As we reported earlier this week, Omnicom is indeed planning to relocate its big three UK agencies – AMV/BBDO, Adam&Eve/DDB and TBWA in a huge new 370,000 square feet block at 2/3 Bankside in London’s Southwark area. Which should make ...
Read More »Omnicom agencies to move into giant London HQ
Omnicom is close to securing 370,000 sq. ft. of office space in London’s newly-fashionable South Bank area, the former RBS office at 2/3 Bankside, just off Southwark Street south of the River Thames. The US-owned marcoms giant has been looking ...
Read More »WPP and Ogilvy claim Cannes 2014 network crowns
Cannes 2014: WPP is claiming the crown as ‘holding company of the year’ at Cannes 2014 and says that its star network, Ogilvy & Mather, is the highest-scoring network for the third year in a row, beating Omnicom’s BBDO once ...
Read More »Post-merger blues may prompt changes at Omnicom
The sighs of relief in Omnicom-owned agencies were loud when the merger with Publicis Groupe was called off (as, no doubt, they were in the PG equivalents). Not so, of course, at the two companies’ respective HQs. But it might ...
Read More »Omnicom’s TBWA buys majority in Germany’s Heimat
Omnicom, still licking its wounds (or maybe breathing a sigh of relief) after the failure of its merger with Publicis Groupe, has produce a timely acquisition all of its own – Germany’s agency of the year Heimat, which employs over ...
Read More »It’s official – Omnicom/Publicis merger is off
Omnicom and Publicis Groupe have called off their mega-merger, which would have created a $35bn marcoms supergroup. The two have released the following statement: PUBLICIS AND OMNICOM AGREE TO TERMINATE PROPOSED MERGER OF EQUALS Publicis Groupe S.A. (Euronext Paris: PUB) ...
Read More »Omnicom/Publicis merger growing less likely by the day
The entente cordiale between Omniconm and Publicis Groupe seems to be becoming less cordiale by the day as stories emerge that the two parties have fallen out over who should be the CFO, with Omnicom’s John Wren adamant his finance ...
Read More »Samsung’s $14bn global ad review might reveal a shortage of credible contenders
Samsung does, indeed, seem to be reviewing its global ad and media accounts although the company – par for the course – isn’t saying anything. Samsung sometimes takes week, even months, to approve a press release which usually means it ...
Read More »US boss Peter Sherman in shock exit from JWT – is Omnicom still a nicer place to work than WPP?
I see that Peter Sherman (left), recently promoted to North America boss of JWT after just a few months as CEO of JWT New York, has exited back to Omnicom – in sone rather vague VP role but one with ...
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