Dentsu Aegis Network has succeeded in defending Microsoft’s global media planning and buying business, which is one of its largest accounts. Multiple parties close to the matter told Adweek that the technology giant announced its decision earlier this week after a closed review first launched last December and initially reported by AdAge. Every major holding…
Accenture Interactive, the consulting behemoth that is increasingly infringing on traditional ad shops’ domains, has been chosen as Radisson Hotel Group’s global experience agency of record. The division will be tasked with boosting and transforming the digital presence of the hospitality company’s brands and hotels to improve its relationship with existing and prospective customers. Accenture…
Less than three months after naming Publicis Groupe as Mercedes-Benz’s new global digital and creative agency partner, German auto giant Daimler AG has launched a worldwide media agency review for the brand, a company spokesman confirmed today. “We are currently pitching to pool our media activities in major Mercedes-Benz markets,” the representative said in a…
Multinational cosmetics conglomerate Revlon is reviewing its global media planning and buying business, according to several parties familiar with the matter. The move comes approximately 10 months after the company consolidated both media and creative duties across its brand portfolio with WPP in the absence of a formal review. Mediacom, which initially won the North…
Weight loss and lifestyle brand Weight Watchers has picked MDC Partners’ Anomaly as its new lead creative agency after a review, according to several parties with direct knowledge of the business. “We have added Anomaly to our agency roster; they will work on global brand strategy and creative,” a Weight Watchers spokesperson said. The representative…
LVMH (Mo?t Hennessy Louis Vuitton) has placed its U.S. media account into review. Two sources familiar with the review confirmed that an RFI has been issued and agencies invited to pitch. It is unclear which shops are participating in the review. Havas Media, LVMH’s longtime agency of record, did not respond to requests for comment….
TriHonda Dealer Group, which consists of more than 60 New York, New Jersey and Connecticut-area Honda dealerships, confirmed to Adweek that it has chosen Horizon Media as its lead media agency following a review that started in November. It is unclear which agencies competed against Horizon, although a source close to the matter said some…
Nike has expanded a 36-year relationship with Adweek’s 2017 Global Agency of the Year, Wieden + Kennedy, by assigning lead creative duties on its Converse brand to the Portland-based independent agency. In response to queries regarding the business, a brand representative wrote, “We have nothing to confirm or announce at this time.” But multiple parties…
In an apparent cost-cutting effort, Nestl? recently launched a review to consolidate its entire North American advertising business with just four to six agencies, several sources have confirmed to Adweek. While the precise scope of the review is currently unclear, it does include creative and digital duties across some of Nestl?’s largest brands, according to…
Telecom provider Frontier Communications has handed its advertising account to Boston-based IPG creative shop Hill Holliday and its media arm, Trilia, after a lengthy competitive review that started last June. Search consultancy Roth Ryan Hayes managed the review. In a push toward integration, Hill Holliday and Trilia will oversee all creative and media duties, according…
WPP faces another significant hurdle less than a week after the departure of CEO Martin Sorrell as one of its biggest clients, Ford, has launched a global creative review. GTB, formerly known as Global Team Blue, is the Detroit division dedicated to handling Ford’s marketing business. A spokesperson for WPP referred to that organization, which…
Several months after launching its first creative review in almost 20 years, Dunkin’ Donuts has chosen BBDO and Arc Worldwide as its newest creative agency partners. Omnicom’s BBDO will be the chain’s agency of record, while Arc–part of the Leo Burnett organization–handles in-store marketing. BBDO will be tasked with handling all digital and multicultural marketing…
Retail giant Macy’s recently issued an RFI for its U.S. media planning and buying business, a spokesperson confirmed today. “Macy’s is conducting a review of its media account currently handled by Carat as part of normal practice to review agencies after five years,” the representative said. Joanne Davis Consulting is managing the review, according to…
Infosys wants in on the Accenture equation. Today, the IT giant announced that it has agreed to acquire 25-year-old Seattle-based creative agency Wongdoody. While the press release did not disclose specifics of the deal, reports from India, where Infosys is headquartered, listed its total value at $75 million including contingent consideration and retention payouts to…
W.L. Gore & Associates announced today it has consolidated its global media account for its fabric division, behind Gore-Tex outerwear threads, with Dentsu Aegis Network following a review that launched late last year and was handled by consultancy Flock Associates. Dentsu’s Gravity, Carat and Amnet agencies will work with Gore-Tex–used in brand products from Adidas,…
PayPal, the online money transfer company also behind social app Venmo, is said to be narrowing down on two finalists in a global creative review that spanned six months, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter. One source told Adweek the two finalists are digital shops R/GA and AKQA. The review was launched…
Take-and-bake pizza chain Papa Murphy’s selected San Francisco-based agency Mekanism as its agency of record, following a review. Seattle-based agency Wongdoody formerly served as Papa Murphy’s agency of record and launched the brand’s first national campaign last year. “We selected Mekanism because their unique creative ideas are designed to appeal to both our younger target…
P&G plans to break the model with a new agency model dedicated its North America Fabric Care business. “This is the next step of our agency reinvention activities where we are developing new models to get breakthrough creativity with greater speed and efficiency,” a P&G spokesperson told Adweek. “The Fabric Care model focuses on ‘people…
San Francisco-based bank and brokerage firm Charles Schwab has issued an RFI for its U.S. media business. This marks the company’s first formal media review since 2009, which saw UM San Francisco beat out Carat and incumbent PHD. “Schwab partners with some of the best agencies in the world to achieve our brand and marketing…
Home appliance brand SharkNinja has selected IPG Mediabrands’ UM to handle a large share of its U.S. media account following a review. “[UM’s] intense focus on balancing both the art and science of media is aligned with our growth objectives,” said SharkNinja senior director, global media analytics and DTC FP&A Ashley J. Eckerlin in a…
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