Volkswagen  Barilla Procter & Gamble  L'Oreal Fiat  Wind Vodafone  Nestle Ferrero  Unilever Source: ABI Nielsen/GroupM Other Italian Companies profiled in Adbrands Armani  Buitoni

highly regarded work for a few key clients such as Volkswagen, the agency was also hit by a few serious account losses, including British Gas after more than 12 years, and Barclaycard. This led to a shake-

Advertisers Volkswagen Group finally published long-delayed financial results for 2015, following agreement in principle with US regulators on a way to fix vehicles fitted with a diesel defeat device.

The effects of the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal were clear to see in the group's US sales figures for November. Despite a $1,000 incentive offered to new buyers and existing owners, VW brand volumes

while Mini, Lexus and Porsche all topped 30%. Volkswagen continues to lead the region, but its global sales were dented by disappointing performance in Russia, China and Latin America, causing total volumes

a reprise of sorts for the boardroom squabbles at Volkswagen involving CEO Martin Winterkorn. Group patriarch Ferdinand Piech resigned as chairman earlier this year after falling out with his fellow directors,

There were further woes for hammer-struck Volkswagen as it struggled to recover from the repercussions of its "Dieselgate" scandal. Winfried Vahland, the former Skoda leader appointed only two weeks ago

The China slowdown also weighed on Volkswagen Group, but not enough to stop it from overtaking Toyota to seize the #1 spot in global sales for the first half of the year, with shipments of 5.04m vehicles.

Among several changes made by the supervisory board of Volkswagen Group, CEO Herbert Diess has been instructed to hand over direct responsibility for the VW passenger cars division. There had been speculation

25th Jan 2022: Renault poached Volkswagen's executive board member for commercial vehicles sales & marketing to head up its own LCV division. Heinz-Juergen Loew becomes SVP Renault Brand Light Commercial