Publicis Groupe Reports Biggest Q1 Growth in Emerging Markets

Publicis Groupe announced its Q1 earnings today, reporting a 12.9 percent year-over-year increase in revenue to €1.45 billion (about $1.9 billion). Organic growth was 4.1 percent, down from Q1 2011 when it was 6.5 percent, but up from Q4 2011.

The Specialized Marketing Services (SAMS) group, which houses the company’s PR units like MSLGroup, represented 19 percent of total revenue, down from 21 percent last year.

The largest growth was in the BRIC region and what the company calls the MISSAT countries: Mexico, Indonesia, Singapore, South Africa, and Turkey.

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