PARIS: Publicis Groupe acquired a majority stake in the Women's Forum for Economy and Society, a global forum founded by Aude de Thuin in 2005. The acquisition, which took place last week, falls in line with Publicis' other activities, said Olivier Fleurot, CEO in charge of PR and event marketing for Publicis Groupe.

"We think it's a world class event and we have many other activities like PublicisLive for instance, [which organizes] the World Economic Forum, so we ...