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Macroeconomic issues or a fall from grace? Explaining WPP's weakness in China
With WPP's 24% revenue drop in China among a revised guidance issued for the group, is the decline purely driven by macroeconomic factors or could wider issues be at play? Ian Whittaker explores.
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Q1 agency metrics: A closer look at financial patterns and APAC performance
In examining Q1 earnings closely, analyst Ian Whittaker finds common denominators: the resounding success that India boasts and the persistent challenges that China poses—both are shaping agency-holding companies’ performance in the region.
What do you do if you're Dentsu?
As a growing divergence in financial performance between Japan and the rest of the world emerges, Ian Whittaker explores if it's time for Dentsu to evaluate whether or not to keep its international assets.
Will 2024 in China be much the same as 2023?
Where companies could once rely on China to be the "engine room for growth" when it comes to regional revenues, recent economic pressures and consumer spend data are now indicating otherwise. Ian Whittaker opines.
Exporting to the West: The growing presence of Asia-Pacific ad spend worldwide
The implication is clear: Advertisers in the region are aggressively advertising outside their home continents. So, where is this ad spend coming from, and how will it shape the future of not just APAC, but companies worldwide? Ian Whittaker explores.
‘Chexit’: Is there a scenario where the agency groups leave China?
In light of the recent WPP raids in Shanghai, Ian Whittaker raises the question: Will pressure from investors eventually force agency groups to consider exiting the Chinese market?
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