Stuart Smith
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PubliCom merger’s unanswered questions – who’s really in charge, client reaction and WPP’s response
Nearly three weeks on from the seismic news that Publicis Groupe and Omnicom are to merge and still no end…
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Cannes Media Lions awards dispute between WPP’s Sorrell and Omnicom’s de Nardis is also personal
WPP chief Sir Martin Sorrell has rightly been basking in the reflected glory of the Cannes sunshine. Three successive years,…
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Why Aberdeen Asset Management is the Intel of global financial services
What’s the biggest, most successful, company you’ve never heard of? Impossible to say, of course. But a good candidate would…
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Will new Brit at McCann NY (Chris Macdonald) be more successful than the last one (Nick Brien)?
Having, a while back, complimented Chris Macdonald on the improved quality of his tailoring, it would be churlish not to…
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Out of the COI frying pan into the fire of a fashion launch for brand marketer Chris Wood
For years, you’ve run your own brand consultancy. After successfully selling it, you step into the limelight as chairman of…
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Can former Publicis boss Richard Pinder’s new company be a new model for global advertisers?
After years of being a jet-setting senior suit in someone else’s service, Richard Pinder has decided to go global on…
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Team WPP’s Ford blunder reveals the perils of living in a creative bubble
What could be more timely than demonstrating the little car’s exceptional cargo-carrying capacity than three nubile women, one scantily clad,…
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Analysis
Telegraph’s 7-day tinkering just disguises the internet storm that is killing UK newspaper sales
The newspaper is dead, and the Telegraph’s decision to merge its daily and Sunday titles into a 7-day-a-week operation is…
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Does Nespresso have a clue about who’s to replace departing spokesman George Clooney?
So, Nestlé is to drop George Clooney – Hollywood’s suavest since Cary Grant – as brand ambassador for Nespresso, to…
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