Tag Archives: mergers and acquisitions

New research from Results International shows a significant increase in M&A deal activity involving content production companies, more than doubling from 35 acquisitions globally in 2018 to 82 in 2019. In the last weeks of 2019 alone, Blackstone invested £100m ...

It was a big year for MarTech and data acquisitions, according to independent consulting firm, R3, in their analysis of 465 M&A deals in the marketing services industry. The $33bn of M&A activity marked a 144 per cent increase in ...

According to new research from M&A and funding adviser Results International there were 237 M&A deals completed in the marcoms industry in Q3 2018, marking the most active quarter since Q4 2016. Dentsu and WPP were again the two most ...

Global marketing consultancy R3 has produced its review of deals in July 2017 and a pattern seems to be emerging: the big acquirers in 2017 appear to be Dentsu, WPP and Accenture. Dentsu is busily buying what we might call ...

The global mergers and acquisitions market in marcoms seems to be slowing somewhat according to new research from M&A specialist Results International. 219 deals were completed in Q1 2017 against 238 in Q4 last year. Several new buyers entered the ...

Mergers and acquisitions activity in the marcoms sector grew in 2016 according to new research from M&A advisor Results International. There were 1,023 marcoms deals globally, rising from 979 in 2015 and 972 in 2014 In Q4 there were 238 ...

It’s been an active six months in acquisitions in marketing communications with a 286 per cent increase over 2015, mostly driven by big China deals and big digital investments. A series of new players have also emerged with IBM, Accenture, ...

London-based corporate advisory firm Ciesco has produced its take on the 2015 merger and acquisitions scene, clocking 1105 deals in marketing technology, mobile, digital media, advertising, data and analytics and related sectors, a 7.5 per cent increase on 2014. The ...

Some transactions – even high value ones – are simple and one-dimensional. When you sell your car you want the highest cash value, you get paid and that’s it. Similarly if you sell your house: it’s about how much you ...