WPP's Wavemaker Defends Ikea's $108 Million U.S. Account in Global Media Review

MEC had worked with the brand for 11 years

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Ikea announced today it has selected Wavemaker to retain its planning and buying business in the U.S. after an extensive global procurement-led media review first launched in 2016.

Wavemaker, the WPP agency network formed by the merger of MEC and Maxus, will be tasked with driving “deeper integration and innovation” in-store and online across all of the furniture brand’s domestic media channels including data science, multicultural, search engine optimization (SEO) and content offerings, according to the announcement.

“We

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