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WPP targets growth with digital services push Worlds largest advertising agency expects revenues to rise by up to 4pc in 2023 after suffering during the Covid crisis 17 December 2020 • 5:39pm WPP is eyeing a return to growth within two years by making a big bet on technology and online retail services.  The worlds biggest advertising group expects to recover from its pandemic-induced slump to record low, single-digit, revenue growth in 2022, before expanding by up to 4pc a year later.  WPP...

PREVIEW SUBSCRIBE WPP’s new investments will be aided by expected gross annual cost savings of £600 million by 2025, according to the company. WPP in recent years has consolidated a number of its creative and digital agencies to create a simpler structure, prioritize digital offerings and combine service offerings for clients rethinking how they reach their customers. “Rather than acquiring a legacy business, we want to make sure clients can get the most from their data,” Chief Executive...

By John Glenday-17 December 2020 12:00pm 4 things you need to know about WPP’s growth strategy for a post-Covid world WPP boss Mark Read has unveiled a twin-pronged strategy to recruit 10,000 additional staff and trim £600m from costs in a mission to outperform its rivals by 2022. The aggressive blueprint follows on from Read’s crusade to turn the business around by refocusing energies on digital transformation, creativity and consolidation. Here, we outline the gist of WPP...

linkedin Few advertisers lift the lid on the pitch process but Walgreens Boots Alliance believes its $600 million integrated marketing and communications review, conducted in the middle of Covid-19 and won by WPP, has created a new client-agency model that is “genuinely revolutionary” in several ways. Putting customer data and loyalty at the centre of the model, an “open-source” approach to technology to create “a unique tech stack” and a shared approach to co-skilling and co-locati...

Campaigns most-read news articles of 2020 A toilet prank gone wrong, the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement all made Campaign headlines in 2020. by Gurjit Degun Free email bulletins

WPP and Walgreens Boots Alliance on client-agency model that won $600m pitch Data, diversity, in-housing and outcomes-based remuneration were all on the clients agenda. by Gideon Spanier Sign in to continue Free email bulletins

It now plans to restate accounts for 2017 to 2020 to correct them. The fiasco relates to WPPs hedging of foreign currencies, something large multinationals do to cushion themselves against wild swings in exchange rates. WPP said it had for years incorrectly reported dollar and euro liabilities because its bean-counters had applied certain International Accounting Standards rules inappropriately. A spokesman stressed the changes were non-cash and nothing to do with trading performance. But a Cit...

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The Lists 2020: Top adland mishaps The biggest industry faux pas in 2020. by Staff Free email bulletins

Western shore of lake michigan in a place called watervale. >> its almost a sanctuary for them to go somewhere else in the state where they can just forget about the rest of the world and reconnect with themselves and their families and loved ones. >> florence worked as a bank loan officer. her husband mark, a mortgage broker, was also a well-known radio personality. >> mark unger had a sports radio show and was somewhat of a celebrity within their circle of friends. >> their vacation in 2003 wa...