Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Update from the ‘Ad World’

One of America’s largest departmental stores, J.C. Penny has abandoned its ad agency DDB. The ad company owned by Omnicom Group Inc. had been constantly serving the 1,021 store chain for the past six years. Slated among DDB’s biggest clients at the advertiser’s Chicago office, J.C. Penny had spent almost $430 million on advertising last year. Speculations are high on who will be the next ad agency to acquire its account; it is believed that Publicis Groupe’s Saatchi & Saatchi will be DDB’s successor. DDB’s latest client is Safeway Inc., which offers $250 million for a television ad.

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