Marketing giant WPP merges its two largest communications agencies
WPP, the world’s largest advertising firm, is merging its BCW and Hill & Knowlton subsidiaries into a single business unit. The new unit will come...
Accenture picks up digital product design agency Work & Co
Accenture is bolstering its Accenture Song marketing business with the purchase of Work & Co, a New York-based digital product agency
Interview: BDO names Jamie Austin global head of private equity
BDO has appointed Jamie Austin, a long-time executive at its U.K. member firm, as the global head of its private equity practice. The move comes...
Deloitte bolsters its IT consulting business with Giant Machines deal
Big Four firm Deloitte has acquired Giant Machines, a midsize software development consultancy based in New York. Giant Machines hasn’t publicly disclosed its exact headcount,...
Accenture buys private equity supply chain specialist Impendi
Accenture has acquired Impendi, a provider of consulting services and software that works with private equity firms to optimize their supply chains. Private equity firms...
CGI debuts AI-driven IoT analytics offering
CGI, the Canadian IT consultancy, has launched a new offering called CGI Machine Vision that corporate clients can use to crunch data generated at remote...
Stantech acquires Canadian competitor Morrison Hershfield
Stantech, one of Canada’s largest engineering consultancies, has acquired rival Morrison Hershfield for an undisclosed price. Morrison Hershfield is headquartered in Markham, Ontario and has...
Albertsons’ advertising arm hires Capgemini for AI initiative
Albertsons, the second largest supermarket chain in the U.S., has hired Capgemini to help it increase the use of AI among its employees. The collaboration...
WPP rumored to be considering a sale of its Kantar stake
Marketing giant WPP may sell its 40% stake in ad campaign analytics and consulting firm Kantar, according to multiple media reports. Kantar develops cloud applications...
Havas grows its presence in Germany with latest agency acquisition
Havas has acquired Hamburg-headquartered performance marketing agency EProfessional to expand its headcount in Germany. Performance marketing is an industry term applied to projects in which...