精信广告公司

官方网站网址：http://www.grey.com

　　精信广告于1917年始创于美国纽约，1992年在中国与中信集团属下的国安广告组成合资公司，成立精信广告，分别在北京、上海及广州设有分公司。

　　精信是美国最大广告公司，全球排名第7位，在90个国家有400个办公室。精信领导广告同业，多年来不断的更新和突破。以“常更新，实力跨全球”的理念，已为其遍布全球的客户取得有目共睹的成绩。1998年精信被评为“全球最创意的广告公司。” 精信广告在中国的发展迅速：很快成为国内强大的4A国际广告公司之一。她旨在中国建立世界级品牌，以创新精神为自己及客户赢得成功。

　　2004年,WPP集团并购精信整合行销集团环球。

　　2006年,WPP和中信国安解除合约。精信广告中国独资。

Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency, driven by a passion for delivering "Famousily Effective" solutions - with headquarters in New York City, and 432 offices in 96 countries, operating in 154 cities— organized into four geographical units: North America; Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

As a unit of communications conglomerate WPP Group, Grey Global Group operates branded independent business units in many communications disciplines including: advertising, direct marketing, public relations, public affairs, brand development, customer relationship management, sales promotion, interactive marketing — through its subsidiaries: Grey, G2, GHG, GCI Group, MediaCom Worldwide, Alliance, G WHIZ, and WINGLATINO.

Grey Group’s international clients include: Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, Nokia, BAT, Diageo, Volkswagen, Novartis, Wyeth, Canon, Direct TV and 3M.

The company has won: 10 Cannes Lions; beside the Addy, Clio and one Emmy Award. Grey Group's European network, Grey EMEA, won 26 Euro EFFIE awards, and is the four-time Euro EFFIE Agency Network of the Year, in four consecutive years of 2005–2008.

　　精信环球下属主要公司：精信广告、Grey Direct、GCI、领先媒体、安可公关

　　Larry Valenstein于1917年创建的精信环球集团（Grey Global Group）在业界以创意与良好的客户管理赢得了长期忠诚客户：该公司为宝洁服务的时间超过40年；2002年精信环球收入12亿美元，排名全球第7大广告与传播集团；而精信广告以收入5.86亿美元，排名广告代理公司第12名。领先媒体（MediaCom Worldwide）2002年以123亿美元的承揽额排名全球第9位，在网络媒体领域排名第2，主要客户包括3M、英美烟草、Cendant、ConAgra、葛兰素史克、Hasbro、LVMH、玛氏（Mars, Inc.）、诺基亚、甲骨文、宝洁、大众汽车和华纳兄弟等。

Founded in 1917 (1917) by Larry Valenstein and Arthur Fatt, Grey Global Group began as a direct marketing company named Grey Studios, reflecting the color of the wall of its original quarters, changing to Grey Advertising in 1925.

In 1956 (1956), Grey acquired its first major client, Procter & Gamble. Through the 1960s and 1970s, Grey continued to acquire such major accounts, and grew into related communication fields. In 1970 (1970), Edward H. Meyer became CEO and would remain in that position for 36 years before selling the company and joining his son, Anthony E. Meyer, in management of private family wealth.

In 1988 (1988), the off-shore operation, London-based Grey Communications Group, recruited Barry Chapman as Group IS Director. In 1989 (1989) Chapman developed the New Media Experiment. Chapman explored the use of the internet as an alternative to traditional advertising media putting Grey at the forefront of the internet revolution.

In 2000 (2000), Grey Advertising became Grey Global Group. On March 7, 2005 (2005-03-07), WPP Group beat out Havas in a race to acquire Grey Global, the seventh-largest advertising agency at the time,[citation needed] for approximately 1.3 billion USD.

In late 2005, James R. Heekin III became CEO of Grey Worldwide, Grey Global Group's traditional advertising agency. On January 1, 2007 (2007-01-01), he became Chairman and CEO of Grey Group, the renamed agency holding company. He reports to Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP Group.

Grey Group, Grey Advertising New York and G2 moved to a LEEDS certified building at 200 5th Avenue in New York in November 2009, after 45 years at their previous location.

In 2010, Grey was named to Fast Company's 50 Most Innovative Companies. In 2010, Grey was put on Ad Age's "Agency A-List". In 2006, Grey was awarded 12 "Spots of the Week" by Advertising Age, which placed it second-highest overall.

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