Supervalu Loss Forces Duncan Closure

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LOS ANGELES Following the loss of its primary client, the Supervalu grocery chains, independent Duncan & Associates is closing, said Hugh Duncan, founder and chief executive officer.

“We’re going to retire the agency,” Duncan said. “We had a great 11 years with Albertsons. The new management has decided to take a cost-cutting tack and is unbundling the media and going to a different form of compensation. We decided to not present or defend.”

Declining to elaborate on the changes in the business structure, Duncan said that continuing was “not viable economically.”

Duncan,





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