Worldwide Partners Inc.’s Ranks Exceed 100 Agencies for the First Time As Five Agencies Join Partnership

Release Date: 10/16/2008

Worldwide Partners Inc (WPI), the world’s largest owner-operated network of independent marketing services firms, has broken the century in terms of partners five agencies have invested and joined WPI, increasing its ranks to 101 shops.

The five agencies increase the group’s presence across the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. InTheLine Marketing Group, ilogic (PTY) Ltd, Tank, Wellcom and Catalytx work across disciplines from digital, direct, media planning and design.

Based in Newtown, South Africa, with a branch office in Tel Aviv, Israel, ilogic is a digital specialist, its work covers everything from strategic development and media planning and buying through to high-end creative design and development. Its clients include Play65, Sissy Boy Fashion, Rates Direct and Finweek.

InTheLine Marketing Group, based in San Sebastian, Spain is among the top and fastest growing agencies in the Basque Country, now one of Spain’s wealthiest and most competitive regions. A full service agency, its clients include Eun, Prodema, Naturtek and Grupo Eibar.

Tank, based in Tallinn, Estonia is a full range creative advertising agency, as well as a specialist in package designing, corporate identities and interactive solutions. Tank is one of the three top agencies in Estonia, with clients including Swedbank, Saku Brewery, Neste, Felix and Tele 2.

Parisian agency Wellcom celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. A communications specialist, its expertise encompasses corporate identity, public relations, press relations, publicity and online communication. Clients include Transalliance, PCM, Rougier and Agropolis.

Completing the picture is Manila-based Catalytx. Founded in 2000, it has grown to take its place among the top-20 agencies in the Philippines. Operating through the line, its 28 clients include the likes of Suzuki, Yakult, Bostik and South East Asia Food Inc.

“Surpassing the 100 agency mark is a huge milestone for us. As the global economy struggles, we’re finding that clients and agencies are increasingly turning to Worldwide Partners because of our bottom-up, efficient business model,” said WPI Chief Executive Officer Al Moffatt. “These latest five agencies are all major players in their local markets, and will complement our strength in the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. It’s really exciting to be welcoming them on board.”

Contact:

Al Moffatt, President and CEO, Worldwide Partners, Inc.
+303-577-9765
alm@worldwidepartners.com

Editor’s note:

About Worldwide Partners, Inc.
Worldwide Partners, Inc. (WPI) is the world’s largest owner-operated advertising and marketing communications network made up of 101 agencies employing 4,800 people in 152 offices located in 57 countries across Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North America. Based in Denver, Colorado USA, WPI is owned by the partner agencies that make up the network. WPI exists to explore and capitalize on global business development opportunities with multinational clients for its partners and to act as a hub that harnesses the creativity, local expertise and resources of the agencies in the partnership and apply them to solve problems for clients on a local, regional and international basis. This allows partners to expand their existing client relationships geographically and to compete effectively for international new business. Clients gain access to best-in-class, entrepreneurially driven agencies steeped in local knowledge in all markets they engage WPI shops. WPI’s partner agencies manage in excess of $3.9 billion in advertising expenditures. Clients serviced in five countries or more include Avon Global Fragrance, Ciba Vision, Guardian Industries, Lehman Brothers, Walden University and Wal-Mart Centroamerica.