The Italian confectionery giant behind Nutella and Kinder has called its second major media planning and buying review within three years.
Ferrero has been aggressively expanding from Europe in recent years, opening a factory in China in 2015 and acquiring several US brands from Nestlé in 2018 and Kellogg in 2019.
In late 2019 it moved much of its media buying and planning, then estimated to be worth as much as $950m globally, from PHD to Mindshare, including the key US portion.
However, a later review in the UK in 2020 did not go entirely smoothly. Both Starcom and incumbent PHD were considered and both initially failed to agree to terms with Ferrero before Starcom was appointed.
A few months later,�
Ferrero unwraps global media review
Nearly 100 markets believed to be up for grabs.
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