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Gillette has consolidated its dollars 600 million global media planning and buying account into MindShare.
The move is a blow to OMD, which held the business in the US, Europe and Australia/New Zealand. Universal McCann loses the business in Asia and Latin America. However, Dentsu will continue to handle the media account in Japan.
OMD and Universal McCann pitched against MindShare, a non-roster agency, for the business. MindShare will work across all Gillette brands including the razor products Mach3 and Venus, Braun, Oral B and Duracell.
Gillette's review team was led by Dick Cantwell, Gillette's vice-president of marketing services, and Michael Winkler, its European media director.
Winkler said: 'We were very interested in finding a network that could service us globally. Secondly, we were looking for a partner with state-of-the-art media research and tools to improve the accountability of our media.'
Dominic Proctor, the chief executive of ...