First there was CHE ‘and then there was Fire…’. But even before there was CHE Argentine Grill in Jozi, the big meat, big fire, big excitement restaurant, there was an Argentinian who arrived in the city. He was trying to make sense of his surroundings.
This week’s BIG move:
Successful ‘try-before-you-buy’ results in MetropolitanRepublic acquiring 8909 Naren Ramburan (financial manager), Alison Deeb (Group CEO), John Warsop (chairman of board), Paul Warner (founder of Metropolitan Republic & chief creative strategist), Ciaran Mckivergan (founder, 8909), Ilze Du Toit (group financial director)
A successful ‘try-before-you-buy’ relationship
between MetropolitanRepublic and 8909 has resulted in the full-service brand
agency acquiring a majority share in the digital hot shop.
According to MetropolitanRepublic CEO, Alison Deeb,
the acquisition was finalised at the end of November after the agencies had
proven a “right fit” for each other.
“8909 – a young, dynamic, data-driven digital
agency led by Ciarán McKivergan – was the first potential partner we identified