UK supermarkets were slimming down. Tesco signed off on the previously reported sale of its single biggest international division, Homeplus in South Korea, to an investor consortium headed by MBK Partners.

though still well behind Tesco. In the news this past week: Agencies Publicis Groupe reported its best quarterly organic growth since the end of 2014, with revenues up 2.9% excluding currencies and

reporting to global CMO Esther Lee. Former Tesco marketing chief Jill Easterbrook, most recently group transformation officer, is leaving the retailer at the end of this year and will not be replaced.

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biggest gain to-date came with the capture of the Tesco account in summer 2012, but the rigours of that business proved too much. The client moved account again in early 2015, but a little over a year

and long-serving account director on the flagship Tesco account. A few days later, Tesco confirmed that it would follow Weinberger to the new shop. A number of other Lowe executives were also linked

12th Aug 2022: Former Tesco and Barclays marketer Michelle McEttrick is joining fashion retailer Primark as chief customer officer, a newly created position. She will oversee marketing and customer communications,

2 store behind Tesco, but lost that position almost three years ago, and has failed to recover ground despite a series of marketing reboots. Meanwhile, Sainsbury's appears to be going from strength to

Aldi retained the #5 spot on 7.0%, behind Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons. In the news this past week: Agencies WPP was the latest marketing services group to report significantly weaker performance

The capture of Tesco in early 2015 reversed some of that decline, though BBH's work on the account took several months to materialise. Nielsen estimated billings of £241m for the year. Other key accounts