Add-on Acquisition • Media

Omnicom Group Acquires Integrated Merchandising Systems

On October 1, 2001, Omnicom Group acquired media company Integrated Merchandising Systems

Acquisition Context
  • This is Omnicom Group’s 6th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Omnicom Group’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Omnicom Group’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date October 1, 2001
Target Integrated Merchandising Systems
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Omnicom Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Integrated Merchandising Systems

Morton Grove, Illinois, United States
Integrated Merchandising Systems LLC, a merchandising service agency.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Omnicom Group

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1944
Sector Marketing
Employees74,900
Revenue 15.7B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Omnicom Group is an advertising, marketing, and corporate communications company. The company offers a wide range of services in advertising, strategic media planning and buying, precision marketing, retail and digital commerce, branding, experiential, public relations, healthcare marketing and other specialty marketing services to over 5,000 clients in more than 70 countries. Omnicom Group was founded in 1944 and is based in New York, New York.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 7 of 30
Sector: Media 6 of 12
Type: Add-on Acquisition 7 of 29
State: Illinois 1 of 1
Country: United States 7 of 25
Year: 2001 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-07-19 Grizzard Communications Group

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Grizzard Communications Group, Inc., a nonprofit fundraising and direct marketing communications company.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-04-26 Aaron Walton Entertainment

United States

Aaron Walton Entertainment, a full service marketing company that specializes in developing music marketing promotions.

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