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N. W. Ayer & Son was the first advertising agency in the United States, founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1869. N.W. Ayer was responsible for some of the most enduring slogans in advertising history, including: In 1973, the company relocated to New York, New York. Following a general trend in the advertising industry, N.W. Ayer was subject to a number of mergers and acquisitions and was eventually acquired by the Publicis Groupe (based in Paris, France), which closed down the N.W. Ayer offices in 2002.

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Currently, the NW Ayer Philadelphia building has been purchased by Goldenberg Group, a real estate development company based in Blue Bell PA, and Brown Hill Development.

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De Beers

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Founder Cecil Rhodes
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Publicis Groupe (Euronext: PUB , NYSE:  PUB ) is a French multinational advertising and communications company. It is one of the big four global advertising holding companies (the others being Omnicom, Interpublic and WPP). Its current president is Maurice Lévy.
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