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What a difference two years makes.
Publicis Groupe CEO Arthur Sadoun admittedly did not anticipate the dramatic reaction to 2017’s announcement that all his network’s agencies would be forbidden from entering their work into the following year’s Cannes Lions festival.
But the holding company clearly liked 2018’s results, which saw clients like P&G win big while submitting their own brands’ campaigns. And now, Publicis has effectively reset the way it approaches the festival with last year as a model—even though it will be investing its own money this time around.

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