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WPP Shares Fall As Ad Slowdown Is Reported
- Wall Street Journal, Thursday, August 24, 2017 8:05 AM
WPP reported a steeper-than-expected slowdown in ad buying from consumer-goods companies, especially in North America. The company is often considered a bellwether for a wide swath of industries because of its large client base. Other big advertisers also have been signaling slowing prospects amid a retrenchment among some of the world’s biggest packaged-good companies.
