Universal Registration Document 2021

Chapter 1. Presentation of the Groupe

Production

Publicis Groupe proposes global expertise, applied locally, in the design and delivery of brand content for all channels (television, print, radio, cinema, billboards (Out-of-Home) and digital: display, social networks, Internet video, etc.).

Through its Prodigious, Harbor and The Pub brands, Publicis Groupe provides its agencies and clients with the most efficient campaign management tools and archival libraries.

Digital marketing

In 2021, online advertising represented more than 50% of global advertising spend. While the various lockdown measures in many countries to combat the pandemic have accelerated digital penetration, they have only accelerated a fundamental shift in consumer habits.

Publicis has developed a 100% digital offering, through its Razorfish and Moxie brands, among others, to support customers wishing to strengthen their digital presence and thus reinvent their relationship with consumers.

Strategic communications and influence

To support its advice to clients on all strategic aspects, Publicis Groupe has specialized networks in strategic communications and influence, the most notable of which are MSL, Kekst CNC, Salter Baxter, Publicis Consultants and Publicis Live.

These networks of experts are on hand to meet a range of client needs: crisis communications, media relations, public affairs, institutional relations, financial communications, strategy and event management, to raise their profile, boost the effectiveness of their communications and engage in dialog with stakeholders.

Targeted and efficient media on a large scale
Media consulting and buying

Publicis’ media services include helping clients ensure the most effective media are used for their communications campaigns and buying the most suitable advertising space (conventional or digital media) on their behalf. These integrated networks of strategy experts, investment experts, creatives and digital technology specialists are critical to the task of helping clients to position and optimize brand names and navigate an increasingly complex media environment.

The media business is organized around global brands, such as Starcom, Zenith and Spark Foundry. Blue 449 merged with Spark Foundry in March 2019 (except in France, the United Kingdom and the United States).

The two main service ranges are:

  • media consulting/media planning: using computer software and data analysis of consumer behavior, together with analysis of different media audiences, in order to build the optimum media selection and detailed media plan, tailored to the client’s advertising and communications strategy, marketing objectives, target audience and budget;
  • media buying: purchase of all advertising space (radio, television, billboards, press, Internet and cell phones) or search engine optimization on behalf of a client as part of an agreed media plan, using the Groupe’s experience and buying power to obtain the most favorable rates and terms and conditions for our clients.
Performance

To optimize their digital presence, some brands are keen to increase the traffic generated by their online presence. This is where Performics, Publicis Groupe’s performance marketing network, comes in. It helps clients to restructure their digital assets and leverage the right channels (design, content, recommendation, search, affiliation, key words, target audience, etc.) to drive performance.

Commerce

In a world dominated by platforms, particularly e-commerce, a large number of brands are seeking to reinvent their relationship with retailers and more directly with their consumers. Publicis’ commerce expertise helps them to define a new strategy to optimize their distribution channels: in-store presence, proprietary shops, visibility on e-commerce sites, better delivery conditions, and proprietary platforms for direct-to-consumer sales.

Our Commerce practice leverages the Groupe’s full range of expertise: creativity (for content), consumer experience (in-store and online), performance (online presence and promotions), data (to continuously tailor the message to the audience), and technology (to build proprietary brand platforms and collect consumer data).