Money | Dell Dude, You're Losing an Account Dell hires WPP to form one ad agency replacing the work of 800 By Peter Fearon Posted Dec 3, 2007 1:22 AM CST Copied Dell CEO Michael Dell speaks at Oracle World Conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. Dell announced it is giving all of its global advertising and marketing business to one firm, WPP.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) (Associated Press) Computer giant Dell has chosen WPP to handle all of its global advertising and marketing - bringing to one agency $4.5 billion worth of billings that had been spread among an astonishing 800 agencies world wide. The Wall Street Journal reports Dell and WPP will strike a unique partnership to create a new firm that will handle all of Dell's product promotion business. "We think with Dell there is a big opportunity to develop a fully integrated approach that goes across all the marketing and advertising disciplines," said Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP. Mark Jarvis, Dell's chief marketing officer, forecasts: "We are going to have an agency relationship unlike any other." Read These Next Villanova's 'cruel hoax' a sign of a bigger problem. The FBI is reportedly looking for something in John Bolton's home. President Trump's DC "patrol" involved delivering pizza. Party registration offers a warning to Democrats. Report an error