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March 2012
HEADLINERS Stop Press
- WPP preliminary results 2011.
- Gunn Report 2011 names GroupM Most Creative Holding Company.
New Offers
- Ogilvy China and The Brand Union launch Go Logo! China.
- Hill+Knowlton Strategies' sustainability practice launches integrated reporting offering
- VML launches operations in Australia.
Insights
- kMindshare identifies Gen Y entrepreneurial spirit in trend study.
- TGI publishes 2012 product book with usage data from 62 countries (free download!).
- Kantar puts social media in context.
- Burson-Marsteller offers perspective on how to manage corporate reputation online in China.
New Business
- Burson-Marsteller China lands Dragonair and Cathay Pacific Airways.
- JWT Bangkok appointed agency of record for Thai Airway's new light premium carrier Smile Air.
- Maxus wins PepsiCo Foods digital business in Mexico.
People
- Shane Atchison appointed CEO of Possible Worldwide.
- Peter Knapp takes on newly-created role of Global Creative Officer at Landor Associates.
- Jim Joseph named President at Cohn & Wolfe North America.
Awards
- Five Group companies named in The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For 2012, in the UK.
- JWT Shanghai's Samsonite "Heaven and Hell" named the most awarded print/press campaign worldwide by The Gunn Report.
- VML and Ogilvy named Strong Performers in The Forrester Wave: US Digital Agencies Mobile Marketing Strategy and Execution, Q1 2012.
STOP PRESS
- Billings of almost £45 billion
- Revenues and PBT over £10 billion and £1 billion for first time
- Operating margin of 14.3% equals pre-Lehman proforma high
- Headline profit before interest and tax £1.429 billion up over 16%
- Headline profit before tax £1.229 billion up almost 19%
- Profit before tax £1.008 billion up over 18%
Four Group agencies named in Gunn Report for Media's top 10 Most Creative Agency Networks; GroupM named Most Creative Holding Company of the Year The global evaluation of media creativity, The
Gunn Report for Media 2011, has named GroupM Most Creative Holding Company of the Year. Mindshare, MediaCom, Ogilvy & Mather and MEC ranked in the report's top 10 Most Creative Agency Networks.
NEW OFFERS Ogilvy China and The Brand Union launch Go Logo! China Group companies Ogilvy & Mather Group/China and The Brand Union have joined forces with leading brand guru Mac Cato to launch Go Logo! China. This movement encompasses four different platforms created especially for China's branding and design community. These include a bilingual website
(www.gologochina.com) where visitors can learn, exchange ideas and showcase their best work through blogs, articles and interviews with experts, a video contest for young talent and a series of seminars.
Social@Ogilvy transforms business solutions with fully integrated global network Ogilvy & Mather has launched Social@Ogilvy, a worldwide practice connecting all of the agency's social media experts to deliver solutions across all areas of business. What was once a specialty offering within Ogilvy Public Relations has now expanded across all marketing disciplines into a dynamic, global network of social media experts from the complete Ogilvy family. Social@Ogilvy connects marketing, communications, CRM, sales enablement, shopper marketing experts and more to deliver seven big social solutions.
VML launches operations in Australia Digital marketing agency
VML has launched its Australian operation in collaboration with Y&R. The new office in Sydney is being led by Managing Director Aden Hepburn and offers a comprehensive suite of digital services across its core pillars of digital account management, channel activation, creative, project management, research and analytics, strategic planning, technology and user experience.
Hill+Knowlton Strategies' sustainability practice launches integrated reporting offering Hill+Knowlton Strategies has launched a new offering that will advise companies on how to use sustainability efforts to improve their financial performance through integrated reporting, a comprehensive method for reporting value, performance and impact. The firm's new partnership with Harvard Business School Professor Robert G. Eccles, one of the world's foremost experts on integrated reporting, and Eccles' firm, Glenelg Partners, will support this industry-leading offering.
Burson-Marsteller opens third Brazil office in Brasilia Burson-Marsteller has opened its third Brazilian office, which is located in Brasilia and will be focused on serving clients with public affairs and government relations needs in the nation's capital. Burson-Marsteller has had a presence in Brazil for 35 years and currently has offices in Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro.
Sudler UK launches Sudler Consumer Health With the role of self-care becoming ever more important and the OTC market becoming ever more competitive, Sudler London has launched Sudler Consumer Health, a new unit dedicated to developing and driving the value of health and well-being brands in the minds of consumers.
INSIGHTS Mindshare identifies Gen Y entrepreneurial spirit in trend study Mindshare has launched the first edition of its new quarterly trend series, Culture Vulture, which identifies the entrepreneurial spirit of Gen Y across 30 countries globally.The report, which was led globally out of the agency's Asia Pacific hub in Singapore, examines over 300 Gen Y entrepreneurial businesses across 38 cities including New York, Buenos Aires, London and Shanghai to understand how the youth's innovative ideas can inspire and fuel game-changing communication behaviour.
Culture Vulture is available here.
TGI publishes 2012 product book with usage data from 62 countries - free download! TGI's 2012 product book, based on its immense database of product usage information covering 52 product categories from around the world, from beer and potato crisps to headache remedies, has just been published.
Go to
http://globaltgi.com/knowledge-hub/free-data/ to download your copy.
Kantar puts social media in context Social media continues to challenge brand owners, marketers and researchers alike, all of them trying to understand and unlock its commercial potential as well as the business insight it can generate. The digital experts at Kantar collaborated recently on a series of thought-pieces entitled Social Media in Context covering a wide variety of topics relating to social media and their application.
Get the lowdown at:
http://www.kantar.com/socialmedia/ Burson-Marsteller offers perspective on how to manage corporate reputation online in China Burson-Marsteller China's social media strategy guidebook outlines an actionable framework towards online reputation management, crisis preparedness and brand communications on weibo - China's home-grown Twitter-like microblogging services - from developing a social media strategy to measuring results. The weibo guidebook shares B-M China's perspectives on how to plan stronger digital communications, track issues and listen to communities in real-time and mobilize corporate and brand reputation campaigns.
Visit:
http://www.slideshare.net/bursonmarstellerchina/bm-china-social-strategy-guidebook-2012-feb-en Landor asks "What is the future of the purpose-driven company?" Today, Nike seeks to make a Better World through sport, IBM builds a Smarter Planet, Starbucks preserves the resources of our Shared Planet, and GE proves that imagination can change the world. How can more companies walk the talk, creating business benefit and positive impact in the world through social responsibility (SR)? And what is the value of such a strategy?
Find out at:
http://landor.com/#!/talk/events/landor-brandfeed-purpose-branding/ Burson-Marsteller analyses social media influence in Asia Pacific B-M Asia Pacific's new infographic depicts variations in social media use throughout the region. Unlike other parts of the world, where Facebook, YouTube and Twitter dominate the social media landscape, in Asia Pacific, each market has its own usage trends, and sometimes even home-grown social networks. The infographic shows the preferred social networks in the region, ranging from Facebook to Wretch, a network based in Taiwan. It also looks at each Asia Pacific country's preferred social media channels based on monthly page views.
Go to:
http://digitalbursonmarsteller.com/2012/02/infographic-a-look-at-social-media-influence-in-the-asia-pacific-by-channel/ Ogilvy PR China finds that microblogs can escalate crises and scandals With more than 250 million microbloggers in China (a 297% increase from 2010), a white paper, Crisis Management in the Microblog Era, by Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide/China and CIC found that the pervasive use of microblogs has created a scenario where major public crises and scandals erupt with increasing frequency and speed. What's more, the emotionally charged tone of discussions on Chinese microblogs and the across-the-board demographic of users means that a larger proportion of the Chinese public is now not only aware of more crises, but are also actively participating in furthering their reach and intensity - a distinct shift from only a few years ago.
/wpp/press/press/default.htm?guid=%7b880b8032-57ef-4d97-a995-9e2f3d3b36ea%7d Sudler & Hennessey reports on the 'perfect storm' in US e-health There has been an incredible rise in the quality and quantity of medical information and health resources available for patients and a dramatic increase in the sophistication of payer organizations, yet it is the personal interaction between physician and patient that remains the principal interaction in healthcare.
Read more at:
http://www.sudler.com/global_ee/index.php/pages/our-thinking/healthcare-technology-perfect-storm-or-flood-of-opportunity
NEW BUSINESS
GREY:
Anheuser-Busch inBev; Belle - G2 Star Echo China
Mercedez Benz; Invida; Converse - G2 Korea
P+G (Fairy) - G2 Australia
Dermatix/Invida - G2 Malaysia
GSK (Cervical Cancer Campaign) - Grey-G2 Hungary
Panasonic; Vizcaya Cosmetics - G2 Brasil
MAXUS
Acer - Maxus Indonesia
Bausch & Lomb - Maxus Czech Rep & Netherlands
Boligrobotten - Maxus Denmark
Castorama - Maxus Russia
Cheaptickets.be - Maxus Belgium
Child Vision; Tattersalls; Triumph - Maxus Ireland
Datart; Lidl - Maxus Czech Rep
Ditecar - Maxus Argentina
DKSH - Maxus Hong Kong
Falcon Associates; Heng Seng Bank; Hysan Development; SSCS/Bank of East Asia; South
African Airways - Maxus China
Ferrero; Kruger - Maxus Canada
Fiat; Metro - Maxus Russia
PepsiCo Foods (digital); Huawei; LASA - Maxus Mexico
Matrix; Resort World Singapore - Maxus Singapore
Kaufland; Ministry of Economy - Maxus Poland
Morgenbladet - Maxus Norway
Omega (retail) - Maxus UAE
Scandlines - Maxus Denmark & Sweden
HARMAN
Harman - MEC China
MEDIACOM
Revlon - MediaCom Argentina and Mexico
Shell - MediaCom Australia
International Copper Association - MediaCom Denmark
Kuwait Danish Dairy; Apollo Munich Health Insurance - MediaCom India
ACP - MediaCom Portugal
Subway - MediaCom US and Saudi Arabia
Etihad; Kenwood; Skoda - MediaCom UAE
JWT
Del Monte Fit 'N right - JWT Manila
Smile Air - JWT Bangkok
Bahrain City Centre - JWT Bahrain
Syphax - JWT Tunis
Maatouk Factories - JWT Beirut
L'Azurde, Bawan - JWT Riyadh
Vodafone (integrated); Nokia (integrated) - JWT Cairo
YOUNG & RUBICAM BRANDS
Dragonai and Cathay Pacific Airways - Burson-Marsteller China
EndPolio.org/Rotary International - VML US
Brunswick - These Days Belgium
Transcash - Wunderman Dubai
Coca-Cola - Wunderman Vietnam
Davidoff - Wunderman Zurich
PEOPLE
Shane Atchison appointed CEO of Possible Worldwide.
GREYAt
G2 Direct Interactive Malaysia,
Nick Gordon named Group Digital Creative Director and
Karen Koay named Business Unit Director.
Fernando Alonso-Cortes appointed Vice President of Consulting and Planning at
G2 Spain.
Deborah Hankin appointed Executive Director, Head of Talent Management at
G2 USA.
MAXUSSimon Porter joins
Maxus as Asia Pacific Trading Director.
Madhvi Pawa appointed to the newly-created role of
Maxus Global Talent Director, from GroupM.
Nick Baughan appointed to the newly-created role of Managing Director,
Maxus UK, from Mindshare.
Matt Nunney joins
Maxus Australia as Head of Australia & New Zealand Search.
MECAndrew Chang named Analytics and Insight Director at
MEC Hong Kong.
MEDIACOMAt
MediaCom UK,
Claudine Collins promoted to Managing Director and
Josh Krichefski appointed Chief Operating Officer.
JWTMike Byrne named Chief Financial Officer,
JWT New York.
OGILVY & MATHERNeil Contess named President at
Ogilvy CommonHealth's New Jersey-based consumer marketing group.
Claire Pisano of
Ogilvy CommonHealth Payer Marketing named to the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame's first annual Future Famers Program.
Ogilvy CommonHealth creatives
Jonathan Isaacs and
Javier Elguero selected for the 2012 CLIO Healthcare Awards judging panel.
Michael O'Hare joins
RedWorks Asia Pacific as Regional Executive Creative Director.
Peony Wu named Managing Director,
O&M Advertising Beijing.
Lily Tung promoted to Managing Director,
OgilvyOne Beijing.
Nick Wong promoted to Managing Director,
O&M Advertising Guangzhou.
At
Ogilvy & Mather Philippines,
Randy Aquino takes on new role of Vice Chairman and
Leticia Matias promoted to Chief Operating Officer.
Leo Ryan joins
Ogilvy & Mather UK as Group Head of Social.
YOUNG & RUBICAM BRANDSMatthias Lufkens joins
Burson-Marsteller as head of its Digital Practice across EMEA.
Lisa Collins joins
Burson-Marsteller Australia as Director of its Consumer Brands practice.
Joe Sinclair joins
Burson-Marsteller UK as Creative Director.
Jim Joseph named President at
Cohn & Wolfe North America.
Peter Knapp takes on newly-created role of Global Creative Officer at
Landor Associates, in addition to his role as Executive Creative Director of the London office.
At
Wunderman, New York CCO
Nick Moore selected for the 2012 Grand Effie Award Jury and Germany CCO
Martin Riesenfelder selected for the Clio and D&AD juries.
Eithne McSwiney named Director of Client Services at
Wunderman Sydney.
David Petermann named Creative Director at
Wunderman Vienna.
Inge Dom named Talent Manager at
Y&R Belgium Group.
Antonio Nunez joins
Y&R Madrid as Managing Director and Head of Planning.
AWARDSFive WPP companies have been included in The Sunday Times list of 100 best UK companies to work for:
MEC at No 21,
MediaCom at No 52
Grass Roots at No 56,
Mindshare at No 73 and
Kantar Worldpanel at No 80.
UniWorld Group took two Silvers at the Atlanta Ad Club ADDY Awards for its work on Ford.
GREYMarketData G2 took two Golds for Heineken and Mais Pilates Studio at the Brazilian National Columnists Awards.
MECMEC UK has become the only media agency to be awarded the 3 Star Status Accreditation, the highest accolade awarded by Best Companies.
MEDIACOMMediaCom India took Gold for online display at the IAMAI Digital Awards for P&G.
JWTJWT Shanghai's Samsonite "Heaven and Hell" was named the most awarded print/press campaign worldwide by The Gunn Report.
At the MENA Cristal Awards,
JWT Cairo and
JWT Beirut both took Cristals for the Egyptian Tourist Authority and Heineken respectively. JWT Cairo also picked up four Sapphires;
JWT Dubai and
JWT Beirut took one Sapphire each.
YOUNG & RUBICAM BRANDSThe Holmes Report names
Pohjoisranta Burson-Marsteller Nordic Consultancy of the Year.
VML's work for Gatorade showcased four times in the 2012
HOW International & Interactive Design Award Winners edition and took Best of Interactive honours at the 2012 ADDY Awards program, AAF-KC chapter. At the latter awards, VML received a total of 32 ADDY awards, including 12 Golds and 11 Silvers.
VML and
Ogilvy named
Strong Performers in the
The Forrester Wave: US Digital Agencies Mobile Marketing Strategy and Execution, Q1 2012.
Wunderman Munich named category winner in the Jahrbuch der Werbung (Yearbook of Advertising) for Microsoft.