Office Depot Parts With JWT After Staples' Merger Fails

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J. Walter Thompson here has closed an unexpectedly brief relationship with Office Depot, after producing just two campaigns and watching from the sidelines as the client’s merger plans collapsed.
The future of Office Depot’s estimated $35 million broadcast account is in limbo. JWT, which won broadcast creative responsibilities in March 1996, is no longer handling the business, the agency confirmed last week. Media duties had been handled in-house by the client, which spent a total of $68.5

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