Is this inclusion/sexism stuff in adland getting out of hand? Colourful black-clad (yes he’s both) former Saatchi & Saatchi boss Kevin Roberts (below) – now “head coach” at Publicis Groupe – has been suspended for saying, among other things, that ...
Read More »New style Publicis tightens hold on Walmart
Is Publicis Groupe’s new “Power of One” – or POO as it’s becoming known in the trade – beginning to pay off? POO involves four overarching hubs: Publicis Communications, Media, Healthcare and Publicis.Sapient, the digital consulting arm. The new line-up ...
Read More »Shanghai surprises: VW reviews DDB in China, Publicis Groupe folds Publicis, Burnett and Saatchi into one
Volkswagen is thought to be on the brink of leaving long-serving worldwide agency DDB in China, its second biggest market after Europe. Omnicom-owned DDB has had a pretty iron grip on the VW account for 60 years although it’s been ...
Read More »Now MD Exon leaves ever-changing BBH
Thhe post-merger brain drain from BBH continues. Since Publicis bought the agency four years ago a host of senior figures have departed – messrs Bogle and Hegarty are still around some of the time – and now managing director Mel ...
Read More »Samsung opens a virtual reality world of storytelling in new global campaign by BBH
Samsung is launching a new global campaign ‘Launching People’ – through BBH, trying to put on a human face on virtual reality. It’s ‘discovered’ that a third of parents aren’t there to read their children bedtime stories – but now ...
Read More »Publicis Q1 numbers keep the wolf from the door but questions remain over Levy’s “transformation”
Is Publicis Groupe clinging on to its position as the third biggest marcoms company behind WPP and Omnicom – supported mainly by the extra revenue from its $3.7bn acquisition of digital consultancy Sapient – or ahead of expectations in its ...
Read More »Ciesco: IPG leads the holding company pack in 2015
Corporate finance advisory firm Ciesco has produced its review of the full year results from the big four marcoms companies – WPP, Omnicom, Publicis Groupe and Interpublic (IPG). IPG seems to be the narrow winner in a year of mixed ...
Read More »What does future hold for Starcom boss Laura Desmond as Publicis Media regroups?
Yet more violent uprootings of the deck chairs are afoot at Publicis Groupe as its new Publicis Media entity regroups under new boss Steve King, of Zenith fame. According to a report in Campaign, big networks Starcom MediaVest and ZenithOptimedia ...
Read More »Uber picks BBH for UK creative account
BBH has won rampant taxi app Uber’s UK advertising business. Uber previously used Creature for some projects. Such has been Uber’s performance in the UK – London particularly – that you might wonder why they need an agency but, every ...
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