along similar lines to international groups such as Omnicom, which is also the global group with which ABC has the closest links. In Nov 2015, Omnicom announced plans to acquire Grupo ABC, and absorb

Publicis Groupe combined accounted for 6.0% and Omnicom for 5.7%. The newly consolidated WPP AUNZ group reported a solid year for 2016. Net sales rose 1% on a comparable basis to A$865m (or around US$

Zealand's Colenso BBDO as well as local outposts of Omnicom's OMD, PHD, Porter Novelli and Proximity networks. For many years, the BBDO Worldwide network held only a minority stake in the group, with

True North Communications aimed to rival Omnicom, Interpublic and WPP as one of the world's major marketing services groups. But the business was consistently hindered by its lack of a truly global network.

and in 1996, sold a 30% stake to Omnicom Group, who in turn recommended the fast-growing business to clients. A key breakthrough was a commission to design the ground-breaking Pathfinder website for Time

The company was sold to Omnicom in 1991, and Graunke spent some time running Rapp Collins and DDB Focus for the marketing giant, before joining investment firm Hawthorne Group to develop various media-

79 was a standalone full-service agency within the Omnicom Group between 2001 and 2012. Advertising Age estimated US revenues of $21m in 2011, down more than 60% since its heyday in 2007. During that

Saatchi's purchase of Bates and then the creation of Omnicom. The new company took the name D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, abbreviated to DMB&B, and later to just D'Arcy. The agency was eventually absorbed

For most of its existence, the Omnicom-owned company was above all a vehicle for the diverse talents of its founder, Peter Arnell. However, its future was left hanging in the balance in early 2011, following

three years later after BMP was itself acquired by Omnicom. By the early 1990s the agency was thriving as an independent with a clutch of important clients, including Burger King, Compaq and MasterCard