Advertising Marketing
Leigh Thomas
Jul 31, 2015

From Mad Men to Sad Men: Is the client/agency relationship in crisis?

A new IPA report seems to suggest so, with the clients involved having almost nothing good to say about agencies - and vice versa. What can agencies do to change this?

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