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PARIS – Havas, the owner of Euro RSCG and MPG, today announced that its third-quarter revenues dropped 9.3 per cent year on year in the third quarter of 2009.

LONDON – JWT, the WPP-owned ad agency, has pulled out of the global UPS advertising pitch, citing a growing sense of frustration with the client.

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Advertising Agency: kempertrautmann, Hamburg, Germany
Creative Director: Mathias Lamken
Art Directors: Mathias Lamken, Simon Jasper Philipp
Illustrators: Marita Löcmele, Christian Endres, Mathias Lamken, Simon Jasper Philipp
Account Managers: Biljana Retzlik, Jacqueline Koch

Restructures at Guardian News & Media and News International alongside hires for a number of advertising and media agencies, make the headlines as Brand Republic rounds up the latest industry moves in the advertising, digital, marketing and media sectors.

(TrendHunter.com) A snow-filled editorial featuring French model Constance Jablonski in Vogue Russia has to have readers thinking about winter. Captured by photographer KT Auleta, the gorgeous Jablonski struts her stuff…

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Citing frustration with the client, WPP's JWT has pulled out of contention of shipping giant UPS' $200 million-plus global advertising review, according to executives familiar with the matter. Left as finalists are WPP sibling shops Ogilvy and Y&R, and Havas' EuroRSCG.

MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — America's obsession with age played out on-screen, and in front of it, Wednesday night.

Levi Strauss & Co. and Goodwill are working together on a new initiative to save billions of pounds of unwanted clothes and put them to good use. In "A Care Tag for Our Planet," the product care tags on Levi's clothing in the U.S. will include messaging encouraging people to donate their unwanted clothing, with the project expanding to global markets in fall 2010.

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Iron Man and Spider-Man have been known to trounce super-villains such as the Vulture or the Mandarin. But can they conquer monster trucks and customized choppers? The question will be answered in the days ahead, as the characters' owner, Marvel Entertainment, partners with Harley-Davidson, Orange County Choppers and Feld Motor Sports' Monster Jam.

After months of buzz and teaser ads promoting Windows 7, Microsoft finally unleashed the new operating system today, with a full-court press (big emphasis on the press): a "launch party" in New York City hosted by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.