Arthur Sadoun has said Publicis Groupe’s recovery from the pandemic is happening faster than expected and it should recover all of last year’s revenue decline in 2021, rather than 2022. But he is “extremely worried” about the ongoing impact on the mental health of staff after nearly 18 months of Covid.
Sadoun, Publicis chief executive and chairman since 2017, said in an interview with Campaign that Q2 2021 was a “very strange quarter” because 17.1 per cent organic revenue growth followed a dramatic 13 per cent plunge a year earlier during the worst of lockdown.
For the full year, he predicted 7 per cent growth in 2021 versus a 6.3 per cent decline in 2020 – an upgrade on previous expec
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