03 May 2007
| by Mark Banham
LONDON - Publicis Groupe has launched a new global digital arm under the banner Publicis Modem...Digitas, which was recently acquired by Publicis Group for $1.3bn ( 653bn). It has led to the departure ...
, will head up the the new venture as chief executive officer. He will also assume the same role at Publicis ...
operating officer at Publicis, and will sit on the worldwide executive committee of the network ...
08 Jun 2001
LONDON - Shares in Publicis Groupe dipped slightly on the news that its stock had been downgraded...No further details were available, except that the group had retained its 45 ( 27.59) price target. Its shares were trading at 36.75 ( 22.53) at 3pm yesterday. Publicis is the world's fifth-largest advertising and communications group. It owns the eponymous Publicis, media planning and buying firm Optimedia ...
09 Jan 2002
| by Ian Valentine,
LONDON - French advertising network Publicis Groupe is offering an "extremely cautious" outlook...Publicis, the world's sixth-largest advertising group, started 2001 -- a year chairman Maurice ...
is also confident the group, which owns agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and Publicis, will reach its expected ...
to the executive management board.
In November last year, Publicis said it had been hit by slower growth ...
04 Oct 2000
French advertising group Publicis has appointed Jean-Michel Etienne as its new financial director...LONDON (Brand Republic) – French advertising group Publicis has appointed Jean-Michel Etienne as its new financial director. He joins from US packaging company Crown Cork & Seal, where he was vice-president and chief finance officer.
Etienne will report directly to Publicis chief executive Maurice Levy ...
11 Jan 2002
| by Gordon MacMillan,
LONDON - Publicis Groupe, which was this week again linked to a possible Cordiant takeover bid...factors.
Publicis remains the investment bank's top advertising stock and it said it remained cautious on other players in the sector.
The bank set a target price for Publicis stock, which is currently trading at 29, of 35. It said Publicis shares were trading at an unjustified discount to its ...
29 Aug 2008
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - Publicis has expanded its Phonevalley mobile marketing offering into Russia, which has 80m...Publicis Groupe agencies in the country. Kirill Pozdnyakov, previously a director of Russian mobile ...
of potential, according to Alexandre Mars, chief executive of Phonevalley and head of mobile at Publicis Groupe ...
the Russian mobile market is fully mature to broaden its communications channels to mobile." Publicis bought ...
09 Nov 2000
French advertising and communications group Publicis claims new business wins are behind record...LONDON (Brand Republic) – French advertising and communications group Publicis claims new business wins are behind record revenues for the first nine months of the year.
Chairman Maurice Levy said revenues leapt 55% to 4.34bn for the nine months to September 30, up from 2.8bn for the same period last ...
12 Nov 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
PARIS - The two French advertising giants Havas Advertising and Publicis Groupe are expected...Publicis is due to publish its results today and is expected to report that billings have fallen 2% for the quarter, according to analysts. This excludes its acquisition of Saatchi & Saatchi, completed last September.
Publicis CEO Maurice Levy said, "The most recently published forecasts suggest further ...
12 Sep 2007
| by Alex Donohue
LONDON - Publicis Groupe has acquired French independent digital agency Wcube, which the company...The acquisition for an undisclosed sum means Wcube will become Publicis Modem France, which became part of Publicis Worldwide in May following the $1.3bn acquisition of Modem holding firm Digitas. Publicis Modem France will be headed by Wcube s present co-presidents Xavier Gury and Thierry Vandewalle ...
11 Jan 2001
Publicis Group-owned Publicis & Hal Riney has slashed 12 jobs in its San Francisco office, blaming...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Publicis Group-owned Publicis & Hal Riney has slashed 12 jobs in its San Francisco office, blaming sagging demand mainly from its dotcom clients.
Dotcom clients eToys and Webvan ...
Discovery.com, part of Discover Communications, cut staff and narrowed its business plan. Publicis & Hal ...