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Speculation about a merger between French-owned marketing groups Publicis and Havas has re-emerged following a French media report. Havas pre-dates even the venerable Publicis although it’s now owned by Vivendi, controlled by French tycoon Vincent Bolloré (left.) Son Yannick runs ...

Havas, now owned by Vivendi, has reported Q4 2020 and full year figures, coming in towards the bottom of the ad holding companies with full year net revenues down 9.2% at $2.46 billion, compared to pre-pandemic 2019. Full year organic ...

Havas Media Group is restructuring itself around three divisions – Havas Media, Havas Market (ecommerce) and newly-minted Havas Entertainment. Havas Entertainment wil absorb existing brand Target Entertainment and content division Jump, which will keep its identity. Jump MD Nick Wright ...

Global skin, hair and body care brand Aesop has appointed Havas’ dedicated customer experience network Havas CX as its global customer engagement agency following a competitive pitch overseen by The Observatory International. Aesop originated in Australia and is now owned ...

Havas UK has reaffirmed its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion with the appointment of a new DE&I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) executive committee and the launch of a new charter, setting out the business’ commitments over the next five ...

Energy companies are never the most popular: hogging the headlines when they put prices up, forgotten by most when they don’t. French-owned EDF Energy (Électricité de France) is displaying its eco-credential in the first campaign from recently-appointed creative and media ...

Durex, via Havas, has been giving us a guided tour around various sexual options for a while now and now it’s turning its attnetion to anal sex, something it says happens 56 billion times a year. Trouble is, from their ...

RB’s Vanish – now dubbed a laundry booster” – doesn’t seem to lend itself to an emotional tale but that’s what it becomes in a new campaign from Havas London – ‘Love your Whites for Longer.’ For new variant Vanish ...

Havas Media Group has lured Patrick Affleck (below) from Dentsu X to be its new UK CEO. He replaces Matt Adams who left to join Brainlabs as global MD. Affleck was CEO of Dentsu X and, before that, president of ...