Patterson Y&R was formed in 2005 from the acquisition by WPP of The Communications Group (TCG), formerly one of Australia's two largest marketing communications groups. TCG's main advertising business

founded by advertising legend John Singleton. WPP took full control in 2016 to create WPP AUNZ, and the local office followed the rest of JWT in merging with Wunderman in 2018.. see more Leo Burnett

That's a feat unmatched by even MDC Partners or WPP, both whom have at least managed just one quarter of growth over the same period. The full year decline is expected to come in at as much as -12.5%

and Putter became creative steward for the whole WPP group from 2006 until his untimely death in 2010. The group has expanded further with a series of other acquisitions, including top digital shop Gloo

unpicked two years later when rival marketing giant WPP agreed to buy a 49% shareholding in Jupiter. The South African agency retained standalone status within WPP, establishing its own micro-network,

creative network formed in 2019 from the merger of WPP's storied J Walter Thompson advertising agency and direct & digital specialist Wunderman. The latter had over a period of years become one of the

Wunderman became one of the main counterpoints within WPP to marketing-oriented business consultancies such as Accenture. During the 2000s the agency significantly expanded its digital offering with a

marketing services requirement across the EMEA region with WPP. The home appliances giant has an extensive portfolio of brands across the region: not just global brands Whirlpool, KitchenAid and Indesit

3 and #4 positions. WPP's Burson-Marsteller moved up to equal 5th alongside Publicis-owned MSLGroup. However the biggest change was a 37% increase in fee income for China's BlueFocus which jumped five

Previous Next Wavemaker is the WPP-owned media agency formed in 2017 from the merger of the old MEC network and smaller sibling Maxus. MEC, itself previously known by the mouthful of Mediaedge:cia,