HH Global swallows US giant to boost expansion plans
HH Global Group, the marketing activation company which owns a big chunk of Blueberry Wave, has now swallowed up one…
M&A
D&B lines up $1.4bn IPO to value business at $8.4bn
Anyone in any doubt of the value of data and analytics need look no further than Dun & Bradstreet, a…
McCann signs deal for Bristol agency Synergy Creative
McCann Worldgroup, the company behind MRM McCann, McCann Manchester and McCann UK, has acquired Bristol agency Synergy Creative for an…
Kantar begins buying spree with data-led consultancy
Kantar might be without a global CEO, having ousted Eric Salama last month, but it is ploughing ahead with its expansion…
2019 Review of the Year: Why data is now the real deal
Further proof, if it were needed, of the inexorable rise of data-driven marketing and technology emerged this year with a…
Kantar hunts chief executive as Eric Salama steps down
Kantar has kick-started the search for a new chief executive following Eric Salama’s decision to step down after 17 years…
Kin + Carta gets back in the saddle with $15m US deal
Marketing services group Kin + Carta is back on the acquisition trail with its first major deal since it rebranded…
Jellyfish signs deal with French group for global push
Jellyfish, the digital agency which earlier this year swallowed up former Callcredit shop Lattitude, has signed an investment deal with…
Dentsu Aegis bolsters Merkle with deal for data giant
Dentsu Aegis Network is continuing to beef up its data-driven powerhouse Merkle with the acquisition of a leading South Asian…
WPP flogs Kantar stake to Bain Capital in $3.1bn deal
WPP has finally offloaded a majority stake in its data and analytics company Kantar to private-equity firm Bain Capital, in a deal…