Here in the UK, five agencies are currently competing for the Ikea creative account (according to Campaign).

Three are Omnicom agencies:

McCann

Adam & Eve\TBWA

AMV BBDO

Welcome to the holding-company Twilight Zone, where you fight your own cousins for the same biscuit.

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I’m trying not to sound artificial here. That’s one of the grossest things I’ve heard in this industry. This is the future?

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This is normal. Should the UK only submit one athlete per Olympic sport? Of course not. More players in the competition increases the chances the motherland takes home the prize.

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Many dogs in one fight increases your chances to win. What’s hard to understand.

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Three lots of pitch costs for Omnicom to swallow!

Can’t imagine much synergy or collaboration happening here. It’ll be a painful for Omnicom Production to cost up so many routes!

But at least they have a 3 in 5 chance of winning the account!?

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Except unless they spend on freelancers, it’s the people working around the clock who are paying the cost.

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They're not fighting for the account per se. They're fighting to keep the name in the next merger.

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@OP ha, I was just about to post this lol. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRcsgCZCTS4/

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Three dogs in the race increase your likelihood of winning

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