1998 |
December |
- Turnover - £4,130.0m Pre-tax profit - £50.6m
- Aegis moves into Australia and Canada
- Carat wins Adidas in Europe
- Carat wins Pfizer in the US
- Carat sphere launched, a genuinely leading edge planning tool
- David Verklin joins Aegis as CEO of Carat North America
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1999 |
December
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- Turnover - £4,791.8m Pre tax profit - £67.3m
- Carat USA formed
- A strategic move into diversified services begins with the launch of Carat Interactive across Europe. Sponsorship, Direct and Data all follow…
- Aegis moves into Argentina
- Aegis takes first step towards the creation of Synovate with the acquisition of Market Facts and Asia Market Intelligence
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2000 |
December |
- Turnover - £5,712.5m Pre-tax profit - £71.7m
- Significant Asia-Pacific expansion with offices in China and Japan among others
- Carat wins International Renault account
- Carat win Campaigns ‘Media Agency of the Year’
- Carat Interactive named ‘Interactive Agency of the Year’ by Advertising Age
- Aegis acquires Outdoor Vision in the US
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2001 |
December
March
September |
- Turnover - £6,095.7 Pre tax profit - £14.0m
- Aegis Research created
- Adrian Chedore appointed CEO of Aegis Research
- As the global advertising market declines by 5% Aegis fares well and manages to increase revenues by 11.8%
- Carat US named ‘Media Agency of the Year’ by Advertising age
- Philips appoints Carat as global agency of record
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2002 |
December |
- Turnover - £6,233.8m Pre-tax profit - £34.7m
- Carat named ‘Global agency of the year’ by Advertising Age
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2003 |
December
January
March
June |
- Turnover - £7,156.2m Pre-tax profit - £48.0m
- Synovate launched as new global research brand
- Vizeum launched as new independent media brand
- Aegis Media created as a platform for media operations
- South African business is launched
- Carat Italy and Spain named Agency of the Year for the second year running
- Carat Australia awarded Agency of the Year for the third year in a row
- Synovate Healthcare launched the worlds first global cancer care audit
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