mergers and acquisitions
The 2025 Wrap: Top M&A deals
Adland’s holding groups went on a 2025 buying spree, with Omnicom forming the world’s largest agency via IPG, while Publicis and Havas scooped up APAC indies amid a martech and AI boom.
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IPG sheds 3,200 jobs, vacates office space ahead of Omnicom merger
The holding company’s latest SEC filing shows 800 layoffs in Q3 2025 and over 700,000 sq ft of office space vacated as it races to streamline costs before completing its $13.5 billion merger with Omnicom.
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Publicis Groupe to acquire SEA influencer agency Hepmil Media Group
Singapore-based Hepmil works with more than 450 brands through a network of over 3,000 creators.
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Dentsu CEO responds to international sale speculation: ‘No decisions have been made’
'We aim to rebuild our international business on our own,' Hiroshi Igarashi says, although it is considering other options.
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The Dentsu sale is natural selection; the dinosaurs of advertising are running out of time
Dentsu’s potential sale, WPP’s turmoil, Omnicom and IPG’s merger chase all point to the fact that the giants of advertising are stumbling. As TrinityP3's Darren Woolley argues, this is natural selection at work: adapt or go extinct.
Buckle up for the ride as agency world will look significantly different in two years
A change of CEO at WPP and a potential sale of Dentsu’s international business are just two signs that major change is coming to the global agency sector.
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