and HJ Heinz. In 1928, Ayer won the account for Ford's Model-A car, and at Henry Ford's urging began to establish an international network to handle the account. Offices were opened in London, Montreal,

addition to her already bulging endorsement portfolio is Ford's luxury marque Lincoln. This rather handsome spot broke last night during the Grammys; thus its strong musical theme. Longtime WPP agency

Exxon, Ford, IBM and Coca-Cola combined in the US. With sales of just under CHF 30bn (around €28bn) in 2020 it is one of the world's top retailers. Yet it is virtually unknown outside Switzerland -

sister shop Blue Hive to take over control of the local Ford account. Chris Jordan, Y&R's president & CEO since 2002, left the agency abruptly soon afterwards and was temporarily succeeded by a five person

which handles marketing for the Ford and (until recently) Lincoln auto brands. However its profile has sunk steadily lower since the departure of Andy Berlin in 2008. However, a concerted attempt was

the creation of separate networks dedicated to just Ford or Colgate-Palmolive, but all the big groups now offer a similar service. WPP itself now has more than 50 such units. Ironically, this has in effect

continue to work primarily on digital and CRM for Ford, but will adopt the VMLY&R name, under the wider Scholz & Friends Family umbrella. Marketer Moves 10th Sep 2021: Reshuffle at VMLY&R NY. See Marketer

In 2022, the Duesseldorf office of WPP's Ford network GTB tranferred into Scholz & Friends Family and adopted the VMLY&R brand. Scholz & Friends is a substantial enterprise comprising some 25 agencies

Ford and Chrysler was sold in 2006 for around $1bn to German tire and car-parts manufacturer Continental. Background Motorola has a long history in mobile communications. In 1928, Paul Galvin and his

also owned by GM - as well as Ford. But despite Trump's typical errors, his underlying message at least was clear, and was reiterated in a subsequent tweet: “Car companies and others, if they want to