It was wise of Omnicom to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings after the market closed on Wednesday, since its stock gained in after-hours trading - unlike Publicis, which got walloped by traders after its quite positive financial results. However, its results were neither spectacularly good nor terribly bad, with 2025 revenue up 10%, thanks in part to including one month of revenue from Interpublic Group, which it finished absorbing at the end of November. Foreign exchange values also goosed the revenue by $125 million, bringing total revenue for the year to $17.3 billion.
Unilever Plc posted better-than-expected sales at the end of last year, boosted by premium beauty and home care products in key emerging markets including India and China. The maker of Dove soap said Thursday underlying fourth-quarter sales rose 4.2 percent, above the 4 percent analysts anticipated. It also announced a €1.5 billion ($1.8 billion) share buyback starting in the second quarter. The results are the first after Unilever spun off its ice-cream business - which included Ben & Jerry's - and come as Chief Executive Officer Fernando Fernandez nears his first full year at the helm.
Boone acknowledged improving profitability and raised his 2027 EBITDA estimate, but flagged weaker engagement, including a sequential decline in North American daily active users. Global daily active users also fell sequentially and missed estimates, which he attributed to reduced community marketing spend and regulatory-driven account removals in Australia. He said stronger AI-powered content recommendations from competitors are challenging Snap's ability to retain user attention and defend advertising share.
Salesforce has slashed another 4,000 jobs from its customer support workforce as the tech giant doubles down on artificial intelligence, even as the company reports strong financial results. The latest layoffs gutted Salesforce's customer service division, reducing its headcount from 9,000 to 5,000. AI agents now reportedly handle about one million customer conversations. list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4list 2 of 4list 3 of 4list 4 of 4end of list In a recent episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, CEO Marc Benioff justified the cuts by saying he needs less heads as Salesforce invests heavily in AI across its operations.
