It’s not that long ago that Omnicom and Publicis Groupe were trying to arrange a $35bn merger. Perhaps it’s just as well they failed because the two giant companies seem to occupying not just different domiciles but different universes. Publicis ...
Read More »It’s boom boom time at Publicis Groupe says buoyant boss Maurice Levy
Maurice Levy’s Publicis Groupe increased first half profits by 15 per cent (to €314m) on a ten per cent increase in income (€1.8bn) on revenue of €3.3bn. Levy (left) claimed organic growth of five per cent, allaying some fears that ...
Read More »Hollywood talent agency WME buys into Droga5 – so can Aussie Dave take on WPP et al?
Hotshot New York and Sydney agency Droga5 (and, recently, London) announced a few weeks ago that it was going to set up an international network. Which is all fine and good: but where’s the money coming from? In an ad ...
Read More »LBi adds Danone baby sites to search portfolio
Digital agency LBi has put on a stream of new accounts recently and it seems to be widening its already extensive repertoire with the appointment as search agency for French food giant Danone’s baby advice sites Aptaclub and C&G Baby ...
Read More »Honda kicks off pan-European digital blitz with LBi
Honda Europe is planning to roll out 96 completely new customer websites in 2013 and the first is launched in Spain today. Honda’s digital agency is LBi. The new web presence aims to consolidate product ranges onto a single centralised ...
Read More »LBi UK wins Carlsberg digital ad account
Digital agency network LBi is making a pretty decent fist of showing Publicis Groupe boss Maurice Levy that he was right to shell out all that money ($540m) last year – and maybe show to Omnicom that it was wrong ...
Read More »Scholl picks LBi for major website revamp
Digital agency LBi has won the assignment to revamp number one footcare company Scholl’s website. LBi, which won the business after a pitch, will start its website work in Italy. This will be supported by by social media activity and ...
Read More »Levy lays out tantalising glimpse of Publicis future
What are we to make of Maurice Levy’s musings about his and Publicis Groupe’s future? Levy hosted a confab in London (significant in itself as PG is really an Anglo-Saxon company these days) at which he promised two things. The ...
Read More »Omnicom has the same Europe blues as Publicis Groupe – only rather more of them
Investors prefer companies to be boring when it comes to announcing quarterly results and the marcoms gang looks unlikely to disappoint them. Omnicom has followed Publicis Groupe in announcing more or less ‘as you were’ figures for the first quarter ...
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