WPP Group's Ogilvy & Mather let go 90 staffers, or 4% of its North American workforce, per
Adweek. A loss of business from various clients including Yahoo, Kraft and Barclays, as well as the
recession, were blamed for the layoffs. Also, in August, Mattel moved about $30 million in ad duties to WPP's Y&R; Ogilvy handled some of the account. However, the agency did add work from UPS,
Sarah Lee, Pfizer and Bayer, among others.
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