Chief financial officer Joanne Wilson says WPP is “encouraged by the level of activity” in new business so far this year.
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Q1 expected to be 'worst quarter' for WPP’s new business in 2026
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The 4 most-improved agencies in Asia-Pacific
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AGENCY REPORT CARDS: Here's why these agencies' grades rose the most overall across five different categories.
How is R/GA managing its new agency-consultancy hybrid model?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See R/GA's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
How did BBH remain buoyant after a big client loss?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See BBH's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Is AKQA a silent powerhouse in the WPP network?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See AKQA's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Wieden+Kennedy is proof that independence can be a powerful thing
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Wieden+Kennedy's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Is Iris proof that size doesn't matter?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Iris' overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Wavemaker doubles down on local-market focus in APAC
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Wavemaker's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
As Essence's APAC CEO steps up, how is the region faring?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Essence's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Zenith gets a bigger seat at Publicis Groupe table
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Zenith's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Grey Group doesn't think it needs a dedicated APAC leader. Is it right?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Grey Group's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Despite slowdown, MediaCom maintains ability to grow
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Mediacom's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Three years into its relaunch, was it worth it for Initiative?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Initiative's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Has VMLY&R pulled off a successful merger in APAC?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See VMLY&R's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Havas Media rolls with disruption, but is it prepared for the long run?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Havas Media's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Was bigger better for Spark Foundry in 2019?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Spark Foundry's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
How did challenger agency PHD face up to its own challenges?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See PHD's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Retooled and reorganised, Ogilvy looks to retain its dominance
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Ogilvy's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
DDB sees business growth, but culture issues arise
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See DDB's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
With an integrated approach, Reprise shows smart growth
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Reprise's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Beyond two major global wins, how did UM fare in 2019?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See UM's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Does FCB's growing global creative swagger translate to APAC?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See FCB's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
BBDO's evolution proceeds, but is it rapid enough?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See BBDO's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Mindshare puts the machines to work in a rebound year
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Mindshare's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Determined to be more than a mere agency, Cheil moves toward proprietary tools
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Cheil's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Taking stock of Dentsu in 2019 leaves a bitter taste
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Dentsu's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
M&C Saatchi carries on building in Asia, despite chaos at HQ
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See M&C Saatchi's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Vizeum's woes in Asia piled up in 2019, here's why
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Vizeum's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Singapore creative output stands out for Publicis Worldwide
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Publicis Worldwide's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Hakuhodo invests across disciplines and geographies, but to what avail?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Hakuhodo's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Creative cred established, where does Mcgarrybowen go now?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Mcgarrybowen's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
In Asia, can MullenLowe's mix of strength and suppleness work?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See MullenLowe's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Isobar's innovations dance to their own beat
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Isobar's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Leo Burnett's distinctiveness lives on in client work
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Leo Burnett's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
TBWA puts a feather in its cap
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See TBWA's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Digitas loses a leader, but not its edge
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Digitas' overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Can Havas Creative be more than the sum of its parts?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Havas Creative's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
OMD revamps processes, values in quest of top ranking
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See OMD's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Carat's fight to keep fizzy, not flat
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Carat's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Did investing in people pay off in McCann's product?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See McCann Worldgroup's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Why Saatchi & Saatchi likes to team up early and often
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Saatchi & Saatchi's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Wunderman Thompson tries to put merger challenges behind
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Wunderman Thompson's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Here's how a newly standalone Starcom fared in 2019
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Starcom's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Dentsu X navigates a turbulent year
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See Dentsu X's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Now a holding company with micro boutiques, is ADK on the right track?
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AGENCY REPORT CARD: See ADK's overall grade and our detailed report breaking down its 2019 performance in terms of leadership, creativity, innovation, business growth, and people/diversity initiatives.
Agency Report Card 2019: BBH
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Creative powerhouse BBH made news in Singapore when it lost its IKEA Southeast Asia account after five years of producing iconic work. Did it manage to bounce back after such a high-profile loss?
Agency Report Card 2019: Iris
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Challenger agency Iris doesn't just win on account of its 'infectious chemistry and energy'; it also makes use of smart, agile management to pull through a tough climate. See how it performed.
Agency Report Card 2019: DDB
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DDB was "reborn" in 2019 under the steer of global president and CEO Wendy Clark, but did her vision filter down through Asia?
Agency Report Card 2019: Essence
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Essence continues to grow revenue from its star client Google, but how is it faring in diversifying its client base, and how has it coped with Kyoko Matsushita's move to a global role?
Agency Report Card 2019: Carat
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A messy regional restructuring at Dentsu Aegis Network and key client losses appeared to spell disaster for Carat, had it not shown some innovative backbone.