Havas New York absorbed social media and digital shop The 88, appointing its founder Harry Bernstein as the combined agency's chief creative officer. That role has been vacant since the departure of Toygar

In the news this past week: Agencies Havas was the last of the major marketing groups to report results for 2Q. The weak numbers were broadly in keeping with most rivals, with an organic decline of

With Havas the only group yet to report (due tomorrow), the scorecard for organic/LFL growth/decline for this quarter is as follows: Omnicom 3.5%, Publicis 0.8%, Interpublic 0.4%, WPP revenues -0.8%,

Quarterly results are expected by next week from WPP and Havas. By contrast, MDC Partners appeared to have finally turned the corner with its best results for several quarters. Q2 revenues of $390m

client with the departure of global Michelin tyres to Havas, and faces a major threat to its Henkel account in Germany, said to be under review. OMD handles Henkel in most other countries. Sister network

In the biggest change, Havas announced plans to establish a dedicated agency within Paris creative flagship BETC to take charge of the global Citroen automobile business. The new unit, Traction, will

Havas too had its chequebook out, expanding the Havas Health & You network with the acquisition of UK healthcare marketing agency SO What Group. This will absorb the group's existing Health For Brands

Saatchi surrendered Swedish cider Rekorderlig to Havas across Europe, while Leo Burnett lost Australian retail chain Big W to an inhouse creative team. In other account assignments, there were two big

to Dentsu Aegis Network's iProspect. Havas Media had held the account. In reviews, Mercedes-Benz is reviewing global creative adaptation, managed by BBDO. Campaigns will most likely still be conceived

which will transfer from long-serving Havas at the end of the year. That's likely to bring an end to the long-running Most Interesting Man in the World concept. And about time too. Havas's best shot at