Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Second Verse, Same As The First? The Federal Trade Commission is trying again to present a convincing antitrust case vs. Facebook after a federal court dismissed its initial lawsuit for failing to prove the social giant runs a monopoly. The FTC on Thursday filed […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Scott Tieman, head of programmatic services, and Brad Herndon, managing director of personalization and marketing analytics, both at Accenture Interactive. Despite the abundance of consumer data caused by the COVID-19 […]
In-housing programmatic has gone from a nascent trend to the norm as brands seek more control over their first-party data. Sixty-nine percent of brands have either partially or completely moved programmatic buying of display, video and/or CTV in house, according to a 2020 survey conducted by the IAB and Accenture Interactive across the US, European […]
Subscribe to AdExchanger Talks on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud or wherever you listen to podcasts.Accenture Interactive has grown massively in the 11 years since its founding. Accenture Interactive has grown massively in the 11 years since its founding. The agency division of consulting giant, Accenture has annual revenue of $10 billion and is […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Accenture Ends Its Audits Beginning in August 2020, Accenture will no longer provide services around media auditing, benchmarking and agency pitches, Seb Joseph reports for Digiday. In ending its auditing services, Accenture will no longer face a conflict with its media buying services. Writes […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Raise The Roof Vice, Refinery29, Mashable, Mic and BuzzFeed are just a few of the VC-backed digital media companies that faced painful revenue shortfalls and setbacks over the past year. But newer news startups are starting to gain traction, typically in narrow categories – […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Scott Tieman, global head of programmatic services at Accenture Interactive. Many brands collect prolific customer data without having a clear idea of how they will put it to good use. That’s not […]
Martin Sorrell went on the attack in a fireside chat with Accenture Interactive senior managing director Glen Hartman. The S4 executive chairman fixated on Accenture’s operating and incentive structure and how much autonomy creative agencies maintained within its network. “Accenture talks about one P&L,” he said during the session at AdExchanger’s Programmatic IO New York. […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Scott Tieman, global head of programmatic services at Accenture Interactive. The death of cookies is beginning to have real impacts for brands, publishers and everyone in between. Ultimately, it will […]
If you’re still confused about what’s motivating global consulting firms to move in on agency turf, who better to explain than a longtime holding company executive who defected to the other side? Nikki Mendonça, global president of Accenture Interactive Operations, spent 28 years in marketing services, including 16 years at Omnicom. She left in 2018 […]
Accenture Interactive, the agency division of the global management consulting firm, said Wednesday it will acquire independent creative agency Droga5. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though Accenture Interactive claims Droga5 is its largest agency acquisition to date. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, Accenture Interactive said in a press release. Droga5, […]
About five years ago, marketers eagerly launched pilots across all kinds of emerging technology. Now that their digital businesses are maturing, they’re growing out of that shiny object syndrome and are looking to turn projects into revenue streams. For design innovation agency Fjord, that has shifted the focus with clients from experimental work to consulting […]
It wasn’t a surprise to most in the industry when Accenture Interactive said Wednesday it would formally launch a programmatic services unit as part of its offer to clients. The Accenture subsidiary has been steadily wading into agency territory for years by acquiring creative and design shops. While it hasn’t made any major acquisitions in […]
As holding companies slump, Accenture Interactive grows. The digital experience agency, a subsidiary of the consulting firm Accenture, grew 35% in 2017 to hit $6.5 billion in revenue, making it the biggest digital agency in the world. It’s acquired 20 digital and design agencies since its launch in 2009 to build up its offering. As […]
Accenture Interactive has made a sport of snapping up digital agencies and folding them into its organization, a strategy which has turned it into the largest digital agency group in the world, with revenues north of $4.4 billion. On Thursday, Accenture Interactive revealed it acquired MXM, the digital and CRM agency owned by magazine publisher […]
by Sarah Sluis and Alison Weissbrot Even the most sophisticated marketers need assistance crossing the Lumascape – or just figuring out what the heck to do with all their data. Since AdExchanger wrote its initial Guide to Ad Tech Consultants three years ago, new companies have emerged and those previously featured have added new areas […]
Accenture Interactive, a subsidiary of the management consultancy Accenture, is the world’s largest digital agency by revenue. The digital network has 18,000 employees in 40 offices around the globe. It brought in $4.4 billion last year, roughly 13% of its parent company’s total revenue. With projected revenue at $6 billion for 2017, Accenture Interactive ranks […]
Accenture, which has crept steadily onto holding company turf in recent years, has tapped Universal McCann, part of IPG, as its global media agency of record. WPP’s MEC was the incumbent. UM will handle cross-channel media buying across all lines of business at Accenture, including its agency brand, Accenture Interactive. Programmatic buys for Accenture will […]
Digital agencies aren’t shrugging off management consultancies as competition anymore. Some are even promoting their consulting chops as they compete in an increasingly crowded market. “Until this year, traditional agencies had their heads in the sand about the threat management consultancies were bringing to the market,” said Jay Wilson, director at Gartner and author of […]
While major change-management consultancies like Deloitte, Accenture and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have acquired creative and digital design agencies to get closer to the CMO, they’ve haven’t purchased any media-buying agencies. But as these consulting firms move deeper into the digital marketing arena, they’re building media-buying services as well. Here’s how Deloitte, Accenture and PwC are stirring […]
Make no mistake about it: Accenture Interactive is here to eat the agency’s lunch. “Our clients asked us to get in this business,” said Glen Hartman, Accenture Interactive managing director for North America, at AdExchanger’s Industry Preview on Wednesday. Clients are starting to look for “nontraditional service providers” that can tie multiple threads together. That […]
Agencies and consultancies are looking more and more alike. Tammy Soares, Accenture Interactive’s newest West Coast lead as of Tuesday, brings nine years’ experience as CEO of Publicis Groupe’s digital agency, Rosetta. There, she gained experience embedding consultants into agency culture. At Accenture Interactive, she’ll be tasked with doing the opposite. “I’m used to working […]
Accenture Interactive exec Matt Gay’s 14-year-old son has a strict policy – he doesn’t look at ads, period. “He will actively avoid watching content if it’s got ads,” said Gay, a senior director and digital advertising lead at Accenture. But that’s not because Gay’s son hates advertising, per se. He just doesn’t have time to waste […]
Accenture’s digital services group Accenture Interactive “never set out to disrupt the agency relationship,” said Bob Barr, its managing director and global B2B commerce lead, but that’s pretty much what’s happening. “Just from a digital perspective, we’re a [roughly $7] billion agency,” Barr said. “When I tell that to people, they just stop and go, ‘Huh. […]
Accenture Interactive, the $2.9 billion digital and marketing services arm within the massive management consultancy, sees itself as a new breed of agency. Instead of taking a campaign-based approach, Accenture Interactive instead blends commerce, design and analytics to make marketing more experiential. “If you looked at the old KPIs for grocery and retail, they wanted […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Nan Nayak, global design strategy lead at Fjord from Accenture Interactive. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a well-worn phrase that describes a connected future in which appliances talk to […]
As programmatic buying continues its steady forward march, many are wondering when and how data-driven media buying and creativity can be reconciled. According to Nandini Nayak, managing director of design strategy and innovation at Fjord, the analytics and creative worlds are gradually coming together. Purchased by Accenture Interactive in 2013, Fjord has 500 designers and current […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Baiju Shah, managing director for strategy and innovation for Accenture Interactive. The digital revolution is changing the business world as we know it, bringing with it a head-spinning number of […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Conor McGovern, managing director at Accenture Interactive. Fueled by the proliferation of mobile devices, consumers expect brands to deliver relevant experiences and fulfill their needs at every touch point. […]
The balance between protecting consumers’ privacy and reaching them with relevant targeted ads is a constant struggle for the online ad industry. And consumers experience a similar tension, according to several surveys published in recent months. After a December 2012 survey of 2,000 customers in the US and UK, Accenture Interactive found that 86% of respondents […]
