Polaroid Corporation has granted its global US$100 million
advertising business to the BCom3 group of agencies.
Leo Burnett Worldwide has replaced San Francisco-based Goodby,
Silverstein & Partners as the agency of record in the US.
Starcom now takes charge of Polaroid's media planning and buying
business in all parts of the world except Japan.
Dentsu takes the account from Hakuhodo in Japan and the BCom3 majority
shareholder will handle media planning and buying.
Burnett succeeds the Polaroid business from Omnicom's BBDO in both
Canada and Mexico.
In Europe, BBH continues to take on the Polaroid business since it
handled the account in 1994.
"We look forward to cultivating a strong relationship with each of the
agency teams and to developing an effective positioning for the Polaroid
brand," said Polaroid VP and worldwide brand development director Daniel
S Reid.