ITE Asia has acquired a 70% stake in the organiser of the Fastener Expo in Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Fastener Expo Shanghai is an annual event held at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center. Fastener Expo Guangzhou, was launched in 2013 and has just held its third edition at the Guangzhou Poly Trade Expo Center
Dentsu Aegis has continued its push into the creative market, turning its attention to New Zealand with a majority shareholding in Barnes, Catmur & Friends
WPP announces that its wholly-owned operating company, AKQA, the leading digital services agency, has acquired a majority stake in the holding company of digital agency Potato. Potato specialises in designing and building complex, secure and scalable web applications. Its work sits at the heart of many influential marketing campaigns
Time Inc. UK today announces the sale of its Motoring brands to Kelsey Media. The deal sees Kelsey acquire VolksWorld, VolksWorld Camper & Bus and VWt, as well as the annual VolksWorld Show and VolksWorld Camper & Bus Show, with immediate effect. There will be no interruption to the publishing schedules of the three print titles
US group hires advisers to examine options as operating loss for fourth quarter hits $382m
Hampshire, UK-based eDigitalResearch (edr) has been acquired by recently formed research, insight and advisory services provider MARU Group, for an undisclosed sum
Headquartered in Switzerland and with regional partners in Europe, North and South America, Africa and the Middle East, the agency provides strategic advice to public sector and sports organisation clients in the practice areas of events, performance, participation and facilities
WPP announces that its operating network Millward Brown, a global leader in brand, media and communications research, has agreed to acquire the business operations of Analytics Quotient (“AQ”), a marketing analytics company that extracts insights from data to help clients define their marketing strategies. AQ also builds data visualization tools and custom analytics solutions to help clients slice, dice, simulate and monitor business data
UK-based digital marcoms group Next Fifteen has acquired the remaining 25% stake in brand market research and advisory consultancy Morar
Getting into the search and email businesses of a stumbling first-generation Internet company won’t move Time Inc. forward
Private equity group’s return on the value of its investment in used-cars site is nearly five times
Time Inc, the publisher of Sports Illustrated, People and Time magazine, is considering a deal to buy the core business of Yahoo Inc, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Time has heard a presentation from Citigroup bankers on pursuing a deal with Yahoo, the Bloomberg report said, adding that Citigroup had not been retained by Time
The merger gives birth to the most comprehensive B2B information and media resource in the North American grocery, convenience store, and big-box retail market, according to the new company
The Brooklyn Brothers — a fast-growing independent known for award-winning “paid” and “owned” media campaigns for brands such as NBC and Pepsi — has been acquired by one of the dominant players in “earned” media, Interpublic public relations division Golin
VNU Exhibitions has announced its acquisition of Aquarama and Pet Asia from UBM Exhibition Singapore Pte Ltd. Aquarama is a trade show covering fish, invertebrates, plants and related accessories
Artexis Easyfairs has expanded its international presence in the packaging event and congress sector with a new organiser acquisition
Disposal could fetch $3bn as group focuses on financial information products and services
Barclay brothers believed to be testing potential City interest in newspaper group
Transaction Combines Time Inc.’s Premium Content, Subscriber and Visitor Data, and Advertising Inventory with Viant’s First-Party Data and Targeting Capabilities
Autometrix publishes two monthly newsstand and subscription titles, Audi Driver and VolksWagen Driver and has two significant events, Audi Driver International incorporating an annual Awards Dinner and Gti International, its flagship event held in July. It also holds a number of track days for enthusiasts across the country
