Volkswagen Group China media $300m Charm Group PHD Fox Corporation US media $200m Mediahub Vizeum, Assembly Fox Pictures, home ent, FX US media n/s OMD Assembly, Zenith L'Oreal UK

Volkswagen Global creative n/s WPP, Omnicom, Cheil various Newell Brands Global all services $500m WPP Team Newell various US Army US all services $400m DDB, other Omnicom agencies

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

24th Nov 2021: Volkswagen Group has promoted Jason Lusty to a central role overseeing group marketing, brand & marketing strategy. He was previously CMO for its Seat brand division. One of Lusty's key

20th Jul 2021: Volkswagen Group's luxury division Bentley Motors named Amel Boubaaya as its new head of marketing & communications for Europe. She joins from McLaren Automotive, and replaces Caren Jochner,

Volkswagen Germany digital n/s PHD Blackwood Seven Cisco Systems Global media n/s DWA Media various Qantas Global media n/s OMD Zenith, Blue449 Jack in the Box US media $90m Carat

Volkswagen Global digital n/s Sinner Schrader various Heineken brands US digital n/s Red Urban various AksoNobel dec paints Global creative n/s MullenLowe BBH Sky Sports UK creative

Volkswagen Group Global media €2bn PHD Mediacom Target US media $685m GroupM Haworth Media Fox Sports, network N America media n/s Vizeum ZenithOptimedia 21st Century Fox

Mars, Molson Coors, PepsiCo, Volkswagen Group, Target, Constellation Brands, Clorox, ConAgra, HP, Adidas and Ford. Despite the combined clout of these A-list marketers, their boycott is unlikely to have

while Renault shut all 12 of its French factories and Volkswagen shuttered plants in the worst hit countries of Italy and Spain. Ford and Nissan also closed some operations in Europe, mainly in Spain.