WPP buys Guangzhou's Dawson

GUANGZHOU - WPP has acquired a 51 per cent stake in Guangzhou-based agency Dawson Integrated Marketing Communications.

Dawson employs 270 people and is based in Guangzhou, with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Chengdu. Clients include P&G, Nike, Nokia, Yili Milk and Guangdong Mobile.

Dawson’s unaudited revenues for 2006 were RMB43.3 million (US$US$5.8 million).