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32 | <strong>Advertising</strong> <strong>Age</strong> | June 25, <strong>2007</strong><br />
DATACENTER 100 LEADING NATIONAL ADVERTISERS: MARKETER PROFILES YEARBOOK<br />
By media 2006 2005 % chg<br />
Local radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29,079 27,901 4.2<br />
Outdoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13,101 11,270 16.2<br />
Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44,555 33,246 34.0<br />
Measured media . . . . . . . .1,425,110 1,592,287 -10.5<br />
Unmeasured spending . . . .527,095 588,928 -10.5<br />
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,952,205 2,181,215 -10.5<br />
By brand 2006 2005 % chg<br />
Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486,661 516,658 -5.8<br />
Chrysler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .454,203 605,931 -25.0<br />
Jeep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303,155 298,153 1.7<br />
Mercedes-Benz . . . . . . . . . . . . .153,165 147,846 3.6<br />
DaimlerChrysler . . . . . . . . . . . . .19,788 17,120 15.6<br />
Sales & earnings ($ in millions)<br />
Worldwide 2006 2005 % chg<br />
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$189,470 $185,348 2.2<br />
Earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,033 3,398 18.7<br />
U.S. 2006 2005 % chg<br />
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79,899 82,931 -3.7<br />
Division sales 2006 2005 % chg<br />
Mercedes Car Group . . . . . . . . .62,115 57,456 8.1<br />
Chrysler Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58,731 61,981 -5.2<br />
Truck Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36,036 34,121 5.6<br />
Financial services . . . . . . . . . . . .17,932 15,838 13.2<br />
Van, Bus, Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14,656 15,951 -8.1<br />
Headquarters<br />
DaimlerChrysler/225 Epplestrasse, 70546 Stuttgart, Germany<br />
/Phone: 49-711-17-0.<br />
U.S. Headquarters<br />
DaimlerChrysler/1000 Chrysler Dr., Auburn Hills, Mich. 48326-<br />
2766/Phone: (248) 576-5741.<br />
Notes<br />
DaimlerChrysler May 14, <strong>2007</strong>, announced it was selling Chrysler<br />
Group to private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management for<br />
$7.4 billion. Cerberus was to get a 80.1% stake; DaimlerChrysler<br />
kept 19.9%. Most of the $7.4 billion outlay from Cerberus will go<br />
directly to the future new company, Chrysler Holding. Chrysler’s<br />
automotive business was to get $5 billion, while the financial-services<br />
business received $1.05 billion; DaimlerChrysler will $1.35 billion.<br />
The sale, coming three months after DaimlerChrysler said it<br />
was reviewing strategic options for Chrysler, unwinds a failed<br />
merger that began in 1998 with Daimler’s acquisition of Chrysler<br />
Corp. New owner Cerberus has another Detroit connection; it<br />
bought 51% of General Motors Corp.’s finance arm, GMAC, in<br />
2006.<br />
Chrysler announced a number of executive departments in the<br />
weeks after the Cerburus deal was struck. In late May <strong>2007</strong>, it said<br />
George Murphy, senior VP-global brand marketing at Chrysler<br />
Group, was leaving to pursue other opportunities. Chrysler didn’t<br />
name an immediate successor. Mr. Murphy had held the job<br />
since 2001.<br />
DaimlerChrysler is the largest client of Omnicom Group, which<br />
in 2006 generated 3.6% or $410 million in revenue from the<br />
automaker. Chrysler as of year-end 2006 employed more than 100<br />
Omnicom shops. Omnicom agencies have worked with<br />
DaimlerChrysler units since 1926, when Chrysler hired ad agency<br />
Ross Roy (now folded into BBDO). Following the 1998<br />
Daimler/Chrysler merger, Omnicom expanded its ties: Mercedes-<br />
Benz of North America in 1999 moved to what’s now Merkley &<br />
Partners, and Chrysler Group consolidated at Omnicom in 2000.<br />
Personnel, brands, agencies<br />
Corporate: Dieter Zetsche, chmn.<br />
BBDO Detroit, Troy, Mich. Joe Garcia, pres. — DaimlerChrysler<br />
svcs, fleet, Mopar parts.<br />
PHD, Troy, Mich. Michael O’Malley, pres. — media svcs.<br />
George P. Johnson Co., Auburn Hills, Mich. Robert G. Vallee,<br />
Jr., CEO. — event mktg.<br />
GlobalHue, Southfield, Mich. Allen Pugh, exec VP & dir- client<br />
svcs. — multicultural adv.<br />
GMR Marketing, New Berlin, Wis. Steve Knill, exec VP. — event<br />
mktg.<br />
NAS Recruitment Communications, Detroit. Dennis Hoffman,<br />
exec dir-bus devel. — recruitment mktg.<br />
Organic, Detroit. Chuck Russo, exec VP & chief client devel<br />
officer. — interactive mktg.<br />
Chrysler Group: 1000 Chrysler Dr., Auburn Hills, Mich. 48326-<br />
2766/Phone: (248) 576-5741. Tom LaSorda, pres & CEO; Eric<br />
Ridenour, chief operating officer; Steven Landry, exec VP-NAFTA<br />
sls & global mktg & svcs; Michael Manley, VP-Intl sls, mktg &<br />
bus devel; Darryl Jackson, VP-US sls; Michael Keegan, VP-volume<br />
plng & sls opers; Roger Monforton, VP-prod strategy; Jason<br />
Vines, VP-comms; Steve Bartoli, VP-global prod mktg; David<br />
Rooney, dir-Chrysler brand mktg & global comms; Michael<br />
Accavitti, dir- Dodge brand & SRT mktg comms; John Plecha,<br />
dir-Jeep mktg & global comms.<br />
BBDO Detroit, Troy, Mich. Joe Garcia, pres. — Chrysler, Dodge,<br />
Mopar & Jeep.<br />
PHD, Troy, Mich. Michael O’Malley, pres. — media svcs.<br />
George P. Johnson Co., Auburn Hills, Mich. John Tulloch, sr<br />
VP-client svcs. — event mktg, multi-brand events, Mopar.<br />
GlobalHue, Southfield, Mich. Allen Pugh, exec VP & dir- client<br />
svcs. — multicultural adv, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep.<br />
Organic, Detroit. Chuck Russo, exec VP & chief client devel<br />
officer. — interactive mktg, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep.<br />
Mercedes-Benz USA: One Mercedes Dr., Montvale, N.J.<br />
07645/Phone: (201) 573- 0600. Ernst Lieb, pres & CEO; Michael<br />
Slagter, VP-sls; Steve Cannon, VP-mktg; Carol Goll, gm-brand<br />
experience mktg.<br />
Merkley & Partners, New York. Cynthia Davis, dir-client svcs.<br />
— Mercedes-Benz.<br />
PHD, New York. Lee Wilson, sr VP & dir-Mercedes-Benz. —<br />
media buying, Mercedes-Benz.<br />
Critical Mass, Calgary & Chicago, Ill. Bill Hunt, mg dir. — interactive<br />
mktg, Mercedes-Benz.<br />
Footsteps, New York. Rehana Dutta, acct dir; Chris Canada, acct<br />
exec. — African-American, Hispanic, Asian-American, gay & lesbian<br />
mktg, Mercedes-Benz.<br />
Rapp Collins Worldwide, New York. Gary VonKennel, Global<br />
CEO; Pam Bevilacque, grp acct dir. — direct mktg, Mercedes-<br />
Benz.