The last person in the UK who described his product as being crap in public was one Gerald Ratner - and he was gone immediately.
Martin SorrellThe challenges some European economies have are such that it makes it very difficult for them. You have to go where the growth is.
Martin SorrellIt doesn't make much sense and it's nil premium. They're going to have co-CEOs...which is a very uncomfortable structure.
Martin SorrellWhen you go back to the above names it was a very much narrower situation - the alternatives were far fewer. Today there is much more competition for the 'hero stakes'! And if you think about all the alternatives you have today to spend your time on, the pool of heroes is much broader. It was very much less back then.
Martin Sorrell