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Source: The Drum
Sir Martin Sorrell has stated that “the jury is out” when it comes to whether or not WPP will stick by Cannes Lions following the decision of rival Publicis Groupe to cease spend next year.
At an event hosted by the Financial Times yesterday, Sorrell admitted that he had been considering WPP’s involvement at the annual festival of creativity (as had been previously rumored) which he said had become “too bold and too brash” over the years.
He highlighted how the client desire to do more for less money, didn’t resonate with the event which has grown in expense. He also queried whether clients would welcome the Publicis Groupe decision to withdraw from the 2018 proceedings but welcomed it if it provoked a review by the festival organizers too.
Sorrell then went on to explain how there are 500 people from WPP at Cannes this year, instead of up to 1,000 people in previous years, and that the number of entries to the festival’s prestigious awards has been “cut down slightly” too.
“There is gouging that goes on and there is peak time pricing. Cannes in June is not the cheapest place in the world to be,” he continued, additionally noting that he favoured a similar event taking place somewhere “more accessible” like New York, London or Paris. Although he did add: “Given some of the things that are going on at the moment, I think it is inappropriate”
Sorrell then went on to label the event “too much of a money making exercise”, and added that he felt it had lost its essence of celebrating creativity as it was originally founded.