WPP India’s LFL revenue up 9% in Q2
According to the company’s interim results, in the first half of 2024, WPP saw 8% growth in India but decline in Rest of World
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Elon Musk's birthday: From 'F**k you-s’ to flipflops, X CTO’s tough year with advertisers
In the recent past, Elon Musk’s contentious statements about advertisers and his prolonged tussle with big brands who baulked at his version of X have provided endless fodder to newspapers
Mark Read targeted in deepfake scam
In an email to company leaders, WPP CEO Mark Read has spoken of the need to ‘go beyond emails to take advantage of virtual meetings, AI and deepfakes’
WPP posts strong growth in India at 6.6% buoyed by new businesses in Q1
The media conglomerate's Q1 revenue declined by -1.4% to £3.4 billion and LFL revenue grew to 2.1%
WPP to invest $317 million in data and tech to support AI strategy in 2024
The group said it plans to focus on leveraging AI opportunities, maximising creative transformation, expediting growth and improving cash generation
Mark Read named in King’s New Year Honours list
WPP CEO Mark Read has been awarded the Commander of the Order for his services to the creative industries
WPP India LFL revenue up 7% in Q3 2023
CEO Mark Read has expressed his excitement for 'the world's largest creative agency', VML, formed after merging WPP giants Wunderman Thompson and VMLY&R
WPP launches its first Creative Technology Experience Centre in Mumbai
The event was graced by Mark Read, Global CEO, WPP
WPP will double its size in India in next five years: Mark Read
The Global CEO talks about WPP's scale-up plans for India, his belief in the country’s growth possibilities, and more
WPP appoints Andrew Scott to the board as Executive Director
'This appointment recognises the key role that Andrew plays in the company,' said WPP CEO Mark Read
More opportunities to reach customers today, but landscape more complex: Mark Read, WPP
Speaking to a news outlet at Cannes Lions 2023, Read spoke about where the ad dollars are moving and allayed fears about an AI takeover in the industry
WPP posts 2.9% growth in Q1 revenue
The growth has been driven by GroupM’s strong performance
WPP India’s Q4 revenue up 8.5%
We enter 2023 in a strong financial position with good momentum from new business and the many opportunities ahead of us, says CEO Mark Read
WPP India records 10.7% growth in revenue in Q3 FY23
Overall, the company recorded a growth of 10.3%
WPP acquires communications agency JeffreyGroup
JeffreyGroup will join WPP’s Hill+Knowlton Strategies to create the largest global communications agency presence in Latin America
Queen Elizabeth funeral: WPP London serves hot beverages to droves of mourners
The line to see the Queen's casket is reportedly five miles long and weary mourners have to wait close to eight hours to catch a glimpse of their beloved monarch
WPP merges Design Bridge and Superunion to create design company
Design Bridge and Partners will be launched in January 2023
WPP is ‘Making Space’ for employees to recharge & reset
The initiative will be kicked off with a global, company-wide break from Friday 8th July to Monday 11th July
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WPP Q1 revenue up 6.7%
Asia Pacific saw double-digit growth, supported by good performances in China and India, WPP has said
WPP expands into end-to-end ecommerce with ‘Everymile’
The new service will be led by Mark Steel who was previously Director, Retail & Consumer Industry at Google Cloud
WPP launches Global Engineering Centre in Chennai
The centre will create employment and opportunities for growth
WPP reports revenue of £12,801 million for 2021
CEO Mark Read says WPP has hit the 2023 revenue target in 2021
WPP reopens office with 20% capacity, inaugurates new complex in Gurugram
Employees will be called in on a rotational basis
WPP acquires AI-tech firm Satalia
With the acquisition, Satalia CEO Daniel Hulme will also be Chief AI Officer of WPP
India was up 30% in the quarter, an encouraging performance from a major market: Mark Read
Pairing creativity with tech, data and commerce skills has propelled WPP's growth numbers to 2019 levels a year ahead of plan, says CEO Mark Read in a chat with e4m
WPP revenue back to pre-Covid levels as advertising picks up steam
The company’s net sales surged 19.3% in the second quarter
WPP crowned 'most creative company of the year' at Cannes Lions
Its agencies collected a whopping 190 Lions this year
Cannes Lions Day 1: Industry discusses crises & challenges of creating winning ads
Day 1 of the Lions packed in the insights into the big wins at the fest
OOH builds brands, raises awareness and gives brands stature: Mark Read
Read was speaking at the World Out of Home Organization’s virtual European Forum with WOO President Tom Goddard
WPP's India revenue de-grows for fourth straight quarter, Q1 2021 shows 0.5% decline
Barring India, the other major markets (US, UK, Germany, and Greater China) of the conglomerate reported revenue growth
WPP & TikTok announce global partnership
As part of the association, WPP agencies and clients will leverage TikTok's global reach and culture-shaping impact
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'There will be a shift in how industry works with more focus on independent agencies'
e4m Conclave: Mark Read, CEO, WPP, shared that after being hit by Covid in March last year, the company started seeing growth in India from August-September
Empathetic leadership will be a good change that the pandemic will bring in: Mark Read
e4m Conclave: These are just highlights from our elaborate session with Mark Read, CEO, WPP
D-day: Gear up for 20th edition of power-packed e4m Conclave today
The umbrella theme for this year’s event is ‘Mutation of Marketing DNA’
WPP appoints Rob Reilly as Global Chief Creative Officer
Rob, who is currently Global Creative Chairman of McCann Worldgroup, will join WPP in May
Decoding the ‘Mutation of Marketing DNA’: e4m Conclave on January 18
Mark Read, Per Pedersen, Kent Wertime, and Preeti Reddy among leaders who will grace the event this year
WPP to host virtual event for investors & analysts
The company will provide an update on its growth strategy, opportunities and provide new medium-term financial targets
Geometry joins VMLY&R to create global commerce business
VMLY&R COMMERCE will be led by Global Chief Executive Officer Beth Ann Kaminkow, currently the Global CEO of Geometry
WPP's AKQA and Grey merge to form new network model
The move follows the successful combination of other WPP agencies to create Wunderman Thompson, VMLY&R and BCW
WPP posts revenue of £3 billion for Q3, down 9.8%
India features among WPP’s top five markets in terms of Q3 LFL revenue less pass-through costs
Kiwifruit marketer Zespri appoints WPP as global Agency of Record
The global AOR led by VMLY&R and Mindshare will scale Zespri’s presence across 53 countries
WPP H1 2020 interim results: Revenue stands at £5.6 billion, down 12.3% from 2019
In India, WPP registered a 25.1% fall in LFL revenue less pass-through costs in Q2
WPP will continue to invest in the Indian market: Mark Read
The WPP CEO spoke at FICCI FRAMES 2020 about the importance of creating ‘silo-less solutions’ for the Indian market, the need to understand consumer behaviour in the context of Covid, and much more
Cannes Lions Live: What COVID-19 crisis means for creativity?
Mark Read, David Droga, Jean Lin, Lorraine Twohill and Steve Stoute came together for the discussion
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Ours is an optimistic industry: Mark Read
As part of the first edition of our new series - Get Set Grow! - Mark Read, CEO, WPP, speaks with Naziya Alvi Rahman, editor, exchange4media
WPP named world’s most effective communications company in 2020 Effie Index
It is the ninth successive year that WPP has received this award