Havas 1Q Revenue Declines

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BOSTON Havas on Tuesday posted an 8.6 percent drop in first-quarter revenue to approximately $463 million, compared with the same period a year ago, based on the current rate of exchange.

Excluding the effects of changes in exchange rates and other factors, the organic decline was 5.8 percent, according to the Paris-based holding company, parent to the Arnold, Euro RSCG and Media Planning Group agency networks.

Havas in a statement attributed the dismal performance to “the uncertain geo-political climate,” noting that, “organic growth was more negative in March than in the first two months of the year, particularly in communications and marketing services and mainly in the USA and U.K.,



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