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Media Agency Review Activity Spikes During COVID-19

Media agencies are the No. 1 partner that brands are reviewing as COVID-19 rocks their marketing plans. Sixty-three percent of brands are reevaluating their media agencies, according to AdExchanger’s 2020 industry outlook report. That’s compared to 56% of respondents reassessing their data partners, 44% looking at new measurement partners and just 19% reexamining their relationships... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // July 16th, 2020 //
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MDC-Stagwell Merger Could Be A Canary In The Coalmine For Agency Consolidation

  The holding company MDC Partners was already struggling before COVID-19 decimated the US economy. But a proposed merger by Stagwell Group, first reported by AdAge late Thursday, demonstrates how the pandemic likely accelerated the end of MDC’s run as an independent public company. MDC Partners and Stagwell Group did not respond to requests for... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // June 26th, 2020 //
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Why Agencies Should Embrace Zero-Based Budgeting

“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 Greg Paull, founder and principal at R3 Worldwide. Zero-based budgeting is one of the most radical approaches to cost-reduction, yet it has become the go-to model for big-name companies like... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // April 26th, 2018 //
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Pitch Pressure: Marketers Demand More During Reviews – Even When It Comes Down To Price

Agencies are calling 2018 “Mediapalooza Two” as brands review an inordinate amount of accounts, following a pattern that began in 2015. Since January, brands including Microsoft, Shell, Asda and Mondolez have put a collective $10 billion worth of media accounts up for review, according to research firm ID Comms. But this year, brands are putting... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // April 10th, 2018 //
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2017: The Year The Holding Companies Fell To Earth

The past year was a tough one for agency holding companies. WPP, Omnicom, Publicis Groupe, IPG, Dentsu Aegis Network and Havas posted little to no growth in 2017. The agency business has been in flux for years, but 2017 offered the “perfect storm” of challenges that caused growth to stutter, said Greg Paull, principal analyst... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // December 29th, 2017 //
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Agencies Rethink Pricing And Service Models As CPGs Cut Spend

The past couple of years have been tough for CPGs, as consumers move toward fresher and healthier items and ecommerce disrupts the way goods are sold. The Q1 earnings season has only reinforced the trend. At Kellogg’s and Kraft-Heinz, net sales fell about 3% year over year in Q1 2017. Mondelez grew organically a meager... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // May 26th, 2017 //
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Behind CEO Henry Tajer’s Exit At IPG Mediabrands

Last week, IPG Mediabrands global CEO Henry Tajer announced he will leave the company and head back to Australia for personal reasons. But executive politics and challenges facing media agencies also factored into his departure. Tajer, a 10-year veteran of IPG Mediabrands, became global head in 2015 after a successful stint as CEO of Mediabrands... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // May 11th, 2017 //
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