France’s Havas, owner of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR, reported third quarter revenue rose 5.2% to €387M led by solid growth in North America, Asia/Pacific and Latin America.
North American organic growth – excluding currency rates and consolidation -- rose 8.2% on revenue of €126M, compared with only 1.8% growth in Europe with €195M in revenue for the quarter.
CO David Jones stressed that all regions grew for the first nine months of the year with Q3 organic growth its best in three years. He called Europe “more restrained” in Q3 than in the first half of the year, but improved over 2010.
Key wins included global corporate communications and social media for music platform Deezer, as well as large assignments for Pernod Ricard, sanofi-aventis, and Turismo de Mexico.