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Toys 'R' Us Narrows Agency Search

  • Ad Age, Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:15 AM
Retailer Toys "R" Us has focused its search for a new ad agency on three shops: Omnicom's DDB, Chicago; Interpublic's Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Boston; and independent Richards Group, Dallas. Leo Burnett, Chicago, and McCann Erickson, New York, have been bounced form the battle for the account, once handled by Young & Rubicam, New York.

A McCann spokeswoman says that agency withdrew in March, but none of the others would comment. Toys "R" Us spent $85.4 on measured media during 2006, up from $79.3 million the year before, according to TNS Media Intelligence. Media buying and planning is done by Mediaedge:cia, which is not involved in the review.

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