A breakdown of M&A activity in marcoms during Q3 2016

Consolidation in the marcoms space continued to grow during the last quarter (despite the wider business uncertainty fuelled by Brexit), with the third quarter of 2016 seeing 279 mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals generate over $1.77bn.
The findings come in a report by investment advisors Results International (RI), which points out that the number of deals in the sector grew sequentially (from 219 in Q2) driven by the widespread growth in agency networks’ desire to up their capabilit