Interpublic Takes Stake in Japanese Database, CRM Firm

The Interpublic Group of Companies has made an investment in Oak Lawn Marketing, a Japanese database, customer relationship management, and Internet commerce company. The size of the stake, and the terms, were not made public.

Interpublic is consortium that includes Draft Worldwide, McCann-Erickson WorldGroup, and The Lowe Group.

The relationship will allow McCann-Erickson’s WorldGroup to link its McCann Relationship Marketing Worldwide network to Oak Lawn’s CRM outlets, including Contact Jap@n, a customer service telephone center, and ShopJap@n, an Internet mall.