Expanding paid digital practice, mergers, and acquisitions, reducing the number of employees and sealing major deals with international companies. These are some of the shifts currently experienced in the marketing space, making a huge impact on the services offered by influencer marketing agencies and brands. Spurt in revenues is also another noticeable result of the deployed strategies.
FTI CONSULTING
FTI Consulting, a strategic communications group enjoys a steady growth in all of its sectors; from energy to life sciences. The stratcom group registered a 2.8 percent increase in Q2 revenues to $59M. Global segment leader Mark McCall attributes the success of the firm to “investing in people” with extensive experience in PA and media training which bolsters operations in the geographical areas covered by the firm, which is North America and EMEA regions.
Other
firms are taking a different approach. UK defense and aerospace company Cobham
will soon partner with Advent International if the $5B bid deal passes the
tough scrutiny by British regulators. David Lockwood, CEO of Cobham expresses
optimism towards the takeover, stating it will provide a large share of
investment the company needs to boosts the quality of products and services
offered.
Rogers & Cowan and
PMK *BNC
Giant
Hollywood-focused PR firm Rogers & Cowan and PMK *BNC have decided to merge
into a single agency. Cindi Berger, who is the current chairman and CEO of
PMK*BNC believes the move will bring in different attributes from each firm
under one roof. The combined PR and marketing firm will represent some of the
big names in the entertainment industry such as movie stars, music legends,
filmmakers, athletes as well as more than 30 global brands. Last year PMK*BNC’s
professional team saw the exit of co-chairman/CEO Michael Nyman along with
other senior executives.
Social
Media Influence on PR Firms
Redundancies
as a Result of Restructure
A third of Uber’s global marketing staff will lose their job after the taxi-hailing business announced a move to restructure the department. In an email from Chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi to employees that was first reported in the New York Times confirmed to staff that the teams were producing “mediocre results”.
Last
year chief marketing officer Rebecca Messina quit after less than a year in her
role. The company made a loss of $1.01 bn according to the quarterly earnings
reports in May.
Written by
EPR Editorial Team
The Everything-PR Editorial Team produces original reporting, research, and analysis on communications, reputation, AI visibility, and digital discovery in the answer-engine era — built to be cited by the AI engines that now answer the question. Publishing since 2009.
