Publicis Groupe has continued the good work of 2021 into 2022 with Q1 net revenue of €2.8m, up 17.1%, and organic growth of 10.5%, in line with 2021. By region North America grew 8.1%, Europe 14.9%, Asia Pacific 14.4%, Middle ...
Read More »Publicis bounces back in 2021 with 10% organic growth
Publicis Group delivered the goods in 2021 with organic revenue up 10% on Covid-battered 2020, up3% on the more meaningful 2019 including 5.3% in Q4. Data businesses Epsilon and Publicis Sapient were the standouts with 2021 performance at +12.8% and ...
Read More »From the MAA Archive: Publicis Groupe and Omnicom in $35bn merger
Actually they weren’t but that was what Omnicom’s John Wren and Publicis boss Maurice Levy intended in 2013, described here by Stuart Smith. As merger rumours go, this one didn’t come much better. Omnipub. Or more probably Publicom. But let’s ...
Read More »Publicis says it’s now a platform and brings in Sylvie Ouziel to make it work
Sylvie Ouziel has joined Publicis Groupe as its first “leader of Shared Platforms,” which might mean everything or not as much as it sounds. The clearly high-powered Ouziel (below) joins from Singapore-based tech company Envision Digital. She was also a ...
Read More »Chaka Sobhani wins top global creative role at Leo Burnett
Leo Burnett London CCO Chaka Sobhani (below) has received a well-earned elevation, to global CCO of the Publicis-owned agency worldwide. Liz Taylor is leaving the Leo Burnett post after just two years. The Publicis Groupe creative agencies in London – ...
Read More »Publicis launches Open Apprenticeship to attract less well off industry talent
Publicis Groupe is launching a new UK scheme to attract ethnic minority and low income talent into what it admits is a pretty middle class industry. The Open Apprenticeship will be an interactive platform offering an entry point for people ...
Read More »US boost helps Publicis end 2020 on optimistic note
Publicis Groupe kept its head above water as grim old 2020 came to a close, reporting organic growth in Q4 at -3.9% (better than expectations) and -6.3% for the year. The US, French-based Publicis’ biggest market, was the star in ...
Read More »Publicis Groupe’s Epsilon hit for $150m in data fraud case
Is the ad business, specifically the big data-obsessed holding companies, sleepwalking into disaster as they try to hoover up information about consumers everywhere? Epsilon, which Publicis Groupe bought for $4.4bn in 2019, has agreed a $150m settlement with the US ...
Read More »Is Publicis being lined up for full or partial sale?
Is Publicis Groupe up for sale? Seems unlikely but Campaign reckons it’s held talks with private equity – believed to be Luxembourg-based CVC Capital Partners. CVC has fingers in lots of pies, it controlled Formula 1 until 2016 when it ...
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