Florida-based retailer ABC Fine Wine and Spirits is a “proud supporter” of Dry January, with a new ad that encourages consumers to skip the velvety cabernets, crisp IPAs and complex whiskeys it stocks on its shelves. Wait, really? No, of course not. The campaign, from indie agency Bacon & Eggs, is a charming example of…
If Omnicom’s plan to acquire rival Interpublic (IPG) goes through, the new advertising conglomerate will tower above all others in the industry, in terms of both total revenue and employees. Not everyone is happy about it. Recent survey data shows a larger percentage of marketers disapprove of the merger (27%) than approve (15%). The online…
“Well, 2024 sure has been a year” seems to be the prevailing sentiment. Well, we’re setting the negativity aside because even if everything didn’t break our way this year, the great thing about being reporters is that if we feel strongly about something, we get to put it in the spotlight. Sure, we broke news….
Mergers and acquisitions—it’s one way to grow a company beholden to its shareholders. Ad industry holding companies know all about it, given that they regularly acquire and then “hold” what were once independent and innovate agencies. Earlier this month in what could become the merger of all mergers, Omnicom announced its intentions to acquire Interpublic […]
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Holiday shoppers in Manhattan are being met with different sort of pitch this year, one that asks them to open their hearts and minds, not their wallets. DeVito/Verdi has a lot of experience working with healthcare concerns and pitching in to help cause-based organizations. In the agency’s latest campaign for LiveOnNY—the organ procurement organization for […]
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The data unit Epsilon has emerged as one of Publicis Groupe’s biggest weapons of its recent success, helping its stock soar nearly 70% since the beginning of 2023. “Epsilon and Publicis Media operation are now totally intertwined and at the heart of our connected media ecosystem,” CEO Arthur Sadoun told investors in its Q3 earnings…
Omnicom Media Group (OMG) is bringing on PHD exec Katie Klein as chief investment officer, it shared with ADWEEK. Klein previously held the same role at subsidiary PHD USA. In her three years there, she built an integrated investment arm serving clients including Burger King, Delta Airlines, Diageo, Priceline, Uber, and Volkswagen Group. Prior to…
Former IPG and Amazon Ads exec Amy Armstrong will join Publicis Groupe as chief revenue officer, a new role at the holding company, on March 1. Armstrong joins from Amazon Ads, where she was director of global customer development since June 2022, following five years as CEO of IPG Mediabrands’ Initiative. Prior to that, she…
Twenty years ago, I sold my namesake agency I founded at age 27 to Edelman. At the time, many accused me of being a sellout, but the truth is I would have sold out had I not sold the agency. I never intended to establish a shop of my own. But after a rather chilling…
Tools of the Trade is a feature to help highlight the many tools that help make advertising and marketing folks successful. The tools can be anything that helps people perform at their top form, from a favorite drafting table to the best software program to a lucky pen, a vintage typewriter or a pair of…
For Greg Hahn, co-founder and chief creative officer of Mischief @ No Fixed Address, the riskiest thing a brand can do is be “ignorable.” Mischief’s own brand of creativity has been hard to ignore the past few years. Producing brave work for clients, from Goldfish’s “Chilean Sea Bass” rebrand to Coors Light’s “Time Capsule” spot,…
WPP boss Mark Read has described Omnicom Group’s acquisition of Interpublic Group (IPG) as a “moment of opportunity” for the U.K.-based ad network, urging employees to keep delivering for clients “without distractions.” “Clients will not have missed the fact that, in the last week or two, several of our competitors have spent a lot of…
Havas is now officially an independent, publicly traded business following a successful spin-off from parent company Vivendi. On Monday (Dec. 16), the agency network debuted on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange with a valuation of $2.6 billion (EUR2.5 billion). Havas has been under Vivendi’s management since its acquisition in 2017, operating alongside sister companies including French…
Amidst the news of Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group’s (IPG) merger, IPG agency Deutsch announced it is promoting four department leaders to its C-suite. Ivan Perez-Armendariz will become chief digital officer; Heide Peper Hays will become chief data and intelligence officer; Diego de la Maza will become chief production officer; and Lauren Tetuan will become…
Men’s grooming brand Duke Cannon has selected Quality Meats as its creative agency of record (AOR), it exclusively told ADWEEK. The agency will collaborate with the brand’s internal team to develop campaigns that will “provide a fresh new take on men’s grooming,” according to a statement. Duke Cannon declined to disclose the size of its…
Tools of the Trade is a feature to help highlight the many tools that help make advertising and marketing folks successful. The tools can be anything that helps people perform at their top form, from a favorite drafting table to the best software program to a lucky pen, a vintage typewriter or a pair of…
IPG Mediabrands plans to lay off 103 people on Jan. 2., according to a WARN notice filed in the state of California. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires companies with 100 or more employees to provide notifications of facility closures or mass layoffs 60 calendar days in advance. IPG Mediabrands filed the WARN…
As much as the story has generated a lot of buzz, I find the news of Omnicom’s acquisition of IPG to be unsurprising and part of the natural order. I am sad for the great agency legacies that will be mothballed. I am sad for the jobs that will be cut. I am sad that…
The recent announcement of Omnicom’s acquisition of IPG got me thinking about my early days working for both holding companies. I started my career in media at BBDO, buying television. Back then, media and creative worked together under one roof, and holding companies were only beginning to consolidate their power. It was a simpler time…
On December 13, 1996, Miller Beer pulled all its business out of Leo Burnett, literally overnight. Officially, it was about lackluster sales, but rumors abounded that Miller discovered a subsidiary of Burnett had taken a small project from Anheuser-Busch, and Miller was livid. Now that holding companies own a huge part of the advertising landscape,…
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