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Ocado Named The UK's Fastest-Growing Brand In Kantar/WPP Study

Online retailer Ocado has been named as the UK's fastest growing brand, according to a new report by WPP and Kantar. The 2020 BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuabl...

Advent, Blackstone Among Bidders for WPP Market Research Arm Kantar: Sources

A series of buyout funds including U.S. firms Advent and Blackstone are in talks with advertising group WPP to explore bids for a majority stake in its dat...

WPP To Spend Almost £300m To Reboot World's Biggest Ad Group

WPP will spend £300 million (€332 million) over three years and cut 2,500 jobs as new boss Mark Read seeks to return the world's biggest adverti...

WPP Combines JWT Ad Agency With Digital Arm Wunderman

WPP is merging its famous JWT agency with its digital outfit Wunderman in the most high-profile move by the world's biggest advertising group to simplify i...

Investors Challenge WPP Over Sorrell's Departure

The world's biggest advertising agency WPP faced a shareholder revolt over its handling of the departure of former CEO Martin Sorrell after large votes aga...

Farewell Package For WPP's Sorrell Opposed By Investor Adviser

WPP's decision to allow founder Martin Sorrell to leave without losing his future share awards met with opposition on Tuesday as Hermes EOS advised its sha...

Former WPP Chief Sorrell Attempts Marketing Comeback

Martin Sorrell, who stepped down just six weeks ago as chief executive of WPP – the world's biggest advertising group – is attempting...

Boss Of WPP's Kantar In Talks Over £3.5bn Buyout Of Unit

The boss of Kantar, the data and market research division of advertising giant WPP, has been sounding out backers for a potential £3.5 billion manage...