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  • Santander, the UK retail and corporate bank, has called a review of its £27 million media planning and buying account, currently held by Carat.
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  • Meet the Sleepy's creative finalists.
    • TurboTax contacts creative agencies.
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  • 118 118, the directory enquiries business, is looking for a UK creative shop.
    • Crabtree & Evelyn, the luxury beauty company, is looking for a global creative agency following a strategic review.
    • SCA, the consumer goods company that owns brands including Plenty and Bodyform, is reviewing its global media planning and buying account.
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  • Nintendo begins digital agency review.
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  • Mercedes-Benz is preparing to review its European media business, currently held by Group M agencies.
    • Slendertone, the muscle-toning brand, is talking to ad agencies about an international brief.
    • Ferrero, the Italian chocolate company, has called an international review of its media planning and buying business, putting the UK incumbent, MEC, on alert.
    • Shell is seeking an agency to handle global CRM.
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  • Paddy Power has launched a wide-ranging review of its UK comms operation as it seeks to boost its voice in corporate Britain.
    • Tata Global Beverages, which owns Tetley and other tea brands, is putting its creative account up for review as part of its drive to improve marketing effectiveness and efficiency.
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  • EDF Energy, the energy company majority owned by the French state, is reviewing its media planning and buying account across Europe.
    • General Electric (GE), the technology and finance conglomerate, is holding a global multi-agency review of its media arrangements.
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  • Sainsbury's has kicked-off a review of its digital advertising account as it looks to build a roster of agencies.
    • Molson Coors is looking for a creative agency to handle the advertising for the Cobra Indian beer brand.
    • Odeon, the UK cinema chain, is holding a review of its media planning and buying account, which has been held by MEC for eight years.
    • Sony is shaking up its global agency relationships, with reviews of the mobile and electronics media accounts coinciding with the appointment of Adam & Eve/DDB to handle global advertising for Sony Mobile.
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  • Petco reaches out to creative agencies.
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  • Danone has launched a review of its estimated £200 million global media planning and buying account.
    • Fanta is looking for an agency to handle a European campaign, after the Coca-Cola brand posted strong volume growth in the first quarter.
    • Mizkan, the Japanese food company that bought Branston from Premier Foods for £92.5 million earlier this year, is looking for a creative agency and a media agency for the pickle brand.
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  • Morrisons has put its £73 million advertising account up for pitch.
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  • Freesat, the free-to-air digital satellite TV service, is in the early stages of reviewing its creative agency requirements as it looks to define its positioning in an increasingly competitive market.
    • HSBC is reviewing its direct marketing account across its retail division in the UK as it looks to consolidate the business into one agency.
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  • Change4Life, the Government's healthy living initiative, is gearing up to hold a review of its £10.9m advertising account.
    • Three agencies have withdrawn from Betfair's pan-European creative pitch, amid claims the brand's marketing team demanded creative ideas too early on in the process.
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  • Seat, the Volkswagen-owned car marque, has puts its pan-European advertising and media accounts up for pitch.
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  • TK Maxx, the retailer, is hunting for its first pan-European creative agency.
    • BHS, the department store chain owned by Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group, is reviewing its £4.4 million advertising account.
    • Marks & Spencer is seeking an agency to handle its CRM account.
    • Feelunique.com, the beauty products retailer, has held early-stage meetings with creative agencies as it searches for a partner to consult on its brand positioning.
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  • Sony is preparing to pitch out its high-profile gaming work including the make-or-break launch of the PlayStation4.
    • Maggie's, the UK cancer charity, is looking for an agency to work on its advertising.
    • Four finalists pitch HHGregg's business.
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  • Interpublic stacks deck in Kmart's review.
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  • Itsu, the Asian-inspired food chain founded by the entrepreneur Julian Metcalfe, is looking for a creative agency ahead of its first advertising and marketing campaign.
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  • Nationwide reviews media business.
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  • Premier Foods is holding a digital pitch for its "power brands", which include Hovis, Oxo and Mr Kipling.
    • Foot Locker is seeking an agency to work on its joint campaign with Adidas, little more than a year after handing the account to Creature.
    • The Imperial War Museums is looking for an advertising agency to work on a campaign to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.
    • Zurich, the insurance company, is planning to consolidate its creative, media and digital accounts into one holding group through an integrated pitch.
    • BASF, the chemical giant, is reviewing its global corporate advertising after separating from Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam, which had held the account since 2008.
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  • Thomas Cook, the crisis-hit tour operator, is reviewing its ad account as it struggles to settle on a marketing strategy to revive its fortunes.
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  • SSE, the UK's second-largest energy supplier, is reviewing its advertising and digital accounts. The reviews are being managed separately by AAR.
    • Mattel, the toymaker behind Barbie and Fisher Price, is reviewing its European advertising agency roster.
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  • The East Coast Mainline, whose ads currently feature the comedian Vic Reeves, has put its £7m advertising account up for review.
    • The Department of Work and Pensions has invited three agencies to pitch for the comms planning for its ongoing £8m pension campaign about automatic enrolment.
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  • Direct Line Group is reviewing its £50 million media planning and buying business following the spin-off from the Royal Bank of Scotland last year.
    • Play.com is reviewing its media planning and buying account as it looks towards the future as an eBay-style marketplace.
    • South African Tourism has issued a tender to find a UK agency to manage its website and provide digital creative for the next three years.
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  • Thomas Cook has approached agencies ahead of a pitch for its digital business.
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  • Sony Mobile is reviewing its UK advertising account, currently held by Iris.
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  • Philadelphia, the cream-cheese range, is reviewing its £35 million pan-European advertising account.
    • Play.com is reviewing its advertising account as part of a repositioning as an eBay-style marketplace. The company is closing its retail business following changes to tax rules.
    • Betfair is seeking an agency to handle its pan-European advertising business.
    • WaterAid, the charity that promotes greater access to safe water, is looking for an advertising agency.
    • Sleepy's searches for a creative agency.
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  • Ikea is set to split with Cake as the furniture giant pushes for better integration across its UK PR and marketing activity.
    • House of Fraser has called a review of its £5m media planning and buying business, which has been handled by Publicis Groupe's MediaVest for the past 14 years.
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  • Bacardi cuts to four in media review.
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  • Jamie Oliver's high-street restaurant chain, Jamie's Italian, has appointed Oystercatchers to oversee the hiring of its first advertising agency.
    • Scottish Power is reviewing its £7 million UK media planning and buying account.
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  • British Airways is reviewing its global media planning and buying account, currently held by ZenithOptimedia.
    • Reckitt Benckiser, the owner of Durex and Vanish, is reviewing its UK digital roster.
    • Advertising agencies have been approached with a brief to promote the Government's apprenticeships drive.
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  • Staples issues RFP in bid to consolidate.
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  • Agencies are vying to gain a place on the BSkyB roster after Sky Bet, its gambling division, put its advertising account up for pitch.
    • Meet the Porsche final five.
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  • GlaxoSmithKline has opened talks with agencies ahead of a review of its estimated £1 billion global media planning and buying business.
    • Virgin Atlantic is reviewing its global digital and direct marketing arrangements.
    • Zoopla, the property website, has puts its £4 million advertising account up for review.
    • PokerStars is talking to UK agencies about an advertising brief to promote the online poker site.
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  • LG reviewing media duties in U.S. and certain global markets.
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  • Coca-Cola is reviewing its £30m UK media planning and buying business, which is currently held by Vizeum.
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  • Kmart begins creative-agency pitch.
    • Burger King is reviewing its £40 million pan-European media planning and buying account.
    • EBay is looking for an agency to help create, develop and define a new global platform in the fashion space.
    • V, the energy drink, has called a review of its pan-European advertising account.
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  • BBVA, Spain's second-largest bank, is reviewing its creative agency requirements and looking to appoint a single agency group to handle its global business across all channels.
    • Ralph Lauren, the US fashion giant, is looking for a digital creative agency to handle its business-to-business marketing.
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  • Chanel invites media shops to pitch account worth over $100 million.
    • Nando's, the restaurant chain, is on the hunt for an agency to handle its advertising.
    • Courvoisier, the cognac brand owned by Beam, is looking for an agency to handle its advertising account.
    • RAC, the breakdown service, has met with media agencies ahead of a possible pitch for its £10 million planning and buying duties, currently handled by ZenithOptimedia.
    • Philips, the electronics giant, has kicked off a review of its CRM account across its Consumer Lifestyle division.
    • Westons, the cider-maker, is looking for an agency to handle all advertising as it ramps up marketing activity.
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  • Clarks International, the shoe manufacturer, has put its international advertising business up for pitch.
    • Walgreens reviews $200M+ media account.
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  • Bentley, the Volkswagen-owned luxury car marque, is looking for an agency to handle its estimated £5 million pan-European advertising account.
    • The John Lewis Partnership is reviewing the direct marketing accounts for its John Lewis and Waitrose brands.
    • Mothercare is reviewing its advertising account.
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  • Honda Selects Finalists in Ad Review.
    • Bennetts, the specialist UK motorcycle insurance specialist, is reviewing its agency arrangements.
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  • Four shops vie for Sony PlayStation.
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  • YouView is looking for a new advertising agency to handle its £10 million account after splitting with the incumbent, Adam & Eve/DDB.
    • Halfords has put its £12 million advertising account up for pitch.
    • BBVA, the Spanish bank, has approached media agency groups ahead of a review of its global media planning and buying business.
    • Royal Mail has kicked off a review of its £8 million direct marketing business.
    • The Global Brewers Initiative, created by a consortium of the nation's largest brewers, is looking for a media agency to handle its estimated £3 million account.
    • Center Parcs, which spends £5 million on advertising, is on the hunt for an agency to create a campaign based on a brand repositioning brief.
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  • TIAA-CREF reviews its advertising business.
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  • Postal Service's creative search continues.
    • Zipcar's acquisition by Avis comes amid agency review.
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  • Porsche reviews creative business.
    • Charles Schwab narrows creative search.
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  • RPA mounts defense in Honda review.
    • Carlsberg is talking to networks about a global advertising brief.
    • The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is looking for an advertising agency to handle a brief to help it connect with new audiences.
    • Dyson, the brand best known for its vacuum cleaners, is reviewing its estimated £130 million global media planning and buying account.
    • Audi UK has kicked off a pitch to find a digital agency of record to handle its website and digital strategy.
    • Grant's, the blended Scotch whisky brand, is reviewing its global advertising account as it moves to ramp up its marketing activity.
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  • The Southbank Centre, the complex of artistic venues on the south bank of the Thames, is reviewing its media planning and buying account.
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  • Heineken International is holding a global pitch to find an agency to create a new digital platform for its flagship beer brand.
    • Drinkaware, the alcohol education organisation, is looking for an agency to handle its advertising business.
    • The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is reviewing its corporate advertising account.
    • Hailo, the taxi-booking app that has emerged as an adland favourite, is looking for a creative agency to help build its brand as it expands globally.
    • Kayak, the online travel search engine, is reviewing its £24 million media planning and buying business across Western Europe.
    • Wickes, the home-improvement retailer, is reviewing its search account, currently held by Greenlight.
    • Sacla, the Italian pasta sauce specialist, is reviewing its advertising account.
    • Emirates is looking for an agency to handle a global digital brief to promote its fleet of aircraft.
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