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MMB Makes a Play for AXA FinancialBOSTON—McCarthy Mambro Bertino and TBWA\Chiat\Day last week emerged as finalists for the AXA Financial advertising account, sources said. MMB of Boston and TBWA\C\D, New York, are expected to make final presentations later this week. Client spending through the first 10 months of 2001 was about $15 million, per CMR. Seiter & Miller, New York, has worked for AXA. Agency executives declined comment, and client representatives did not return calls. MMB also works for Jiffy Lube and British Telecom. Arnold Animates VolkswagenBOSTON—Arnold, which incorporated 1960s cartoon icon Speed Racer into a Volkswagen of America com mercial a few years ago, has fashioned a new anim ated 30-second image spot for the automaker. The commercial began running nationwide last week, and it is expected to get heavy play on broadcasts of the Winter Olympic Games. The spot, which was crafted by the Boston shop with assistance from New York production house Psyop, features scenes of engineers working on old and new Volkswagens. Grolsch Beer Puts Account Out to BidBOSTON—U.S. Beverage is reviewing the estimated $5 million ad account of its Grolsch beer brand. The business has been handled for the past several years by Gearon Hoffman of Boston. The agency is not defending. Some half-dozen undisclosed contenders are pitching, according to USB evp, marketing Jerry Greenstein. Recent tongue-in-cheek campaigns from Gearon Hoffman stressed the beer's heritage and often depicted busty women. Matsuda Joins McCabe as Design DirectorBOSTON—Lonny Matsuda has joined McCabe, Duval & Associates as design director at the shop in Portland, Maine. Previously, he held a similar post at crosstown shop Via. Matsuda has also served as e-commerce creative director and executive producer at catalog marketer L.L. Bean. Sasaki Associates Hires Philip Johnson's UltraBOSTON—Sasaki Associates has chosen Philip Johnson Associates' Ultra division to build a Web site with a database-driven portfolio and publishing tools. The site will be integrated with the company's current corporate-information database. Watertown, Mass.-based Sasaki is a multi disciplinary design firm working in landscape architecture and interior, urban and graphic design. Herbalife Launches Agency SearchLOS ANGELES—Herbalife International has put its estimated $5 million advertising account in review, sources said. Herbalife vice president of marketing operations Elisabeth Charles declined to comment on the review but said that Herbalife previously used in-house creative and does not have an ongoing relationship with an agency. For the RecordOverdrive Interactive was misidentified in the Jan. 28 Adweek New England.

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