Omnicom Faces Radical Restructuring Proposal: Two Brands, One Platform
NEW YORK โ- November 25, 2025 – โฃMarketing consultant Markโ Ritson proposesโ a dramatic restructuring of Omnicom Group, advocating for the consolidation ofโข its creative agencies into just two brands – a premium โขoffering combining BBDO and McCann, and a challenger brand formed from DDB and FCB – underpinned by aโ single, unified platform, “Omni Cloud,” โขhandling all media, data,โค digital, and commerce. The proposal, outlined in a recent Adweek โฃ analysis, frames the move as a necessary “Great Reset” for the advertisingโข industry, โขmirroring but exceeding Publicis’s “Power of One” model.
Ritson arguesโ that brands like TBWA, โMullenLowe, and โThe Martin Agency are expendable in a streamlined structure focused on efficiency and profitability. He predicts the consolidated model could yield shareholder margins exceeding 20%โฃ while offering clients simplified access toโ Omnicom’s resources.
The core of the plan centers on Omni Cloud, envisioned asโฃ a single profit and โloss center with a unified system, designed to provideโ accountability and operational clarity.
However, Ritson expresses skepticism that Omnicom’sโ leadership, specifically CEO John wren, possesses the decisiveness required to implement such a radical overhaul. He โcharacterizes Wren as a “peacetimeโข generalโ managing decline,” lacking the “wartime CEO” mentality needed for disruptive โคchange.
Ritson draws a parallel to natural selection, suggesting that, like a mother rat culling her litter to ensure the survival of the strongest, โomnicom must be willing to eliminate underperforming assets to secure its future. He posits the critical question is not which โbrands to eliminate,โฃ but how many are truly necessary for success.
Ritson will be teaching โคthe ADWEEK MiniMBA in Marketing in April 2026. Registration is available at https://minimba.com/?utm_source=adweek&utm_medium=web_referral&utm_campaign=launch&utm_term=article.