It’s been a particularly busy couple of weeks for Wunderman, one of the largest digital agencies in the WPP network of companies. Since the beginning of June, the company has: acquired an agency in Spain called The Cocktail; forged a partnership with Salmon, a U.K. based commerce agency that is also part of the WPP network, to create… read more >
The largest global agency holding companies – Dentsu Aegis, IPG, Omnicom, Publicis, and WPP – are competing more fiercely than ever in the face of multiple challenges. Three of the biggest challenges include downward pricing pressure for services, clients investing in building in-house agencies to replace external partners (i.e. Unilever), and increasing competition from systems… read more >
Around this time last year, media conglomerate Publicis Groupe released a video of CEO Maurice Levy on YouTube. Levy explained that the company was moving to a more client-centric organizational model comprised of four divisions: Publicis Communications, Publicis Media, Publicis.Sapient, and Publicis Health. As Digital Clarity Group noted in an analysis of the announcement, the idea of… read more >
My analyst colleague Tiffany Elliot has done a great job summarizing Maurice Levy’s recent YouTube announcement of a major reorganization for the holding company Publicis Groupe and its many subsidiary brands. She locates and analyzes the significant cultural and processes changes that will be necessary — and perhaps impossible. On the basis of the announcement… read more >
Each month, we put together a topical list of new & noteworthy happenings in the world of Service Providers. Look for information about digital agencies, creative shops, systems integrators, consulting firms, and everything in between. Here’s what’s been happening in the World of Service Providers – and why it matters – for the month of… read more >
Digital Disruption Forces Change, 2015 And Beyond. In 2014 many of the significant business technology trends were gradual and predictable — like the continued growth of cloud, analytics and big data, and the consumerization of IT. Other trends, such as the internet of things, seized everyone’s imagination (if not their wallets) while previous darlings from… read more >
There is a wonderful quote from the French poet Anatole France that goes “J’ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de l’indifférence”. Translated it is “I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the wisdom of indifference.” In what was certainly a folly of enthusiasm, as well as apparently starting out as a joke,… read more >
Microsoft has an eye-popping $1.3 billion marketing budget, according to a recent AdAge article, and is now undergoing a strategic review of its agency relationships. The article noted that incumbents that will be vying for this business include Publicis (who in turn recently announced a merger with rival Omnicom), WPP, and Interpublic. One can only… read more >
