Walgreens Set for Shift to DDB Unit

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CHICAGO The creative portion of Walgreen Co.’s $60 million broadcast account, in flux since the meltdown of Euro RSCG Tatham Partners earlier this year, will shift to the newly minted Chicago office of Omnicom Group’s Downtown Partners, an offshoot of DDB, the client has confirmed.

Jim Schmidt, who oversaw the work as chief creative officer at Havas’ Tatham before quitting the shop in January, is expected to join Downtown Partners as lead creative, said Craig Sinclair, senior vice president of advertising at Deerfield, Ill.-based

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