while United Airlines has picked a Dentsu Aegis Network team led by Carat and Merkle to take over from Wavemaker. Merkle will also take on social media, previously handled by Wunderman, although the latter

Another independent bites the dust. Dentsu Aegis Network announced the acquisition of global B2B network Gyro for an undisclosed sum. The group had been jointly owned by private equity investors and management.

subsidiary Vrumona at the end of this year to a new Dentsu Aegis unit to be named Red Star. Click here for a summary of other account changes this quarter or here for the full searchable database of account

Hot on the heels of its deal for Gyro, Dentsu Aegis Network added another string to its bow with the acquisition of US CRM giant Merkle. The purchase will fill a significant hole in the group's US portfolio,

or decline) in 2Q. Dentsu 5.9%, Interpublic 5.6%, WPP revenues 2.4% Omnicom 2.0%, WPP revenues less pass through costs 0.7% MDC -1.7%, Publicis -2.1%, Havas approx -4.1%. With the global Ford marketing

s local business to a newly created entity within Dentsu Aegis Network. With annual billings of around $400m on brands including Dior Parfums, Louis Vuitton, Hennessy and Bulgari, it has been one of Havas

In the news this past week: Agencies Dentsu jumped to the top of the class with a stellar performance for the latest quarter. Revenues equivalent to around $2.0bn represented impressive organic growth

MDC Partners reports later today; Dentsu next week; and WPP not until next month. WPP was reported to be in talks to sell a 20% stake in its collective agency assets in China to a consortium comprising

is said to have been split between VCCP and Dentsu Aegis Network. Omnicom's Doremus is reported to have won B2B. Mediacom has retained global media. Publicis Groupe captured global media for Lenovo

campaign a couple of years ago. In Australia, Dentsu X - previously Mitchells - was reappointed to Australia Post's media account. Click here for a summary of other account changes this quarter or here