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 ...
19 Sep 2007
| by Staff
PARIS - Publicis Groupe has acquired a majority stake in Capital Advertising, one of the key...The Delhi-headquartered agency will be aligned with the Asia operations of the Publicis Worldwide ...
Godfrey, chief executive of Publicis Asia. The aim of the move is to reinforce Publicis Groupe s position in India, where it already has more than 1,100 employees. All of Publicis Groupe s biggest brands ...
06 Jun 2007
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - Will Hamilton, the Publicis marketing director, has left the agency, which recently parted...to. Richard Pinder, acting UK chairman and chief operating officer of Publicis Worldwide, said ...
for Publicis, which began with the loss of its 27m MFI account at the end of 2006. It then lost its 43m Asda account to sister Publicis Groupe agency Fallon in January, as well as its 12m Post Office ...
29 Oct 2007
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - French marketing services group Publicis Groupe has reported third-quarter revenue growth...Publicis highlighted its organic growth figure of 4.6% for the third quarter, an improvement on its ...
.6%, compared with overall revenue growth of 7.5%. Maurice Levy, chairman and chief executive of Publicis, said: All our operations are performing well with the exception of Publicis Healthcare, penalised ...
10 Oct 2007
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - Publicis Groupe has restructured its Japanese operations by closing Publicis Japan...Most Publicis Japan teams and clients have transferred immediately to Beacon, a joint venture between Publicis and Japanese agency group Dentsu. Beacon is a top 10 agency in Japan and was established in 2001. It is 66% ownership by Publicis and 34% by Dentsu. Publicis Japan s L Oreal account and staff ...
12 Jul 2006
| by by Joanne Oatts
LONDON - Maurice Levy, Publicis Groupe chief executive, has criticised the group's lack...The heads of Publicis Groupe's agencies, a total of 130 executives, were called together in Paris at the end of last month to hear Levy tell them the group had created bureaucracy to "satisfy egos ...
's interests, not to mention the Groupe's interests?"
He indicated that like many other groups, Publicis ...
22 Jun 2007
| by Darren Davidson
LONDON - Publicis has ditched the group chairman role, held by Tim Lindsay before his resignation...Instead of replacing Lindsay, Publicis will appoint a UK group CEO and in a separate move, a managing director of Publicis London. Richard Pinder, the Publicis Worldwide chief operating ...
for Publicis, Publicis Dialog, Publicis Modem, Publicis Blueprint and Productif. The new appointment ...
04 Dec 2006
| by by Staff
NEW YORK - Publicis Groupe is understood to considering a bid for its larger US rival Interpublic...acquisitions Publicis CEO Maurice Levy will present to the French group's management and its board this week ...
of acquisitions" and in November ruled out Aegis, issued a denial of the Interpublic link.
If a Publicis ...
. It owns 15% of Publicis and could help it finance a purchase of Interpublic, which owns the advertising ...
22 Jul 2009
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - Publicis Groupe has played down worries over the impact of General Motors' bankruptcy...Normal 0 The recalculation follows the restructuring of GM during the bankruptcy process, allowing a new General Motors company to emerge free of many of GM's former obligations. Publicis said ...
remaining pre-petition fee receivables over the next few months." Publicis is due to publish its second ...
03 Dec 2009
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - Publicis Groupe is moving to integrate the management and support operations of its...acquisition of Razorfish from Microsoft in a deal valued at in excess of $500m ( 300m). Publicis Groupe has ...