Interpublic's Constituency Management Group posted a 2.3% gain in organic revenue for the second quarter to $349.4M while its advertising and digital operations climbed 7.7%.
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Andy Polansky, CEO of Weber Shandwick, said IPG's PR group, which includes Golin, Cassidy & Assocs., Rogers & Cowan, Powell Tate, FitzGerald & Co. and DeVries, chalked up more than 10 percent organic growth.
IPG's Weber Shandwick flagship continued its double-digital growth performace for both the quarter and half.
Polansky said Weber enjoyed across-the-board gains as it registered double-digit advances in 24 global markets. Social, digital, content creation, healthcare, consumer and corporate reported solid gains.
Overall, IPG saw revenues tick up 1.3% to $1.85B for Q2, while net income rose to $124M, from $103M a year earlier.
Chairman and CEO Michael Roth praised the group's organic growth and digital operations, adding that IPG's largest markets like the US, Asia-Pacific and the UK showed "good" growth.
Roth said the company remains focused on cost discipline and share buyback efforts ($51M in Q2) that remain "a source of significant value creation."
Roth said the company has raised its organic growth target to 4%-5%, from 3%-4%.
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