
IPG Mediabrands-owned Initiative has been selected as the global media agency for The Lego Group not even a month after news the agency had kept Amazon’s global media business.
Lego has had a hard time clicking with children as their toy preferences increasingly skew digital. The Danish toymaker said in September it would be cutting 1,400 jobs after sales in the first half dropped 5 percent. The Lego Group CMO Julia Goldin said the company was excited about working with Initiative to connect with parents and kids in “new, innovative ways.”
“After an extensive global review, we believe that Initiative’s digital-first approach, international reach and strong local insights will support our long-term ambition to bring LEGO play to more children around the world,” Goldin said in a statement.
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