Publicis

Publicis Groupe S.A.

Type	Société Anonyme
Traded as	Euronext: PUB CAC 40 Component
Industry	Advertising Public relations
Founded	1926; 93 years ago (1926)
Headquarters	Paris, France
Area served	Global
Key people	Arthur Sadoun (CEO)
Products	Branding & identity Marketing Market research Public relations
Revenue	€20.6 billion (2015)[1]
Net income	€937 million (2014)[1]
Website	www.publicisgroupe.com

Publicis Groupe is a French multinational advertising and public relations company, and is the oldest and one of the largest marketing and communications companies in the world, by revenue, headquartered in Paris.

After 1945 the little-known Paris-based advertising agency grew rapidly, becoming the world's fourth-largest agency.^[when?] It was a leader in promoting France's post-war economic boom, especially the expansion of the advertising industry; it was successful because of its close ties with top officials of the French government, its clever use of symbols to promote itself, and its ability to attract clients from widely diverse growing industries.^[2]

It is one of the "Big Four" agency companies, alongside WPP, Interpublic and Omnicom.^[3] Publicis Groupe S.A. is headed by Arthur Sadoun, and its agencies provide digital and traditional advertising, media services and marketing services (SAMS) to national and multinational clients.

Contents

• 
  1 History
  


• 
  2 Operations
  


• 
  3 Controversies
  


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  4 Subsidiaries
  


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  5 See also
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 Further reading
  


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  8 External links
  

History

The company was founded by 20 year old Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet in 1926.^[4]

In 2011, Publicis was named the third-largest marketing group worldwide by revenue, surpassing Interpublic.^[5] By the end of 2010, the twin sectors of digital activities and high-growth emerging countries represented one-half of Publicis Groupe's total revenue.

The group had operations in over 202 cities in 105 countries, including a strategic alliance with Dentsu.

In July 2013 it was announced that Publicis Groupe and Omnicom Group would merge to form Publicis Omnicom Group, but by May 2014 it was announced that the deal had fallen through and the Publicis-Omnicom merger would not happen.^[6][7]

In February 2015, Publicis acquired Sapient Corporation to form Publicis.Sapient as the world's largest digital network, which at the time included SapientNitro, Sapient Consulting, DigitasLBI and RazorfishGlobal.^[8]

In December 2015, Publicis announced a new organisation designed to better serve clients, around 4 main divisions:^[9]

• Publicis Communications (gathering creative networks Leo Burnett Worldwide, Publicis Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), global design and technology consultancy Nurun, and creative production group Prodigious Brand Logistics and global PR agency MSLGROUP) under the leadership of Arthur Sadoun;


• Publicis Media (gathering the media planning & buying capabilities of Starcom Mediavest Group and ZenithOptimedia) under the leadership of Steve King;


• Publicis.Sapient (gathering technology & digital agencies Razorfish, DigitasLBi and Sapient Corporation) under the leadership of Alan Herrick;


• Publicis Healthcare, already in existence, will remain under the leadership of Nick Colucci.

In addition, Laura Desmond was to become Chief Revenue Officer, leading a team of 20 Chief Client Officers who would lead client teams across all Publicis Groupe entities. The new organisation was to be effective 1 January 2016.^{[10][dead link]}

Since 2016, Publicis has co-organised, with Groupe Les Echos, the annual technology conference, Viva Technology.^[11]

Operations

The company owns several full-service advertising groups that undertake a range of media activities: mobile and interactive online communication, television, magazines & newspapers, cinema and radio, outdoor. The company's SAMS services include direct marketing/customer relationship management services, sales promotion, healthcare communications, multicultural and ethnic communications, corporate and financial communications, human resource infrastructure, public relations, design services, interactive communications, events marketing and management, sports marketing, and production and pre-press services.^[12] Its media services include media planning, media buying, and media sales. Publicis Groupe's Vivaki ^[13] developed a technological platform supported by Microsoft, Google, Yahoo! and AOL Platform A technologies that offers advertisers the possibility to target specifically defined audiences in a single campaign across multiple networks.^{[citation needed]}

Controversies

See also: Public executions in Saudi Arabia, Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia, and Human rights in Saudi Arabia

Qorvis, a U.S. subsidiary of Publicis, has represented the country of Saudi Arabia since the September 11 attacks and has been accused of helping to whitewash its record on human rights.^[14][15]

Subsidiaries

As of October 2015, the main subsidiary companies of this group are:^[16]

• Publicis Communications^[17]
  
  
  • 
    Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH)
  
  
  • Glickman Shamir Samsonov
  
  
  • Leo Burnett Worldwide
  
  
  • Publicis New York
  
  
  • Publicis Worldwide
  
  
  • Publicis India
  
  
  • Publicis Beehive
  
  
  • Saatchi & Saatchi
  
  
  
  


• Publicis Media
  
  
  
  • Starcom
  
  
  • Zenith
  
  
  • Spark Foundry
  
  
  • Digitas
  
  
  • Blue 449
  
  
  • Performics
  
  
  
  


• Publicis Sapient
  
  
  
  • 3|SHARE^[18][19]
    
  
  
  • 
    SapientRazorfish
    
    • Rosetta^[20]
      
    
    
  
  
  • Publicis Pixelpark
  
  
  • 
    Sapient Corporation
    
    • Vertiba
    
    
  
  
  • vivaki
  
  
  
  


• Publicis Health


• Specialized Agencies^[21]
  
  
  • Médias & Régies
  
  
  • MSLGROUP
  
  
  • Prodigious Brand Logistics
  
  
  • Publicis Healthcare Communications Group
  
  
  
  

See also

• 
  Companies portal
  

• History of advertising


• LEVEL Studios


• Communications


• Maurice Lévy

References

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2. 
   ^ Clark Hultquist, "Publicis and the French advertising world, 1946--1968" Essays in Economic & Business History (2009) 27: 61-76.
   


3. 
   ^ Elliott, Stuart (31 March 2002). "Advertising's Big Four: It's Their World Now". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
   


4. 
   ^ Garside, Juliette (28 July 2013). "Omnicom and Publicis merger creates communications giant". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
   


5. 
   ^ Brand Republic. "WPP overtakes Omnicom as biggest marketing group". Retrieved 12 April 2011.
   


6. 
   ^ Channick, Robert (28 July 2013). "Leo Burnett parent in huge ad merger deal". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
   


7. 
   ^ Celles, David (8 May 2014). "At Odds, Omnicom and Publicis End Merger". New York Times. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
   


8. 
   ^ "SapientRazorfish Lays Off 100 in U.S. as Publicis Prepares to Retire the Brand, Sources Say". adweek.com. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
   


9. 
   ^ "Publicis Groupe Unveils Major Restructuring Plan for 2016". adweek.com. 2015-12-02. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
   


10. 
    ^ "Publicis Groupe Transformation DEF" (PDF). 2 December 2015.
    


11. 
    ^ http://www.publicisgroupe.com/en/the-groupe/viva-technology
    


12. 
    ^ History of Digital Pre-Press Services^{[permanent dead link]} (last checked on 11 February 2008)
    


13. 
    ^ "About - VivaKi". Retrieved 3 October 2017.
    ^{[dead link]}
    


14. 
    ^ Green, Chris (17 March 2016). "PR firm accused of helping Saudi Arabia 'whitewash' its human rights record". The Independent. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
    


15. 
    ^ "Supplemental Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938" (PDF). fara.gov. Foreign Agents Registration Act. 5 April 2015. p. 12. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
    


16. 
    ^ "Publicis Groupe | Our Brands". PublicisGroupe.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
    


17. 
    ^ Groupe, Publicis. "Publicis Groupe".
    


18. 
    ^ "3-SHARE – Adobe Experience Manager Experts". www.3sharecorp.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
    


19. 
    ^ Groupe, Publicis. "Publicis Groupe Acquires 3|Share, Adobe Digital Marketing Experts". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
    


20. 
    ^ "Rosetta is an Agency Focused on Customer Engagement". Rosetta. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
    


21. 
    ^ Groupe, Publicis. "Publicis Groupe".
    

Further reading

• Clark Hultquist, "Publicis and the French advertising world, 1946--1968" Essays in Economic & Business History (2009) 27: 61-76

External links

• Official website


• Official website: Nurun

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