Deliveroo today announces that Amazon is leading a new $575 Mill Series G preferred shared funding round, alongside existing investors T. Rowe Price, Fidelity Management and Research Company, and Greenoaks. This takes the total money raised by Deliveroo to date to $1.53Bn. “We’re impressed with Deliveroo’s approach, and their dedication to providing customers with an […]

Outdoor advertising has entered the EV charging points business or vice versa, as one may prefer. The mupi-charger or the charging station with digital screens or controlled by mobile apps have arrived to stay, opening the market to a wide range of business models. Charging points or apps also open the door to new operators […]

CreativeDrive, an independent global content production company, will launch CDFB, a specialized Fashion and Beauty practice, and CD/LAB, a custom studio solution for brands, on next 17th May. Led by Managing Director of CreativeDrive New York and original co-founder of Sandbox Studio Tom Strollo, CDFB addresses the ongoing evolution of the consumer journey within the […]

Publicis Media Russia adds computer vision and video recognition technology to their portfolio thanks to the partnership signed with AIQ, a Singapore based AI startup that develops proprietary computer vision AI technology able to transfor businesses in today’s increasingly mobile-first, online world. Now Publicis Media Russia includes in its services portfolio multi-channel solutions that connect […]

Cannes Lions has today announced that Emmy Award-winning producer and writer Lorne Michaels will be honoured with the Festival’s first Entertainment Person of the Year recognition. He will be presented with the award at the 66th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, during the Thursday night Awards Show on 20th June 2019. This newly created […]

Havas Group announced today the acquisition of Think Design, the leader in user experience consultancy and design in India. Established in 2004, Think Design has since grown steadily and today has five design centres in India and the US (Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Denver). Think Design will continue to be led by its co-founders, […]

Dentsu established on 1st April Dentsu Media Runway Inc., a new digital media agency with the following objectives: accelerate and advance business with clients engaged in different business practices, including global corporations; deepen and evolve media solutions to align with the evolution of digital technology and the diversification of consumer behavior that accompanies it, through […]

Telecom carrier SoftBank has announced that plans to rise its share in the capital equity of Yahoo Japan (currently a 12.08% excluding the number of treasury shares) to the 44.64%. Yahoo Japan has announced a tender offer for new shares and SoftBank has decided to acquire all of the 1,511,478,050 new titles to be issued […]

Groupon has announced that Craig Rowley has joined the company as its Chief Marketing Officer. Rowley joins from REI where he served as Vice President of Marketing. At Groupon, Rowley will oversee the company’s global marketing channels and functions, as well as the development and extension of the Groupon brand. The new global CMO of […]

Leo Burnett announced this way on Twitter that the world acclaimed creative Mark Tutssel, since 2018 Worldwide Executive Chairman Leo Burnett, will retire after almost 34 years working in this agency belonging to the Publicis Groupe. “More than 600 Cannes Lions, including 9 Grand Prix, plus countless D&AD, Clio, LIA, One Show, ADC and even […]