Wpp Share Discussion Threads

[robrah] 19/10/2017 13:40

Yip it shows in the share price

[justiceforthemany] 18/10/2017 11:03

Tipped by Questor today

[justiceforthemany] 03/10/2017 17:27

Accenture rumoured to be ready to bid for WPP

hxxp://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/publicis-wpp-takeover-targets-accenture-looks-credible-buyer-bank-says/1445811

Publicis and WPP are takeover targets and Accenture 'looks a credible buyer', bank says
Publicis Groupe and WPP are takeover targets because agency groups are under pressure and Accenture looks the most credible buyer, according to a leading French bank.

[gswredland] 03/10/2017 16:37

Not done much for the sp!

[justiceforthemany] 03/10/2017 10:20

Last day to qualify for 22.7p/share dividend is tomorrow.

[city chappy] 22/9/2017 09:38

Just a shame more of the high director salaries is not put into the business instead.

[adamb1978] 11/9/2017 10:38

hpcg

One argue against that trend, and indeed which offsets discounting, is premiumisation. One strong consumer trend which is seen in several markets today is that people are willing to pay more for premium products, and are offsetting that by being prudent with spending on areas which are less of a priority for them (i.e. buy premium whiskies and compensate by, say, buying clothes from TK Maxx rather than more expensive places or shopping at Aldi rather than Tesco).

Therefore there is definitely a need/benefit from a company's products being seen as a premium product, and hence a need of clever advertising / marketing.

Adam

[adamb1978] 11/9/2017 10:20

Added these to the 'buy and forget about' part of my portfolio - great brand, market leader and available at a decent price.

[fhasson] 07/9/2017 17:07

Should be buying opportunities, with buybacks and M&A happening you would bet

[slaphead240] 06/9/2017 16:57

Presumably bell pottingers demise could be wpp's gain?

[martinthebrave] 31/8/2017 15:47

Joined you here today. I like it when companies like #WPP are available at a discount!

[gswredland] 31/8/2017 11:11

Thanks nimrod

[nimrod22] 31/8/2017 08:31

Good write up in SHARES magazine today, re the cheap share price and being oversold

[redips2] 24/8/2017 18:06

...... At last this is a proper discussion board concerning WPP.... Thank you .

[p1nkfish] 24/8/2017 13:35

Unless it is properly and we'll attribbed.
Scatter gun open loop approach no longer works and can be counter productive. You give some decent examples.

[p1nkfish] 24/8/2017 06:17

Well worth a read, 3 levers are likely off & they need to do something.
Acquisitions imho to plug gaps and offer new services.

[p1nkfish] 24/8/2017 06:12

All the large consumer goods and packaged goods companies are under substantial margin pressure. This is only likely to increase.

Reducing wasted marketing spend goes straight to the bottom line.
Once the likes of P&G and Unilever start this game others follow.
Pressure on WPP will not abate but spread outside of NA.

[p1nkfish] 24/8/2017 06:07

As an example, a few months back I read P&G decided to slash on line ad spend by 50% and monitor the outcome. There was no discernible change to life-like sales over the monitoring period. The question was then asked what if it's slashed another 50% etc.

What does this mean outside of some online spend is wasted? Quite a bit wasted the way I read it.

Look for companies that can measure attribution as proof of sales vs online ad spend and help improve return on spend.

WPP could well go on the acquisition trail for such companies.

WPP is a great company but needs to go very carefully as disruption can cause even the likes of WPP to stagnate unless they adapt fast and prove their worth in increased end product sales vs marketing spend.