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The London-based consultancy, which was founded in 1965 by Michael Wolff and Wally Olins, will remain an independent unit within the US advertising giant and will find itself standing alongside rival consultancy Interbrand, also owned by Omnicom.

The acquisition is the latest in what has become an aggressive spending spree by the world's second-largest advertising group as it competes to buy high-margin marketing services agencies.