Publicis Groupe SA News

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French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA Monday said it has won advertising contracts with General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet, Chrysler Group LLC and Anglo-Dutch consumer goods group Unilever PLC .

General Motors Co., splitting advertising contracts for its largest brand, will use agencies Campbell-Ewald and Publicis Groupe SA to produce campaigns for Chevrolet in the first half of 2010.

General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet tapped Publicis to handle the work for three models that will air during the Winter Olympics.

Publicis has won an integrated creative assignment for General Motors' Chevrolet car models, after the agency's Seattle and Dallas offices pitched the business, sources said.

Renault has renewed its contract with Publicis Groupe for another three years, doubling the number of countries in which the marketing communications firm works for the French automotive giant.

Renault and Publicis Groupe have signed an agreement to maintain their collaboration for another three years .

Science Oriented Solutions , a member of the Publicis Healthcare Communications Group , announced today its strategic partnership with Scientific Advantage, LLC of Bernardsville, NJ.

Congratulations to Fallon and Universal McCann , who just won Chrysler's $1 billion creative and media advertising duties , respectively.

For only the second time this year Publicis has shown some candor regarding job cuts at its various ad agencies : It has cut 2,500 jobs.

Google Inc.'s Internet dominance is a concern to advertising firms, because it could limit the choices they can offer clients online, said Bob Lord , the head of Publicis Groupe SA's Razorfish agency .

Independent Anomaly said it has added a "pillar client," topping incumbent Publicis Groupe shop Fallon to win the pan-European Sony Electronics account following a review.

December 8, 2009-Publicis Strategic Solutions Group-a leading provider of multichannel message delivery solutions for the life sciences industry-has announced that Susan Johnson has been named Vice President of Client Services for Publicis Selling Solutions, Arista Marketing Associates, and Pharmagistics.

The agency that has done some of the most groundbreaking auto work in the past decade with its BMW Films series -- Fallon, Minneapolis -- is finally back in the car business after four years without an auto account.

Procter & Gamble has named Carat its communication-planning agency of record for North America Gillette Male Grooming, according to Ad Age .

Publicis Groupe is moving to integrate the management and support operations of its digital agencies, Digitas and newly-acquired Razorfish, in 20 markets outside the US.

In an effort to streamline Publicis Groupe's VivaKi network, Razorfish and Digitas on Wednesday announced an agreement to rely on consolidated support functions and management across all non-U.S. markets.

Rishad Tobaccowala is shifting from running Publicis Groupe's innovations unit Denuo to a broader role across VivaKi.

At its meeting on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, the Publicis Groupe Supervisory Board chaired by Mrs.

Reckitt Benckiser, owner of brands Vanish, Veet, Clearasil and Dettol, has consolidated its A 800 million global media planning and buying arrangements into Havas Media and Publicis Groupe.