much the same happened a few ...

While we’re all waiting to hear the details of the new social media /good works business to be set up by departed Havas CEO David Jones (left), we can tell you that he’s now available for television, advertising and brand ...