Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
One of the UK’s prize contracts, certainly one that all of the big media owners were pitching for in May this year (the incumbent being Exterion Media) has been won by JCDecaux. Something that we told you was the case back in August here.
JCDecaux S.A. (Euronext Paris: DEC), announced that it had won the contract yesterday, for the in centre advertising at Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City, the premium retail, shopping and leisure destinations in London – ranked number one and two for mall retail spend in the UK. The contract follows a competitive tender and is for a term of 8.5 years.
Paul Buttigieg, Director of Commercial Partnerships, Shopping Centre Management, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, said “JCDecaux’s expertise in selling the London and international luxury audience means they are ideally placed to share our vision for the Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City advertising portfolio. JCDecaux brings the scale, digital expertise and data insight to understand our audience and to develop our offer further. This partnership with JCDecaux will give advertisers a new opportunity to reach influential and affluent audiences at multiple touchpoints in London and will benefit Westfield shoppers with relevant and engaging advertising content on the screens.”
With the addition of Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City, JCDecaux’s portfolio will now cover all 25 of London’s top retail zones (source CACI). Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City deliver 52 million digital weekly viewed impressions (source: Route 27).
Jean-François Decaux, Co-Chief Executive Officer of JCDecaux, said: “We are delighted to be working in partnership with Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, the premier global developer and operator of flagship shopping destinations to develop advertising opportunities in their market-leading malls. This win cements JCDecaux’s position as the number one in mall advertising in the UK and the leading provider of digital screens in all the major retail areas of London. Westfield centres offer a premium proposition with premium retailers and a premium audience and the new digital screens will make it a powerful proposition for advertisers and their brands.”
JCDecaux will take over the contract in November and will manage internal advertising opportunities across the two malls, comprising 180 screens in a 100% digital environment.
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