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Omnicom is buying Interpublic Group in a stock-for-stock deal that will create an advertising powerhouse with combined annual revenue of almost $26 billion

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Homegrown advertising group RK Swamy Ltd is betting on its integrated marketing model to drive growth over the next few years, combining media, creative and other advertising services even as the ‘Big Four’ agency networks increasingly separate those businesses.“We never did disaggregated media and creative [although] that was an option 20 years ago,” Shekhar Swamy, MD and group CEO of RK Swamy Ltd told Mint in an interview.“How can you disaggregate the two? The media function holds a lot of data, and then when media and creative walk separately, it creates a lot of tension. This is not a sensible model for a client.”RK Swamy’s clients include Magicbricks, Polycab, and several government institutions and PSUs such as LIC.The company reported a 15% jump in annual revenue for FY26 to ₹351.73 crore, while profit before tax and exceptional items rose 30% year-on-year to ₹32.2 crore.

₹96,200 crore, growing over 26% year-on-year, while traditional advertising contracted by about 4%. Digital advertising is now 63% of India’s total advertising industry by revenue.The industry’s centre of gravity has shifted since the late 1990s.

₹7,421 crore in 2024, per latest available data from media investment agency WPP Media, while media spends rise 7% to ₹7,989 crore the same year.“ICC’s new sponsorship cycle that began in 2024 had a leaner look with fewer number of brand partners,” the WPP report said. “This strategy, driven by the 'Less is More' approach, aims to limit sponsor slots, allowing each brand a larger Share of Voice (SOV) within the roster.

Dear reader, as 2025, a year of global tumult and volatility, rolls by, Mint's reporters and columnists look around the corner on what is coming in 2026—to help you know what to expect and prepare for it. Tell us what you think at [email protected] 2025 draws to a close, advertising finds itself caught between consolidation and reinvention—forced to get bigger even as its traditional role grows smaller.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Artificial intelligence (AI) is causing an upheaval in the global advertising industry, and the ripples of layoffs and cost cuts are being felt in India as well. AI tools now enable clients to develop content, and they are outsourcing less and less work to advertising agencies.

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agency group for new business wins in India for the year 2023, according to the New Business Barometer 2023 report by independent global research and data consultancy firm COMvergence. GroupM surged ahead with a new media business value exceeding $654 million, demonstrating its continued dominance in the Indian advertising market.

Disney's Magic Words," advertisers can target specific scenes or moods within content, enabling personalized messaging that resonates with viewers' emotions. This shift from broad demographics to specific audience targeting marks a significant advancement in advertising strategy.

By Dawn Chmielewski

S4 Capital Plc, the digital advertising agency run by industry veteran Martin Sorrell, fell as much as 30% on Monday to a record low after reporting disappointing sales figures and cutting its full-year guidance for the second time in two months.

Some advertising holding companies have been reporting weaker-than-expected organic revenue results, raising questions about what that could mean for marketers’ spending with agencies in the quarters ahead. Some experts say the results don’t signal major problems ahead for ad companies such as Interpublic Group, Omnicom Group, WPP and Publicis Group, which own creative and media-planning and buying shops among other specialties.

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