Publicis Groupe seems to have tightened its grip on BT from AMV BBDO with another effort from Saatchi & Saatchi, this time for BT’s overarching Halo product, its introduction to the much-trumpeted 5G among other things. May be a bit ...
Read More »Cannes entries is a reminder to Publicis’ Sadoun that AI-powered Marcel is somewhat overdue
No wonder Publicis CEO Arthur Sadoun seems to have more grey hairs every time a new picture of him emerges. It won’t be lost on the energetic Sadoun that entries for this year’s Cannes Lions are about to open – ...
Read More »Can Maurice Levy ride to the rescue of WeWork?
It’s a rum old state of affairs when the two of the liveliest characters in adland are well into their eighth decade but 74 year old Sir Martin Sorrell, currently disrupting away at S4Capital, has been joined in the limelight ...
Read More »Renault and Publicis celebrate 30 years of Clio with same sex kisses
Renault Clio ads are perhaps more famous than the car deserves, ‘Papa and Nicole’ (borrowing its theme from a porn film, or so legend has it) still resonates and then there was ‘Va Va Voom’ of course. Anyway the Clio ...
Read More »Publicis Groupe adds Nivea to growing list of wins
When someone tots up the amount of new business won by the holding companies in 2019 – in the guise of ‘research’ no doubt – Publicis Groupe will likely be top with a number of, on the face of it, ...
Read More »WPP wins big chunk of Axa media – Publicis retains creative
WPP’s Wavemaker media agency has scored a big and timely win with most of French insurance giant Axa’s global media account. Publicis has won the media business in Germany, the UK, Italy and Hong Kong. Publicis retains Axa’s creative. So ...
Read More »Peter Reid of MSQ: people, process but maybe not Publicis are crucial to holding group success
‘What’s going wrong at Publicis Groupe?’ is not a headline Arthur Sadoun and co would have enjoyed seeing splashed across the front page of this very site earlier in the week. But this wasn’t the only publication asking questions about ...
Read More »What’s going wrong at Publicis Groupe?
If you read the coverage of Publicis Groupe’s recently-announced Q3 numbers – organic growth going into -2.7 per cent reverse, with particularly big hits in the key markets of the US and Europe – you’d be spoilt for choice as ...
Read More »Rapid growth Accenture closes on ad holding rivals
Accenture is closing rapidly on its rivals in marcoms – the big ad holding companies – reporting $8.76bn in revenue from its Communications, Media and Technology practice in fiscal 2019, out of a total revenue of $43.2bn, 8.5 per cent ...
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