Advertising Agency

Five companies to watch in 2012

Juan Martinez January 03, 2012

Groupon, Netflix, Sears, Draftfcb and Infogroup baffled and impressed us in 2011.

Boston Bruins name Arnold AOR, drop Mullen

Juan Martinez August 19, 2011

The Boston Bruins National Hockey League franchise has named Arnold Worldwide its AOR. The team, which won the Stanley Cup championship last season, previously worked with Mullen.

On heels of SC Johnson loss, layoffs, another strikeout for Draftfcb

Tony Case August 19, 2011

If an agency ever wore bad luck like a backpack, surely it's Draftfcb. What else can go wrong for this agency?

Omnicom specialty marketing, CRM grow in Q1

Juan Martinez April 19, 2011

Omnicom Group's first-quarter 2011 specialty marketing services revenue increased 6.6% to $288.5 million, compared with the same quarter of last year. Overall company revenue increased 7.9%, compared with Q1 2010, to $3.15 billion.

Canary Islands recruits locals to promote tourism

Mercedes Cardona July 18, 2010

With a European fiscal crisis threatening its main source of income, the Canary Islands tourism office asked its ad agency for something bold. The result combined the Internet, social media and old-fashioned door-to-door selling to send a traditional media and public relations campaign over the top.

Month after Meredith hire, Chrysler picks roster of ad agencies

Frank Washkuch January 06, 2010

Chrysler Group has hired four agencies to handle advertising for its brands. Last month, Chrysler hired Meredith Integrated Marketing to manage its CRM initiatives in the US and Canada.

Digital Insider: Patrick Moorhead, VP-director of mobile platforms, Draftfcb Chicago on mobile's growing prominence

Dianna Dilworth December 07, 2009

Agency veteran Patrick Moorhead begins his new role as VP, director of mobile platforms at Draftfcb Chicago on December 7. Moorhead spoke with DMNews about mobile marketing's growing prominence in the marketing mix, as well as some of the difficulties marketers face integrating it with a multichannel strategy.

Internet advertising to garner 15% share of global ad spend in 2010

Carol Krol September 22, 2009

Internet advertising will reach $64.7 billion next year, accounting for about 15% of global measured advertising spending, according to research from GroupM, the parent company of WPP media agencies Mediaedge:cia and MindShare. Ad spending will increase in both search and mobile, and the continuing ad spending decline in traditional media will increase Web advertising's increase in share, according to the report.