Crispin Attributes 10% Staff Cut to Arby's, Microsoft

The former left in November and the latter uses the shop less

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Crispin Porter + Bogusky trimmed its U.S. staff by 10 percent, a cut that stems chiefly from the loss of Arby's and shrinkage in the agency's Microsoft business.

In a statement, new agency president Steve Erich cited both factors as reasons for the cut, which equates to roughly 60-70 positions across the shop's offices in Boulder, Colo.; Los Angeles and Miami.

Erich added that "these decisions are always difficult as they affect our colleagues who have made many contributions."

Arby's left in November, and the fast-food chain is now in the late stages of a search for a new lead creative agency.

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