Paris-based marketing conglomerate Havas reported third quarter organic growth of 6% to top $554M, including 4.7% grwoth in North America, where revenues approached $180M.
Key global wins for the period included digital assignments for Garuda Indonesia and Amnesty International France as net new business topped $514M for Q3.
A key PR win was Havas PR Warsaw's pickup of HSBC, covering PR and corporate communications, and Havas Sports and Entertainment PR's win of the International Association of Athletic Federations, IAAF.
Havas CEO Yannick Bollore said the company saw robust growth across all markets.
Through the first nine months, Havas organic growth is 5.8% to $1.6B.
Abandon traditional content plans focused on a linear buyer progression and instead embrace a consumer journey where no matter which direction they travel, they get what they need, stressed marketing pro Ashley Faus during O'Dwyer's webinar Apr. 2.
Freelance marketers and the companies that hire them are both satisfied with the current work arrangements they have and anticipate the volume of freelance opportunities to increase in the future, according to new data on the growing freelance marketing economy.
Home Depot's new attempt to occupy two market positions at once will require careful positioning strategy and execution to make it work.
Verizon snags Peloton Interactive chief marketing officer Leslie Berland as its new CMO, effective Jan. 9. Berland succeeds Diego Scotti, who left Verizon earlier this year. 
Norm de Greve, who has been CMO at CVS Health since 2015, is taking the top marketing job at General Motors, effective July 31.
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