{"id":36743,"date":"2017-02-27T07:58:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T12:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portada-online.com\/?p=36743"},"modified":"2017-03-02T12:10:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T17:10:48","slug":"sales-leads-lowes-office-depot-officemax-aqua-pharmaceuticals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portada-online.com\/sales-leads\/sales-leads-lowes-office-depot-officemax-aqua-pharmaceuticals\/","title":{"rendered":"SALES LEADS: Lowe’s, Office Depot OfficeMax, Aqua Pharmaceuticals…"},"content":{"rendered":"
A summary for Corporate Marketers, Media Sales Executives and Advertising Agencies to see what clients are moving into the market and\/or targeting Multicultural\u00a0consumers right now.<\/p>\n
To subscribe to Portada’s Interactive Database of Marketers targeting U.S. consumers, please contact Sales Research Manager Silvina Poirier\u00a0silvina@www.www.portada-online.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n For prior Sales Leads editions, click here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Home improvement retailer Lowe\u2019s <\/strong>has appointed Publicis Groupe\u2019s Starcom<\/strong> to handle its’ U.S. media account. Lowe’s spends \u00a0US$300 million on media advertising annually. Incumbent OMD, which handled the account since 2005, did not participate in the review. BBDO continues as the Lowe\u2019s creative agency. Jocelyn Wong<\/strong>, who was promoted to chief marketing officer at Lowe\u2019s in January, handled the later part of the review and decision-making process.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Office Depot OfficeMax<\/strong> has moved its entire account to Zimmerman Advertising<\/strong> without a review.Incumbent was Interpublic Group for almost two and a half years.McCann New York and UM had been handling creative and media duties, respectively, since 2014. Moving forward, it will all be with the Omnicom shop.Office Depot OfficeMax\u00a0is headquartered in Boca Raton.According to Kantar Media, Office Depot spent approximately US$54.3 million on measured media in 2015 and US$60 million from January to November of 2016.Zimmerman also took on a more prominent role servicing the Nissan business when the auto brand consolidated its accounts\u00a0on the East Coast, moving away from TBWA\\Chiat\\Day L.A. after more than three decades.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Almirall company Aqua Pharmaceuticals<\/strong> has picked The Marketing Arm<\/strong> as agency of record, following a review. Incumbent GCG Marketing defend the account.\u00a0The agency will handle\u00a0strategy, creative, media services, and public relations, including both B2B and B2C outreach efforts.The account will be led out of the agency’s NY office.Almirall acquired Aqua Pharmaceuticals for US$327.6 million in December 2013.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Home Franchise Concepts (HFC)<\/a>, a family of direct-to-consumer brands in the home-related goods and services space, has appointed<\/a>\u00a0Milner Butcher Media Group (MBMG)<\/a>\u00a0as its media agency of record (AOR), and tasked it with providing national communications planning, analytics and activation for its\u00a0Budget Blinds\u00ae<\/a>,\u00a0Tailored Living\u00ae<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Concrete Craft\u00ae<\/a>\u00a0brands.Los Angeles-based MBMG will develop and execute consumer-based lead- generation plans and national franchise-development campaigns for all three brands during HFC\u2019s 25th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary year of 2017 and beyond.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Restaurant Brands<\/strong>, the parent of Burger King<\/strong> and the Tim Hortons<\/strong> doughnut and coffee chain, announced it will purchase Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen<\/strong>, the company famous for its Cajun cuisine, for US$1.8 billion.The deal values Popeyes at US$79 a share.There was also speculation that Restaurant Brands was considering buying another fast food chicken chain,\u00a0El Pollo Loco\u00a0.Popeyes has more than 2,600 restaurants around the globe. The company was founded in New Orleans in 1972, but its corporate headquarters is now in Atlanta.If that trend continues, Popeyes could help make Restaurant Brands become a top rivals\u00a0to McDonald’s, Wendy’s\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>and KFC owner\u00a0Yum! Brands.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n U.S. fashion brand American Apparel announced its\u2019 products will continue to be manufactured in the United States and sell at “price points relative to the competitive landscape.” The move is aimed at supporting made-in-USA product. However, the brand will continue producing some on cheaper international markets where it\u2019s also planning to expand. It will be a combination of both but supporting mainly the core made-in-USA business. American Apparel was bought by canadian manufacturer Gildan Activewear Inc. for US$88 million in a bankruptcy auction this month.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
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