AutoZone Begins Creative Search

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AutoZone has launched a review of creative duties on its advertising account, sources said.

Major media spending on the brand totaled nearly $70 million last year, down from $80 million in 2008, according to Nielsen. The total for the first half of 2010 was $36 million. Those figures don’t include online spending.

The incumbent is independent Sponge in Chicago, which has handled the business since 2008.

It was not clear if Sponge would defend. The agency did not immediately return a phone message, and the Memphis, Tenn.-based

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